Editing North Riverside, Illinois (section)

== Government ==
North Riverside is divided between three congressional districts. The area east of the [[Des Plaines River]] is in [[Illinois's 3rd congressional district]]; the area west of 1st Avenue is in the [[Illinois' 7th congressional district|7th district]]; the area between 1st Avenue and the river, consisting almost entirely of the western half of the Riverside Golf Club, is in the [[Illinois' 4th congressional district|4th district]].

The Village of North Riverside is governed by a Village President (also referred to a Mayor), Village Clerk, and six Trustees who are all elected to four year terms.  The terms are staggered, with elections being held in odd number years.  The Mayor and Board of Trustees exercise policy-making and legislative powers of the Village, including adopting ordinances and resolutions, approving the Village's annual appropriation and operating budget and enacting tax levies.  In addition, the Village Board receives findings and recommendations from a number of appointed citizen advisory committees.

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! Name!! Title/Position !! First Elected/Appointed!! Term Expires
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| Joseph Mengoni || President || 2021 || 2029
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| Deborah Czajka || Village Trustee || Appointed 2013<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.rblandmark.com/News/Articles/5-14-2013/North-Riverside-board-names-trustee's-wife-to-post/| title=North Riverside board names trustee's wife to post| date=May 14, 2013| publisher=Riverside Brookfield Landmark| access-date=January 20, 2014}}</ref> || 2027
|-
| Antonio “Tony” Santucci || Village Trustee || 2023 || 2027
|-
| Sandra Lid || Village Clerk || 2025 || 2029
|-
| Terri Sarro || Village Trustee || 2017 || 2029
|-
| Jason Bianco || Village Trustee || Appointed 2013<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.rblandmark.com/News/Articles/4-17-2013/DeSantis-resigns-as-North-Riverside-trustee/| title=DeSantis resigns as North Riverside Trustee| date=April 17, 2013| publisher=Riverside Brookfield Landmark| access-date=January 20, 2014}}</ref>|| 2029
|-
| Nicholas Tricoci   || Village Trustee || 2023 || 2027
|-
| Robert Canas || Village Trustee || 2025 || 2029
|}
An Illinois state appeals court ruled in 2016 that the village must pay into the fire and police pensions. The village had argued that it was unable to contribute to the pension plans because of economic hardship during the [[Great Recession]], which lowered tax revenues. The state Department of Insurance determined that the village had not contributed to its police and firefighter pension funds for several years prior to 2013. The state ordered the village to pay into the pensions, and instead the village filed a lawsuit in [[Circuit Court of Cook County|Cook County Circuit Court]] in 2014. The judge ruled against the village, and the village appealed.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/511061382-appeals-panel-n-riverside-can-t-claim-hardship-to-skirt-police-fire-pension-obligations|title=Appeals panel: N. Riverside can't claim hardship to skirt police, fire pension obligations|last=Churney|first=Dan|date=December 23, 2016|work=Cook County Record|access-date=April 20, 2018|language=en}}</ref>