Carlini running for QuadCom director role

The East Dundee trustee who was mum on reasons for withdrawing from the race for village president, saying only that he was "pursuing regional-related endeavors," now says he has applied to take over as director of QuadCom, a Carpentersville-based emergency dispatch center.

James Carlini, who was elected to the village board in 2005, said his background in developing emergency networks and call centers would better serve East Dundee residents, as well as residents from West Dundee, Carpentersville and Sleepy Hollow.

"I think I bring a lot of different perspectives to the position," said Carlini, who served as a consultant to the mayor's office of Chicago in planning and designing the city's state-of-the-art 911 facility. "I could better serve the larger community by being 911 director."

The position of QuadCom director opened up last year after its former director, Steven Cordes, was indicted on charges he used a criminal background database to obtain information about four people over a two-year period. He was indicted on 18 counts of official misconduct and is due back in court March 6, Kane County State's Attorney spokesman Chris Nelson said.

Carlini was set to challenge incumbent Village President Dan O'Leary and former village president Jerry Bartels in the April 7 election. For weeks Carlini remained hush-hush about his decision to drop out.

"The position was not published at the time," Carlini said. "I was attempting to head off any potential conflict. There would have been a funding issue because the village board votes on funding for QuadCom."

Carpentersville Village President Bill Sarto, a QuadCom board member, said the opening was posted about a week ago and that Carlini had previously approached the board regarding his intent to apply.