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DuPage Township ready with succession plan
Trustee Terri Ransom appointed temporary supervisor upon death of Supervisor Gary Marschke
With the weekend death of DuPage Township Supervisor Gary Marschke, DuPage Township solidified its succession plans.
The DuPage Township trustees were informed of the serious nature of Marschke’s health on Thursday, March 6. After conferring with township attorneys, an emergency meeting was scheduled for Sunday, March 9 at 12:15 p.m. to appoint a temporary supervisor.
Marschke passed away early Sunday morning. During the meeting the trustees announced his death.
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*edit* Trustees went into executive session. When the open meeting resumed, they voted to appoint Trustee Terri Ransom as temporary supervisor for the next 60 days. By state statute a new supervisor must be elected at the end of the 60 days. The April 1 Consolidated Election falls within this 60-day window.
On Weds, March 12 at 2 p.m. the board is holding a special meeting to pass a resolution to make Ransom the official signatory for township bank accounts.
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For the April 1 Consolidated Election Marschke sought re-election as supervisor as part of the slate for Dems for DuPage.
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As he died more than 15 days before the election, the Democratic Township elected precinct committee persons, on Weds., March 12 at 7 p.m. at Ashbury’s at Boughton Ridge, 335 E. Boughton Rd., Bolingbrook, will vote to fill the vacant Township Supervisor slot on the April 1 ballot.
