Chairman Nominates Jeffrey Schwartz To Fill County Board Vacancy

Press release from the McHenry County Government:

WOODSTOCK, Ill. – McHenry County Board Chairman Michael Buehler has nominated Jeffrey Schwartz to fill the vacancy left in County Board District 4 by the late Chuck Wheeler.

Buehler, R-Crystal Lake, chose Schwartz, of rural McHenry, from a field of 10 applicants. He called Schwartz, a longtime McHenry County resident and entrepreneur, a good fit for the County Board.

“Jeff Schwartz is a community anchor and job creator whose ability to work with others is well-known to the business community,” Buehler said. “His insights into small business, manufacturing and job growth, forged by a lifetime of success, will make him a valuable addition to the County Board.”

Schwartz, a graduate of Crystal Lake Central High School, owns Schwartz Performance, in Woodstock, which employs 20 people who build muscle cars and their parts for customers worldwide. Prior to that, he was plant manager of General Kinematics in Crystal Lake, served as chairman of the McHenry County Industrial Council, and served on the McHenry County Economic Development Corp. Board and the McHenry County College Center for Economic Development’s Manufacturing Advisory Council. An avid member of the motocross restoration and racing community, he founded the Schwartz Motocross History Museum, which is dedicated to preservation and education of the sport.

The County Board will vote on Schwartz’s appointment at its next voting meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19. The meeting will be held virtually to comply with state COVID-19 capacity restrictions, and can be watched on the Meeting Portal on the county website at www.mchenrycountyil.gov.

Wheeler, who was first elected to the County Board in 2014, passed away Nov. 12.

District 4 covers Richmond and Burton Townships, and all but the southeastern corner of McHenry Township; it includes all or parts of McHenry, Johnsburg, Richmond, Spring Grove, McCullom Lake, Ringwood, Wonder Lake, Fox Lake and Lakemoor.

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