Presiding Justice BYRNE delivered the opinion of the court:
Plaintiff, Roger Szewczyk, served as a sergeant in the Village of Richmond (Village) police department from 1995 to 1999. In 1999, Kevin Brusek, then the Village president, appointed him police chief. In 2005, Brusek sent plaintiff a letter announcing that he was "terminated" from office. After three votes, the five members of the Village board of trustees voted four to one to end plaintiff's employment....
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