Village officials have not publicly offered any reasons for Nickerson’s absences during any of the missed council meetings.
“There has been no explanation provided for the absences,” Councilman Gale Joy said this week.
Council has a 75% meeting attendance requirement, one that Nickerson is now toeing the line with. It was stated by council during the Aug. 5 meeting that Nickerson can miss only one more meeting before crossing that threshold.
Council previously ousted Councilman Lyndon Perkins in January after he failed to meet that requirement.
Nickerson said in an email to the newspaper late Wednesday afternoon that he has no plans to resign, but he did not provide any alternative reasoning for his meeting absences.
“I am not resigning but continuing to strive and move forward in bettering our community,” he said.
Village officials, including Village Manager Bill Draugelis and Law Director Michael McNamee, have not responded to several requests for comment.
Nickerson took office in January 2024, along with several new council members, after running in the November 2023 election on a platform to tackle “wasteful and unnecessary spending.”
The village has experienced varying stages of turmoil since then that has included the unexpected firing of many village leaders, allegations of misconduct and a handful of lawsuits against the village — and Nickerson, specifically — some of which remain in litigation.
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