Glencoe Trustee To Relocate, Resign Seat On Village Board

GLENCOE, IL — A village board seat will open up at the end of next month, as Trustee Trent Cornell announced his plans to move from Glencoe to Long Grove. He told Village President Larry Levin he intends to officially resign his position on Aug. 31, the village announced Tuesday.

Village code requires all trustees must live within Glencoe's municipal borders, according to a release from the village manager's office. Cornell said he still loves the village, but long daily commutes to and from his spouse's job in McHenry and their trips with their daughter to a Hawthorn Woods horse barn convinced the family to relocate.

"We'll miss living in Glencoe, but the daily commutes are getting old, especially for my daughter and wife," Cornell said. He said it had been a privilege being a part of the Glencoe community and encouraged other residents to give back by serving the town.

Cornell and his wife have lived in Glencoe since 2006. Before his election to the village board in April 2015, Cornell served as a member of the Village Zoning board and on the Glencoe Park District Board of Commissioners. As a trustee he served on the Community Grants Committee and played an important role in developing the village's most recent strategic plan, according to village officials.

The outgoing trustee is a partner at the Chicago-based law firm of Troutman Sanders, the corporate attorney with the breastfeeding supply company Medela, the secretary of the board of directors of the nonprofit North Shore Exchange resale retailer and a former board member and president of Family Services of Glencoe.

Nominees to vacant seats can be named by the village president and confirmed by remaining trustees, according to state law. A potential replacement for Cornell's seat would serve through the expiration of his term in April.

“While we are sad to see Trent and his family leave Glencoe, we sincerely thank him and Kim for their tremendous service to the community and wish them only the best,” Village President Levin said in a release.

The village announced Levin has begun the process of considering potential replacement trustees. Those interested in serving as a replacement Glencoe village trustee were asked to email Village President Levin.