Politics & Government
Trustees Select Cara Pavlicek as New Village Manager
Cara Pavlicek was named Oak Park's new village manager at a board of trustees meeting Jan. 7.

Oak Park trustees finally made a selection as to who will take over as village manager at a board of trustees meeting on Monday night, the Wednesday Journal reports.
Cara Pavlicek was selected to take over the position. She has served as interim village manager since the resignation of former Village Manager Tom Barwin in February 2012. Previously, Pavlicek served as Oak Park's interim parking services manager.
The announcement ends a national search that took nine months.
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