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New Oswegoland Park District director gets 3-year contract · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: New Oswigiland Park District director gets three year contract. Written
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  by Eric Shelkoff, This article is being read by an
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  automated voice brought to you by Everlett. One of the
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  first goals of new Oswegiland Park District Executive Director Chad
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  Feldado is to get to know more about the employees
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  who work for the district. I want them to have
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  an opportunity to speak independently with me, as well as
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  to get an understanding of what goals they have for
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  themselves along with any department goals, and see how I
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  can support them, Feldodo said. At the January fifteenth park
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  Board meeting, commissioners unanimously approved a three year contract for Feldodo.
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  The longtime Oswegoland Park District employee, started in his new
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  position on January fifth. Fealdado started with the Oswegoland Park
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  District in two thousand and six as park planner. Before
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  being named executive director. He served as the district's director
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  of Parks and Planning. Feldoto replaces former executive director Tom Bettsinger,
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  who was charged last July with allegedly attempting to run
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  over a person with his pickup truck in Yorkville. And
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  driving under the influence of alcohol. Bettsinger resigned from his post.
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  A motive is not known and the victim was not injured.
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  For the past few months, retired parks and recreation professional
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  Jim Ruter had been serving as the district's interim executive
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  director while the district conducted a search for a new
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  executive director. It's a very exciting time to be leading
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  this district, Feldoto said, I'm really happy about it. The
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  park District serves more than sixty six thousand people, including
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  all of Oswego, parts of Montgomery, Aurora, and Plainfield, and
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  all of Boulder Hill. Last year marked the park District's
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  seventy fifth anniversary. The park district was established by referendum
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  in April nineteen fifty. Was among six candidates interviewed for
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  the post. Oswego Land Park Board President Dave Barns said
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  Feldoto stood out among the candidates. You can't disregard his
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  knowledge and his dedication to this community. He said, we
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  had some very strong candidates, so it was nice that
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  he came out on top out of a very strong
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  candidate pool. It wasn't an easy decision because they were
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  all strong