Longtime LITH Administrator Placed on Administrative Leave Before Resigning

LAKE IN THE HILLS, IL - Former long-time village administrator Gerald Sagona was placed on administrative leave before he recently resigned from his post, according to the Northwest Herald.

When asked why the former administrator was placed on leave before resigning, Lake in the Hills Village President Paul Mulcahy told the Northwest Herald: ““It is a stressful job.” Mulcahy signed Sagona’s notice for administrative leave on July 26 and both signed his employment resignation, separation agreement, release and waiver document on Aug. 11.

The village board approved those agreements during an Aug. 11 meeting, according to an article last week by the Northwest Herald. Sagona was the village’s administrator for nearly 20 years and made $160,000 per year.

In a statement provided to the Northwest Herald on Tuesday, Sagona said: “I am blessed to have the backing of my family, which will allow me to focus on my health, and the time necessary to achieve my personal professional goals. The Village of Lake in the Hills, and the many friendships I have made, will always be near and dear to my heart.”

Sagona is credited with helping steer the village during a time of immense growth in the 1990s.

“Growth was rampant, resources were stretched thin, and I was faced with a very difficult political environment,” Sagona told the Northwest Herald in an e-mail. “Over the years, I was very fortunate to work as team with the elected officials to transform Lake in the Hills into one of the most progressive villages in the region.”

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