Elmhurst Politician Sees Pay Rise A Lot

ELMHURST, IL – Dennis Reboletti, supervisor of Addison Township, has seen a big increase in his pay since being elected to the position in 2016.

The township includes north Elmhurst.

A Republican from Elmhurst, Reboletti served as a state representative from 2007 to 2015. He ran for supervisor after that.

His supervisor's salary started at $54,000. Before his re-election, the board voted unanimously to increase the position's pay to $79,990, a 48 percent increase.

Earlier this month, Patch reported that the supervisor's pay was going up to $124,900 with the new term starting after the April 1 election.

This information was received through a public records request, but the township did not originally give Reboletti's salary information from 2017 to 2021, which was included in the request. It released that information last week.

According to the township's latest salary resolution, the position in question is now listed as "Supervisor/Highway Commissioner."

For the November election, the township board put a referendum on the ballot asking voters whether to keep the township road district. Nearly 60 percent of voters wanted to abolish it.

Before the referendum, voters were not told that passage could mean a big increase in the supervisor's salary.

Reboletti, who lost in his run for state representative in November, noted the referendum in Patch's candidate questionnaire.

"Currently, our Township Board has passed a referendum to allow the residents to decide if we should have an elected highway commissioner," Reboletti said. "This would save the salary, without a reduction in services. When it makes sense to consolidate we should."

Reboletti has not returned messages for comment.

Republicans have historically won township elections.