April 25, 2024
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Oglesby names Margis interim police chief

Retiring Chief Hayse will depart Jan. 17

By Tom Collins
Retiring Oglesby Police Chief Doug Hayse (left) accepts a congratulatory handshake from Don Moore while newly-appointed interim Chief Mike Margis (center) looks on. Margis will fill in for Hayse until the April 4 mayoral election.

Retiring Oglesby Police Chief Doug Hayse (left) accepts a congratulatory handshake from Don Moore while newly-appointed interim Chief Mike Margis (center) looks on. Margis will fill in for Hayse until the April 4 mayoral election. (Tom Collins)

Oglesby needs a new police chief – Doug Hayse is retiring Jan. 17 – but Deputy Chief Mike Margis has agreed to head the police department on an interim basis.

Monday, the Oglesby City Council voted 4-0 (Commissioner Jim Cullinan abstained over “personal” reasons) to elevate Margis to police chief until the April 4 elections, in which Oglesby will have a new mayor.

“It has been my privilege and honor,” Hayse said in a retirement letter read aloud by Mayor Dom Rivara. Hayse’s last day is Jan. 17 but he then will expend his remaining vacation days into February.

Margis, 53, is an Oglesby native who has served on the Oglesby Police Department since 2000, the past 14 years as deputy chief.

A retirement party for Hayse will be noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14 at Brennan’s Bar and Grill, 139 E. Walnut St.

In other matters:

  • The council referred a zoning map amendment by Patrick Watson to the Planning Commission.
  • It’s back to the drawing board for the east-end parking lot. Bids came in higher than anticipated and the city needs to revisit the project.
  • Rivara and the council extended thanks to Rick Rigazio, who his moving to Arizona, for his many years of service on various boards and commissions over the years
  • Commissioner Tom Argubright said there was a “glitch” in city bills. Anyone with questions should call City Hall at 815-883-3389.