Jeff Tobolski

Jeff Tobolski is a former member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, who represented the 16th district[1] which includes all or parts of the suburbs Franklin Park, Northlake, Stone Park, Melrose Park, Maywood, Hillside, Westchester, Brookfield, North Riverside, Berwyn, Riverside, Cicero, Stickney, Forest View, Lyons, La Grange, Summit, Countryside, McCook, Bedford Park and the Archer Heights neighborhood in the City of Chicago.[2][3]

Jeff Tobolski
Member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners
from the 16th district
In office
December 2010 – March 31, 2020
Preceded byTony Peraica
Succeeded byFrank Aguilar
Personal details
Born (1964-09-14) September 14, 1964
McCook, Illinois, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Cathleen Patterson
Children1 daughter
EducationKnox College (BA)

Early life

Tobolski was born and raised in McCook, Illinois, where he currently lives with his wife and daughter. He has graduated from both St. Hugh School in Lyons, Illinois and St. Joseph High School in Westchester. He played basketball for head coach Gene Pingatore during his time at St. Joseph. He later earned a bachelor of arts in history at Knox College.[1] Jeff served as a Trustee for the McCook Park District and then as President. He then served as a Village of McCook Trustee for six years, and was appointed interim Mayor of McCook in 2007.[4] In 2009 he was elected Mayor of McCook to a full four year term.[5] Prior to becoming Mayor, he worked as a claim’s adjuster for Fireman's Fund Insurance Company for fifteen years as a claim’s adjuster, including five years investigating insurance fraud in the Special Investigations Unit and as a Field Claims Adjuster for Standard Mutual Insurance Company.[4]

Cook County Commissioner

In the Democratic primary he was endorsed by the Chicago Sun Times and the Chicago Tribune over Bill Russ, the Mayor of Brookfield and Northlake Alderman Eddy Garcia.[6][7] He won the Democratic nomination with 55% of the vote to his opponents 23% and 22% respectively.[8]

During the election he was endorsed by Chicago Federation of Labor, Service Employees International Union, Local 73, Chicago Firefighters Union, Local 2, LIUNA, Local 225, the Italian American Political Coalition and the Hispanic Illinois State Law Enforcement Association (HISLEA). Additionally, he received endorsements from numerous other officials in the district including U.S. Representative Dan Lipinski State Senators Don Harmon, Tony Munoz and Martin Sandoval, State Representatives Elizabeth Hernandez, Karen Yarbrough and Michael Zalewski, President of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Terrence J. O'Brien and twelve local mayors. On Election Day, he defeated incumbent Tony Peraica with 50% of the vote to Peraica's 43%.[9]

As a member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners he serves as the Chair Homeland Security & Emergency Management Committee and Vice Chair of the Veterans Committee. His other committee assignments are Capital Improvements, Finance - Litigation, Finance - Pension, Finance - Tax Delinquency, Finance - Workers' Compensation, Law Enforcement and Workforce, Job Development & Training Development. Like all commissioners, he is a member of the board for the Forest Preserve District of Cook County which is responsible for the management of 68,000 acres of forest preserves and is the Chairman of that board's Zoological Committee.[10]

On March 6th, 2020, Tobolski turned in his resignation from his Cook County Commissioner role, effective at the end of the month, amid a federal probe. Local Democratic Committeepersons appointed Frank Aguilar, a former Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives from Cicero to succeed Tobolski.[11]

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References
  1. "Jeffrey R. Tobolski • Cook County Commissioner • 16th District". Friends of Jeffrey R. Tobolski. Retrieved 2013-12-30.
  2. "Cook County Commissioner District 16 Municipalities" (PDF). Office of the Cook County Clerk. Retrieved 2013-12-29.
  3. "Archer Heights, Chicago Map". Google Maps. Retrieved 2013-12-29.
  4. "Meet Jeff". Friends of Jeff R. Tobolski. Retrieved 2013-12-30.
  5. "Cook County Consolidated Election Results for Tuesday, April 07, 2009: Summary Report - Official Results" (PDF). Office of the Cook County Clerk. 2009-04-09. p. 18. Retrieved 2013-12-30.
  6. "Endorsements". Friends of Friends of Jeff Tobolski. Retrieved 2013-12-29.
  7. "Archer Heights, Chicago Map". Google Maps. Retrieved 2013-12-29.
  8. "Democratic Cook County Board Election Suburban Results for Tuesday, February 2, 2010". Office of the Cook County Clerk. 2010-02-02. Retrieved 2013-12-30.
  9. Commissioner, Cook County Board, 16th District Township & Precinct Results Archived 2010-11-14 at the Wayback Machine Cook County Clerk's Office. Accessed November 16, 2010
  10. "Jeffrey R. Tobolski". Cook County Government. Retrieved 2013-12-30.
  11. Hinton, Rachel (April 16, 2020). "Mystery shrouds closed-door vote on Tobolski successor". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
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