Officers of the Illinois Municipal League PRESIDENT J. MICHAEL HOUSTON, Mayor, Springfield FIRST VICE PRESIDENT JAMES T.RYAN, Mayor, Arlington Heights SERGEANT-AT-ARMS JAMES M. THOMAS, Mayor, Ottawa EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR STEVEN SARGENT VICE PRESIDENTS Belleville—Mayor Richard Brauer Bellwood—Mayor Sigel C. Davis Bradley—Village President Kenneth P. Hayes Bridgeview—Village President John A. Oremus Buffalo Grove—Village Piesident Verna L. Clayton Carbondale—Mayor Helen Westberg Centralia—Mayor Jack Sligar Chicago—Mayor Harold Washington Decatur—Mayor Gary K. Anderson DeKalb—Mayor Greg Sparrow East Alton—Mayor Frank Keasler East Chicago Heights—Mayor Saul Beck Elgin—Mayor Richard L. Verbic Evergreen Park—Village President Anthony Vacco Gurnee— Village President Richard A. Welton Joliet—Mayor John Bourg, Jr. Loves Park—Mayor Joseph F. Sinkiawic Macomb— Mayor Robert Anstine Niles— Village President Nicholas B. Blase Northlake—Mayor Eugene Doyle Oak Lawn—Mayor Ernest F. Kolb Park Forest—Village President Ronald L. Bean Park Ridge—Mayor Martin J. Butler Paxton—Mayor James E. Kingston Pekin—Mayor Willard E. Birkmeler Peoria—Mayor James Maloof Pontiac—Mayor Dale O. Campbell Riverdale-Vlllage President Frank J, Heenan Rockford—Mayor John McNamara Salem—Mayor Leonard E. Ferguson Schiller Park—Village President Edward E. Bluthardt Skokie— Mayor Albert J. Smith Urbana—Mayor Jeffrey T. Markland Waukegan—Mayor Robert Sabonjian West Chicago—Mayor A. Eugene Rennels Woodridge—Village President William F. Murphy PAST PRESIDENTS HAROLD J. GOUWENS, Village President, South Holland ROGER W. DETTRO, Mayor, Mattoon MARK B. McLeRoy, Mayor, Freeport JACK B. WILLIAMS, Village President, Franklin Park

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For perhaps the first time in history, the three Illinois General Assembly Committees that deal with most municipal legislative issues will hold a special joint subcommittee hearing at the League Conference.

The leadership of the House Committee on Cities and Villages, the House Committee on Counties and Townships and the Senate Committee on Local Government will conduct a special hearing for delegates to our 72nd Annual Conference. This will be an opportunity for you to personally participate in the legislative process. You may present specific problems or enter into general discussion.

If you have a specific problem you may wish to prepare a written statement (10 copies) for presentation to this committee.

This hearing will be from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Friday, October 25 in the Boulevard Room at the Chicago Hilton and Towers.

The ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL REVIEW continues to be an open forum of expression for municipalities. Articles appearing in the Review do not necessarily express the views of the League or its staff but those of the various authors.