Lyons' Getty Sees Big Raises In 2 Elected Jobs

LYONS, IL – Chris Getty has two elected jobs – village president of Lyons and supervisor of Lyons Township.

In both roles, he has seen big pay raises over the years.

As the supervisor, Getty's pay is soon to rise to $74,000. When he started in 2017, it was $40,474. By 2028, his salary will reach $80,000, according to the township's salary resolution last year.

As village president, Getty's pay was $63,980 as of 2021, according to the latest salary information on the town's website. That was up from $46,659 a year earlier. (Some village presidents are unpaid; La Grange's makes $3,600.)

In the 2017 and 2025 elections, Getty had no opposition for village president or supervisor. In 2021, he was unopposed for supervisor and trounced his opponent for president with nearly 70 percent of the vote.

Getty, who was elected Lyons village president in 2009, did not return a message for comment Tuesday.

Getty is the son of the late Kenneth Getty, who was convicted of rigging construction bids as Lyons' mayor. He was released from prison in 2004, according to a Chicago Tribune story.

In 2018, Chris Getty's brother, Kenneth Jr., was named treasurer of the Lyons Township Treasurer's Office, which manages finances for school districts.

Kenneth Jr. was appointed amid a long legal battle with Lyons Township High School, which wanted to handle its own money. The high school succeeded, but other area school systems still work with the treasurer's office.

Through a recent public records request, Patch obtained the salary information for Lyons Township officials.

Starting soon, township trustees will make $325 a meeting, up from $225 in 2017.

The township clerk's pay will be $70,000, an increase from $53,409 eight years earlier.

The highway commissioner's salary will rise to $56,000, up from $20,250 in 2017. The township handles 17 miles of roads, according to a state database.

The assessor will make $70,000, up from $52,742 in 2017.