An independent attorney reviewed the village's contract with a non-profit agency the mayor's wife works for and found no conflict of interest, the village's corporation counsel announced at Monday's village board meeting.
Questions raised at the last (Feb. 11) Morton Grove village board meeting about a possible conflict of interest were addressed Monday by Terry Hoffman Liston, the village's corporation counsel (village attorney). On Feb. 11, Trustee Dan DiMaria asked if there might be a conflict of interest in the fact that the village was considering signing a contract with North Shore Senior Services to provide social services for Morton Grove, given that Mayor Dan Staackmann's wife works for that non-profit agency. DiMaria and Staackmann are both running to become the Action Party's candidates for mayor in Tuesday's (Feb. 26) primary election. Staackmann explained that his wife worked for the agency before he met her, and she works out of a different …
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