Local Government
Pingree Grove’s four trustee oaths: what the May 5, 2025 minutes show
Pingree Grove, Kane County, Illinois
At a glance
Pingree Grove’s May 5, 2025 minutes record oaths for elected trustees Kevin Pini, Robert Wangles and Andrew McCurdy, whose terms expire in 2029, and Edward Tarnow, whose term expires in 2027. The earlier version of this article gave the wrong meeting date and described them as appointees. The official minutes establish the corrected historical record.
Editorially updated . Individual source dates and limits appear below.
Key Takeaways
- •The approved minutes date the trustee ceremony May 5, 2025.
- •Pini, Wangles and McCurdy were elected to terms expiring in 2029; Tarnow’s term expires in 2027.
- •Outgoing Trustee Brook Carey received a service award.
- •Use current village notices for later meetings and election information.
Historical report corrected October 5, 2026. The Village of Pingree Grove’s approved May 5, 2025 meeting minutes, page 1 identify the ceremony, officeholders and term lengths.
Which Pingree Grove trustees took the oath in 2025?
| Elected trustee | Term expiration recorded in the minutes |
|---|---|
| Kevin Pini | 2029 |
| Robert Wangles | 2029 |
| Andrew McCurdy | 2029 |
| Edward Tarnow | 2027 |
Village Clerk Laura Ortega conducted the ceremonies. President Amber Kubiak then called the meeting to order at 7:06 p.m. The roll call lists all six trustees present, including continuing trustees Adam Hagg and Luke Hall. These are facts about that meeting; use the village’s current Board of Trustees directory to check today’s officeholders.
Who was recognized at the meeting?
The ceremonial proceedings record a service award to outgoing Trustee Brook Carey. She was an outgoing trustee, rather than the departing legal adviser described in the earlier article. The same minutes identify Michael Smoron as the village attorney present.
What decisions are documented for May 5?
The consent agenda included April 21 minutes, a $3,842,979.85 warrant list and adoption of the Kane County Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan. The recorded vote was 6–0. The minutes also record a special-event agreement and a second amendment to the community-park use and license agreement with the Forest Preserve District.
A warrant-list approval establishes board authorization. It should not be treated as an audited total of actual spending or evidence that every listed payment cleared. The Pingree Grove budget and spending tracker explains the separate records.
How to follow current village decisions
The village government page explains the president-and-six-trustee structure. Check the Agenda Center for the current meeting notice, packet, minutes and available recording. A scheduled agenda item is not itself an approval.
For elections, use the village’s official election information and its linked county records. This historical oath record does not establish a later ballot, candidacy or election outcome.
Correction and source limits
The prior article incorrectly dated this ceremony May 20, described the trustees as appointees, and misidentified Carey’s role. This update corrects those points from the approved May 5 minutes. It removes an unattributed quotation and other claims that were not supported by that meeting record. The original URL is retained so existing links continue to work.
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