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==Government== John J. "Jack" Leonard was instrumental in the village's incorporation and served as the village's first mayor.<ref name=JackLObit>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/chicagotribune/obituary.aspx?n=john-j-leonard-jack&pid=67133|title=John J. "Jack" Leonard's Obituary on Chicago Tribune|website=Chicago Tribune}}</ref> In 1971, Bolingbrook purchased station 2 from the Lemont Fire Protection District, which had been serving much of the village, thus establishing its own fire department. Since then, that station has been expanded and four others have been built.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fire department history|url=http://www.bolingbrook.com/index.php?page_id=26|work=Bolingbrook Fire Department|access-date=October 4, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111129092512/http://www.bolingbrook.com/index.php?page_id=26|archive-date=November 29, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> As of September 2024, the acting mayor of Bolingbrook is Mary Alexander-Basta. On July 31, 2020, longtime mayor Roger C. Claar resigned, having served in the role since 1986; Village Trustee Basta was unanimously appointed by the village board to complete Claar's term.<ref>{{cite web|title=Village of Bolingbrook Elected Officials|url=http://www.bolingbrook.com/index.php?page_id=2&go=official&disp_id=4|access-date=October 4, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327221147/http://www.bolingbrook.com/index.php?page_id=2&go=official&disp_id=4|archive-date=March 27, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Elected Officials |url=https://www.bolingbrook.com/officials |access-date=August 8, 2020 |website=bolingbrook.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Datta |first1=Abhinanda |title=The New Acting Mayor Of Bolingbrook Is Village Trustee Basta |url=https://patch.com/illinois/bolingbrook/village-trustee-basta-new-acting-mayor-bolingbrook |access-date=August 8, 2020 |work=Bolingbrook, IL Patch |agency=Patch Media |date=July 31, 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mayor Claar Retires, Basta Steps in as Acting Mayor |url=https://www.bolingbrook.com/index.asp?SEC=28490EF8-B3C9-4503-A4C1-B67E0C2B4B0C&DE=FE3F9D31-C435-4DBE-852E-0FA506EFCE60 |access-date=August 8, 2020 |website=bolingbrook.com |publisher=Village of Bolingbrook Executive Department |language=en}}</ref>
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