Plainfield library trustee to resign after winning Will County Board seat

PLAINFIELD – The Plainfield Public Library Board of Trustees has scheduled a special meeting for Thursday morning to accept the resignation of Trustee Gretchen Fritz.

Fritz, a Republican, was elected to the Will County Board in November. A 1991 opinion by the Illinois Attorney General's office states a citizen can't be on a library board and county board at the same time.

Fritz declined to submit her resignation from the library board at a Nov. 19 meeting, since election results were unofficial. She said she was waiting for official results.

Milavec said after that meeting that if a special meeting wasn’t convened, Fritz’s resignation at the next scheduled Dec. 19 meeting would give just five days for candidates to file petitions to take her seat in the spring elections.

The meeting is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. in the library’s small meeting room at 15025 S. Illinois St. in Plainfield.