Rolling Meadows Park District seeking applicants for board vacancy

Rolling Meadows Park District Board of Commissioners is accepting applications from Rolling Meadows Park District residents who are interested in serving on the board to fill one vacancy for a term that expires in May 2025.

After 12 years of service, former Commissioner Donna Bisesi decided not to seek reelection. Her last park district board of commissioners meeting was May 23.

"We are grateful to Donna's many years of service and the contribution she made to the park district as a commissioner," Executive Director Kevin Romejko said. "We encourage residents interested in the positive impacts recreation makes in their community to apply and help shape the future of our parks and facilities."

The board always seeks the best-qualified candidate for park board commissioner and provides equal opportunity in a manner that does not discriminate against any person because of race, creed, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, ancestry, age, marital, civil union or family status, physical or mental handicap, pregnancy or unfavorable discharge from military service.

Park board commissioners are not compensated for their services to the district per Illinois Park District Code (70 ILCS 1205/4-1).

The park board of commissioners holds its regular meetings at 7:30 p.m., on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month, and holds special meetings as necessary.

To be eligible to serve as park board commissioner, a person must be a qualified elector of the Rolling Meadows Park District and have resided in the district for at least one year prior to appointment.

Any person who is in arrears in the payment of a tax or other indebtedness due to the Rolling Meadows Park District, or who has been convicted in any court located in the United States of any infamous crime, bribery, perjury or other felony is not eligible to serve as a park board commissioner.

TO APPLY:

1. Download an application form at rmparks.org.

or

2. Pick up an application form at Park Central, 3000 Central Road, Rolling Meadows, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday.

Potential candidates must submit their completed application form no later than noon on Thursday, June 15.

Email to: kromejko@rmparks.org; or mail or deliver to: Rolling Meadows Park District, Attentionn: Kevin Romejko, executive director, 3000 Central Road, Rolling Meadows, IL 60008.

The vision of Rolling Meadows Park District is to inspire our community to live happier and healthier lives by providing exceptional opportunities to play, learn and grow.