{"id":903995,"date":"2026-11-03T04:14:17","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T04:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/903995\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T04:14:17","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T04:14:17","slug":"architect-appointed-to-yorkvilles-police-pension-fund-board-shaw-local","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/903995\/","title":{"rendered":"Architect appointed to Yorkville\u2019s Police Pension Fund Board \u2013 Shaw Local"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dean Roberts, an architect from Yorkville<\/a>, has been confirmed to the city\u2019s Police Pension Fund Board.<\/p>\n

Roberts was appointed by Mayor John Purcell and approved by the City Council on Oct. 27. His term expires May 2027.<\/p>\n

Roberts joins Jeff Burgner, a former Oswego<\/a> police chief, on the police pension board. Burgner was appointed in May 2025. Burgner\u2019s term also expires May 2027.<\/p>\n

Purcell said Robert\u2019s appointment came \u201chighly recommended.\u201d<\/p>\n

Roberts was previously hired by the Kendall County<\/a> Board in a $182,550 contract to serve as a consultant to guide the upgrades and expansion at the John Street Campus in Yorkville. <\/p>\n

The campus hosts the Public Safety Center, KenCom, Animal Control, the Coroner\u2019s Office and the Kendall County Courthouse.<\/p>\n

At the time, the board said Roberts\u2019 hire would help make cost-effective improvements without overbuilding or overspending.<\/p>\n

On his application for the Police Pension Fund Board position, Roberts cited his qualifications in architecture and working closely with police professionals.<\/p>\n

In the city\u2019s initial property tax levy, the Yorkville Police Department<\/a> Police Pension Fund has a city contribution of $1,601,419. This is a 4% increase<\/a> over last year\u2019s city contribution, according to city documents.<\/p>\n

The levy still requires final City Council approval after a public hearing on Nov. 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dean Roberts, an architect from Yorkville, has been confirmed to the city\u2019s Police Pension Fund Board. Roberts was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":903996,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[28,147,530,204652,204653,204654],"class_list":["post-903995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-personal-finance","tag-business","tag-personal-finance","tag-personalfinance","tag-yorkville","tag-yorkville-city-council","tag-yorkville-il-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=903995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/903996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=903995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=903995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=903995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}