Cook County Board President Richard J. Phelan called on Gov.Edgar to sign a bill that would eliminate the office of RegionalSchools Supt. Richard Martwick at the end of four years.
Phelan sent letters to 122 suburban mayors asking them to joinin his appeal to ensure that Edgar signs the legislation that wasapproved last month by the Illinois Legislature.
Phelan, who vowed during his campaign last year to abolish theoffice, said he fears Edgar won't sign the bill.
"The office was a waste and I promised to eliminate (it), and wewere able to get the Legislature to do just that," Phelan said.
This year, Phelan reduced Martwick's $1.9 million budget to$1.04 million and promised to eventually phase out all appropriationsbefore the Aug. 7, 1995, deadline.
Originally, the office had 57 state-funded positions, including45 positions paid through the Cook County budget. Nine of the countypositions were eliminated, and 18 others were transferred to othercounty agencies.
The bill will eliminate the post of regional schoolssuperintendent in districts with 200,000 or more people. Cook Countyis the only county meeting that criterion.
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