Editing Berwyn, Illinois (section)

==Government==
=== City ===
The City of Berwyn operates under a [[Mayor–council government]] form of government. The people of Berwyn elect the mayor, clerk, treasurer, and one alderman from each of the city's eight wards. The terms of elected officials are four years. The mayor is given administrative authority, and he has the power to appoint and remove all officers of the municipality, except those covered by civil service. The City Council, composed of the eight aldermen and the mayor, is the legislative organ of the city.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.berwyn-il.gov/local_government|title=Local Government {{!}} City of Berwyn|website=www.berwyn-il.gov|language=en|access-date=2017-09-04}}</ref>

The seat of government is located at City Hall, 6700 26th Street.

=== Police and fire departments ===
[[File:Berwyn Police department.jpg|thumb|Berwyn Police Department]]

==== Police ====
The Berwyn Police Department has six main divisions: Administrative, Investigative, Patrol, K-9 Unit, Communications, Records, and Parking. The Berwyn Police Station is located at 6401 W. 31st Street.

==== Fire ====
The Berwyn Fire Department is composed of 80 sworn professional firefighters, 30 certified paramedics, and 11 emergency medical technicians. The Fire Department is anchored by three fire stations with the following equipment:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.berwyn-il.gov/?q=fire_department|title=Fire Department {{!}} City of Berwyn|website=www.berwyn-il.gov|language=en|access-date=2017-09-04}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Station
!Location
!Engine Co.
!Truck Co.
!Ambulance
!Command Unit
|-
|Fire Station 1 (South)
|6434 Windsor Ave
|Quint 901 Engine/<wbr/>Truck Combo<br/>Reserve Fire Engine 911
|
|Ambulance 906<br/>Reserve Ambulance 910
|
|-
|Fire Station 2 (North)
|6615 W. 16th St
|Engine 902
|
|Ambulance 905
|Command Vehicle 909
|-
|Fire Station 3 (Center)
|6700 W. 26th St
|Engine 903
|Ladder Truck 904
|Ambulance 907
|Command Vehicle 900<br/>Command Vehicle 908
|}

=== Federal ===
Since 2013, Berwyn has been split between three of [[Illinois' congressional districts]]: the {{ushr|IL|3|r}}, {{ushr|IL|4|r}}, and {{ushr|IL|7|c}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cookcountyclerk.com/aboutus/map_room/pages/congressionaldistrictmaps.aspx|title=Congressional District Maps|website=www.cookcountyclerk.com|language=en|access-date=2017-09-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905002327/http://www.cookcountyclerk.com/aboutus/map_room/pages/congressionaldistrictmaps.aspx|archive-date=2017-09-05|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Post Office ===
The [[United States Postal Service]] operates the Berwyn Post Office (1940), at 6625 Cermak Road.<ref>"[https://archive.today/20120715230257/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/3971?p=1&s=IL&service_name=post_office&z=Berwyn Post Office Location - BERWYN]." ''[[United States Postal Service]]''. Retrieved on April 17, 2009.</ref> The post office contains a mural, ''The Picnic'', painted in 1942 by [[Richard Haines]]. Murals were produced from 1934 to 1943 in the [[United States]] through the [[Section of Painting and Sculpture]], later called the [[Section of Fine Arts]], of the [[United States Department of the Treasury|Treasury Department]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Post Office Mural, Berwyn, IL|url=http://livingnewdeal.org/projects/post-office-mural-berwyn-il/|website=livingnewdeal.org|publisher=Living New Deal|access-date=10 October 2015}}</ref>

===Mayors===

{| class="wikitable" style="margin-right:0"
|-
! Term !! style="width:300px;"|Mayor
|-
| 1908–1911 || George H. Murphy
|-
| 1911–1914 || H.S. Rich
|-
| 1914–1915 || Charles Rudderham
|-
| 1915–1917 || G.M. Smith
|-
| 1917–1923 || George H. Anderson
|-
| 1923–1925 || Fred H. Rudderham
|-
| 1925–1929 || Frank Janda
|-
| 1929–1931 || Byron C. Thorpe
|-
| 1931–1934 || Frank Novotny
|-
| 1934–1935 || Maurice Shay
|-
| 1935–1943 || Anton Janura
|-
| 1943–1945 || Fred J. Mraz
|-
| 1945–1946 || Thomas Barrett
|-
| 1946–1965 || William J. Kriz
|-
| 1965–1968 || George E. Dolezal
|-
| 1968–1969 || Ralph M. Faust
|-
| 1969–1977 || Emil Vacin
|-
| 1977–1981 || Thomas A. Hett
|-
| 1981–1993 || Joseph Lanzillotti
|-
| 1993–2005 || Thomas G. Shaughnessy
|- 
| 2005–2009 || Michael A. O'Connor
|- 
| 2009–present || Robert Lovero
|}