Special Plainfield Park Board Meeting Wednesday

A special meeting of the Plainfield Park Board is scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Heritage Professional Center, 24023 W. Lockport St.

According to the agenda, the purpose of the meeting is for the board to hold an executive session "to discuss personnel and the performance of the occupant of a public office."

The board board last met in special session on Friday, following the resignation of Executive Director Garrett Peck. At that meeting, the board voted to remove Peck as board secretary and appoint Executive Secretary Wendi Calabrese to the position.

The board also named former Superintendent of Parks Gene Coldwater to the position of assistant executive director.

The park district's labor lawyer also discussed his plans to appeal a recent ruling of the Illinois State Labor Board, which found that the park district had violated the public labor act. In the ruling, the board found that Peck and Coldwater had interrogated employees regarding union activity, and that Peck ultimately fired one employee in retaliation. The park district was ordered to rehire the employee with backpay.

Read: Plainfield Park District to Fight Labor Board Ruling

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