The wife and son of Calumet City Mayor Thaddeus Jones combined to earn more than $120,000 in 2023 while working for or on behalf of the city, public records show. Saprina Jones made $92,538 for her roles while Thaddeus Jones Jr. made $32,250, according to records showing the money they made from the city from Jan. 1 to Dec. 4 of last year. Saprina Jones apparently was chosen by city officials .
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CALUMET CITY â A dispute between two of the city s top elected officials went public Wednesday as Clerk Nyota Figgs and Mayor Thaddeus Jones traded allegations.
In a Wednesday morning rally and news conference across the street from City Hall at Pulaski Park, Figgs said, I feel like I m being bullied within the mayor s administration. . I noticed that every time that I would operate in the capacity of my job . and I would inform the mayor of policies and procedures or the state statute that relates to my job, I feel like there was some form of retaliation.
Jones responded to Figgs in a written statement released Wednesday afternoon.
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In the first vote with his new administration, he made a laundry list of new appointments including Kevin Koloch as interim police chief (replacing Christopher Fletcher) and Andre Black as assistant police chief.