Lake in the Hills to Consider Firing Administrator

LAKE IN THE HILLS, IL - For the second time in recent months, a village administrator in Lake in the Hills has been placed on administrative leave.

Doug Petroshius was only been working as the village administrator for Lake in the Hills for three months when he was placed on leave Wednesday after “adopting several policies that disrupted the public and the village’s organizational structure and employee satisfaction,” village president Paul Mulcahy told the Northwest Herald.

Prior to Petroshius, Gerald Sagano, who worked as the village administrator for 20 years, was placed on administrative leave last summer before he decided to resign in August.

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Some of those policies included requiring public works employees to drive back to their personal vehicles for their lunch breaks instead of allowing them to stop for lunch near where they were working, the Northwest Herald reports. He also shared incorrect information in regards to the village board’s decision to end a lease with Silver Linings Equestrian.

The Northwest Herald reports Petroshius also “changed and disrupted the operation of the police department.”

The village board is set to consider Petroshius’ termination at a March 23 meeting. Petroshius will continue to receive his salary, which is $140,000 per year, through May, and, if terminated, will receive six months of severance, the Northwest Herald reports.

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