Updated 7/23/2021 5:52 PM
St. Charles has narrowed its search to four candidates to replace 1st Ward Alderman Dan Stellato, the city council s longest-tenured member who resigned last month because he s moving to Arizona.
Among the candidates vying for the seat is Richard Balla, who lost to Ron Silkaitis in the April election and is vice president of accounting at Tour Edge Golf in Batavia. Zachary Ewoldt, a gas system analyst with Peoples Gas in Chicago, is also a candidate along with Thomas Galante, a member of the St. Charles natural resources commission and a pricing manager at SunSource in Addison, and Don Kage, an auto body technician for Tesla in Elk Grove Village.
Posted4/20/2021 5:30 AM
After the St. Charles city council voted Monday to amend an ordinance to allow liquor license holders to serve as elected officials, Blue Goose Market owner Paul Lencioni will be sworn in as a 3rd Ward alderman next month.
Lencioni, a liquor license holder who repeatedly has tried to change the law, defeated Chuck Amenta in the April 6 election by garnering nearly 58% of the votes in the ward. But the long-standing law prevented Lencioni from being seated unless he surrendered his liquor license.
Monday s 6-4 vote allows Lencioni to serve as alderman and keep his license, but state statute dictates he must recuse himself from liquor issues put before the council.