Editing Alsip, Illinois (section)

==Government==
Most of Alsip is in [[Illinois's 1st congressional district]]; the portion north of 115th Street, and the city block northeast of 119th Street and Lawndale Avenue, are in the [[Illinois' 3rd congressional district|3rd district]].

Policy-making and legislative authority are vested in the governing Village Board consisting of the Village President, often referred to as the Mayor, and six Trustees, and a Village Clerk.  The Village Clerk is an ex officio member of the Board and does not vote.  All Board members are elected at large.  All Board members serve four-year terms, with the Village President, the Village Clerk, and three Trustees elected usually on the first Tuesday in April following Presidential election year, while the other three Trustees are usually elected on the first Tuesday in April two years later.  Beginning with those elected in the April 4, 2017 election, no person may hold the office of Village President, Village Clerk, or Village Trustee for more than three consecutive four-year terms.

The current Village government, as of May 2019 (with the year their term ends):

*Mayor: John D. Ryan (2021)
*Clerk: Susan M. Petzel (2021)
*Trustee: Richard S. Dalzell (2023)
*Trustee: Christine L. McLawhorn (2023)
*Trustee: Christopher W. Murphy (2023)
*Trustee: Michael J. Zielinski (2021)
*Trustee: Monica M. Juarez (2021)
*Trustee: Catalina Nava-Esparza (2021) (Elected to a two-year term to fill the remaining term of Trustee who resigned)

Each trustee and the mayor serve on one or more committees or commissions which oversee government functions. The individual assignments are available at the village website.

There are also a finance director who helps guide the government on fiduciary matters and a law firm that serves as the village attorneys to guide the government on legal matters.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.villageofalsip.org/Departments.htm |title=Village Of Alsip |publisher=Village Of Alsip |access-date=2014-06-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207182529/http://villageofalsip.org/Departments.htm |archive-date=2013-12-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Mayors===
* Gustave Termunde (1927&ndash;33)
* Leonard Holmberg (1933&ndash;36)
* John Benck (1936&ndash;56)
* John J. Alsterda (1956&ndash;61)
* Raymond L. Termunde (1961&ndash;73)
* Arnold A. Andrews (1973&ndash;2005)
* Patrick E. Kitching (2005–2016)
* John D. Ryan (2017–Present)