Brookfield’s PEP Party is the first political party out of the gates for the April 2011 election, which will see three trustees elected to the village board. The party announced this afternoon that it has selected incumbent C.P. Hall, former trustee Kit Ketchmark and newcomer Ryan Evans as its slate of candidates.
Hall is finishing his 14th year on the village board. He was a two-term trustee from 1991-99 and has served in the position since 2005, when he was appointed to the position following the election of Michael Garvey as president. Hall was subsequently elected to the post in 2007.
Ketchmark, a local landscaping contractor, served two terms on the village board from 2001-09. During his second term, he was the board’s finance chairman and most recently has served as president of the PEP Party.
The slate’s third candidate, Evans, is chairman of the Brookfield Beautification Commission, which he joined two years ago. Ryan, 28, has been a seventh-grade social studies teacher at S.E. Gross Middle School for five years and was the school’s liaison for the Beautification Commission’s Project NICE for two years prior to joining the commission.
Choosing not to run for re-election are trustees David LeClere and Yvonne Prause. Both trustees came up through the ranks via their involvement with the Brookfield Parks and Recreation Commission.
Candidates for office will be able to file nominating petitions for office from Dec. 13 to Dec. 20.
For a full report see the Oct. 20 edition of the Landmark.