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ROCKFORD There are four candidates in the upcoming Rock Valley College election and only two seats to fill on the seven-member, nonpartisan board.
The candidates are Peter Cimino, Ira Grimmett, John M. Nelson and Crystal Soltow. Only Nelson is a current board member, having been previously elected in 2017.
The two winners of the April 6 election will serve six-year terms. The positions are non-paid.
The college has an annual budget of about $100 million and about 5,500 students.
Rock Valley’s district encompasses nearly all of Winnebago and Boone counties and parts of DeKalb, McHenry, Ogle and Stephenson counties.
Here are the candidates for Rock Valley College Board of Trustees:
ROCKFORD Five candidates are running for two six-year Rock Valley College Board of Trustees seats held by Board Chairman Patrick Murphy and Trustee Bob Trojan.
Neither Murphy, who was first elected for six years in 2013 and then re-elected to a two-year term in 2019, or Trojan, who was elected to a six-year term in April 2015, are seeking re-election in April.
Trojan, an engineer and a founder of Rockford Linear Actuation Inc., said he is stepping down after a busy term on the board. I have done a good six years and I just decided to retire from Rock Valley College trusteeship, Trojan said.