Update: Judge sets Another Hearing on Naperville Annexation Ballot Question

Update: This article was updated at 5:10 p.m. on 1/26/2017 to reflect the results of the morning's hearing

DuPage County Judge Paul M. Fullerton declined to decide whether the question of annexation into Naperville should be put on the April 4 ballot in that city, Lisle, Warrenville, and Woodridge, according to the Daily Herald.

Instead, he gave the petitioners until February 2 to respond to the objections filed by the mayors, according to Naperville Communications Manager Linda LaCloche. In an email LaCloche said the judge will reconsider the matter on February 8. That date is nearly two weeks after the time when the ballot questions were scheduled to be finalized so ballots could be printed.

The mayors of all four towns have opposed the idea, and the leaders of the three smaller towns filed objections in court.

The unknown person or group who filed the petitions failed to supply the minimum number of signatures for Warrenville and Woodridge. According to Mayor Broda, several of the signatures for Lisle appeared to be invalid.

Naperville's Mayor Steve Chirico previously called the attempt to put annexation on the ballot a "political stunt."

Photo at top January 9, 2017, Wheaton, Illinois-Left to Right: Mayor David Brummel of Warrenville, Mayor Joe Broda of Lisle, Mayor Gina Cunningham of Woodridge and Mayor Steve Chirico of Naperville.(Patrick Martin/Patch)