Editing Harvey, Illinois (section)

== Government ==
Harvey is in [[Illinois's 2nd congressional district]].

The city faces severe financial problems.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://politics.suntimes.com/article/chicago/sec-accuses-city-harvey-comptroller-fraud/wed-06252014-1244pm|title=SEC accuses City of Harvey, comptroller of fraud - Early & Often<!-- Bot generated title -->|access-date=2 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819102923/http://politics.suntimes.com/article/chicago/sec-accuses-city-harvey-comptroller-fraud/wed-06252014-1244pm|archive-date=19 August 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> From 2010 to 2013, it failed to fund its police and fire pensions, paying just $140 of $10.1 million required contributions.<ref name="sun">{{cite web|url=http://politics.suntimes.com/article/chicago/dozens-suburban-police-and-fire-pension-funds-drying/tue-08052014-830pm|title=Dozens of suburban police and fire pension funds drying up - Early & Often<!-- Bot generated title -->|access-date=2 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819085952/http://politics.suntimes.com/article/chicago/dozens-suburban-police-and-fire-pension-funds-drying/tue-08052014-830pm|archive-date=19 August 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> This problem has been reported in other Chicago suburbs with economic problems.<ref name="sun"/> Since 2007, Harvey has refused to audit its municipal finances as required by the state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-02-11/news/ct-harvey-3rd-day-main-20140211_1_new-harvey-harvey-park-district-eric-kellogg|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140214034236/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-02-11/news/ct-harvey-3rd-day-main-20140211_1_new-harvey-harvey-park-district-eric-kellogg|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 14, 2014|title=Harvey status quo aided by state, feds|access-date=2 November 2017}}</ref> The [[Securities and Exchange Commission]] alleges that during this time, there was "a scheme to divert bond proceeds for improper purposes."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://politics.suntimes.com/article/chicago/feds-turn-heat-suburban-bookkeeper%E2%80%99s-role-water-agency/sun-08032014-1136am|title=Feds turn up heat on suburban bookkeeper’s role in water agency - Early & Often<!-- Bot generated title -->|access-date=2 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819090254/http://politics.suntimes.com/article/chicago/feds-turn-heat-suburban-bookkeeper%E2%80%99s-role-water-agency/sun-08032014-1136am|archive-date=19 August 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

As of September 2014, some aldermen were concerned the city could soon be unable to make payroll.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/09/21/harvey-to-vote-on-police-department-audit-by-cook-county-sheriff/|title=Harvey To Vote On Police Department Audit By Cook County Sheriff|access-date=2 November 2017}}</ref> In 2017, the city was forced to pay almost $11 million in unpaid and underpaid pension fund contributions for the city's firefighters. A panel of judges on the Illinois First District Appellate Court in Chicago determined that Harvey's mayor and city Council had improperly abused their discretionary powers for years. According to the ''Cook County Record'', "The case had landed in Cook County court in 2010, when the Board of Trustees of the City of Harvey Firefighters’ Pension Fund first filed suit against the city of Harvey, alleging chronic underfunding of the pension fund, which managed pension money for 67 retired firefighters, had left the fund teetering on the verge of insolvency."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/511174834-appeals-court-pension-fund-has-right-to-11m-potential-tax-hike-from-harvey-for-underpaying-pensions|title=Appeals court: Pension fund has right to $11M, potential tax hike from Harvey for underpaying pensions|last=Bilyk|first=Jonathan|date=2017-08-07|work=Cook County Record|access-date=2018-04-20}}</ref>

===Mayors of Harvey===
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! style="background:#F5DEB3"|  <small>Mayors of Harvey, Illinois</small>
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| Charles H. Applegate Jr.
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| Arthur Turngren
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| [[File:Elmer Turngren, mayor of Harvey.jpg|100px]]
| Elmer Turngren
| – April 1959
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| [[File:William Kane, mayor of Harvey Illinois.jpg|100px]]
| William B. Kane
| April 1959 – 1963
| <ref>{{Cite news|first=John |last=Lindop |authorlink=   |title=Court Battle Looms On Annexation Bid |newspaper=[[Harvey Tribune]]|date=June 14, 1960 |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/politics-clipping-jun-14-1960-4704063/|via=[[NewspaperArchive.com]]}}</ref>
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| [[File:Elmer Turngren, mayor of Harvey.jpg|100px]]
| Elmer Turngren
| 1963–1967
| <ref>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title=The Candidates Go On Record |newspaper=[[Markham Tribune]]|date=March 31, 1963|url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/politics-clipping-mar-31-1963-4704004/|via=[[NewspaperArchive.com]]}}</ref>
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| [[File:James A. Haines, mayor of Harvey.jpg|100px]]
| James A. Haines
| 1967–1983
| <ref>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title=James Haines for Mayor |newspaper=[[South Holland Tribune]]|date=February 24, 1963|url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/politics-clipping-feb-24-1963-4703965/|via=[[NewspaperArchive.com]]}}</ref>
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| [[File:David Johnson, mayor of Harvey Illinois.jpg|100px]]
| [[David Johnson (Illinois politician)]]
| 1983–1995
| First African-American mayor of Harvey<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kerch |first1= Steve |title=Blacks Unite In Harvey To Elect Mayor |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune/128028659/ |newspaper= [[The Chicago Tribune]]|date=April 15, 1983 |pages=[https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune/128028659/ 1], [https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune/128028730/ 3] |accessdate= |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|first=Ronald |last=Ayers |authorlink=   |title=Time is right for a black mayor: David Johnson   |newspaper=[[Harvey Star Tribune]]|date=February 6, 1983|url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-feb-06-1983-4703889/ |via=[[NewspaperArchive.com]]}}</ref>
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| [[Nickolas Graves]]
| 1995–2003
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| [[Eric J. Kellogg]]
| 2003–2019
| Second African-American mayor of Harvey
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| [[Christopher J. Clark]]
| 2019–Present
| Third African-American mayor of Harvey
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