Tinley Park Village Treasurer To Retire After 37 Years Of Service

TINLEY PARK, IL — Tinley Park Treasurer/Finance Director Brad Bettenhausen is retiring, according to an announcement from the village.

The village said that on June 30, Bettenhausen will serve his last day. He has been the Village Treasurer since 1984 and is a lifelong resident of Tinley Park.

"Brad has been an invaluable resource for many departments and countless employees through the years,” Village Manager Dave Niemeyer said. “The Village has thrived under his financial leadership, and you’d be hard pressed to find someone who knows more about Tinley Park than he does.”

According to the village, Bettenhausen is the 15th Village Treasurer in the town’s history. He followed in the footsteps of his ancestral relative, Christian Andres Sr., who served the same position from 1892 to 1908.

Bettenhausen is the third generation of his immediate family to have served Tinley Park in an official capacity, the village said. His grandfather, Henry J. Bettenhausen, served as a Village Trustee for two separate terms, and his father, Robert Bettenhausen, served as Fire Chief and Village Fire Marshal, with combined service longer than any other person in the history of the Tinley Park Fire Department, according to the village.

"There are few people who have been in a Treasurer/Financial Director position for as long as Brad has, and fewer still who know as much as he does about municipal finance in Illinois," Niemeyer said. "Brad's a true hometown hero."

See more on page eight of the 2021 Annual Report for the village.