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Won’t seven aldermen have too much work to do?
No. Much of the City Council’s detailed work is already done in small committees of three or four aldermen before an issue reaches the full Council. A seven-member Council would
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Why Bigger May Not Be Better for City Councils
What academic research can—and cannot—tell us about reducing Elmhurst’s City Council from 14 aldermen to 7. BOTTOM LINE: Research does not prove that seven aldermen will govern better than fourteen.
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Why are the City Council committees important?
The City Council uses four standing committees, each composed of 3 or 4 aldermen. The Council refers almost all of the matters it handles to one of these committees to
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How a Council of 7 Could Get Things Done
Ideas for organizing the work of a smaller Elmhurst City Council. Fourteen requires managing people.Seven allows solving problems. A smaller Council can work differently Reducing the City Council from 14
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What happens to the committees?
The rules that create the committees are currently written for a 14 member council so they will have to be changed. How they are changed is up to the City
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Is One Alderman Greater Than Two?
What does representation really mean when each Elmhurst ward has two aldermen today and would have one under the proposed reform? BOTTOM LINE: Two officeholders are more than one if
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What happens if the referendum passes?
At the April 2029 consolidated election, all seven aldermanic seats would be elected, one from eachward. Aldermen elected in 2027 would serve two years rather than the normal four-year term.
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Council or Committee, Who Makes the Decisions?
How a 14-member Council divides its work — and what the 2026 record shows BOTTOM LINE: In 2026, every final action taken by the full Council on an action recommended
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The Elmhurst Reform Proposal for a Smaller City Council
The Proposed Change Elmhurst Reform proposes reducing the Elmhurst City Council from 14 alderpersons to seven, with one alderperson elected from each ward. This is an explanation of what would