Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

The Village of Mokena is committed to ensuring you access to information about your government. This section of our website contains summary material about the Village and its FOIA procedures, with the primary goal of assisting you in expediently locating information about your government which may be of specific interest to you.

The Village of Mokena is an Illinois municipal corporation providing standard municipal services to its residents and businesses. These include but are not limited to public safety, water and sewer, street maintenance, and planning and building inspection services. An organizational chart is shown below.

The Village has a current year budget of $46,807,920 . The Village’s administrative offices are located at the Mokena Village Hall, 11004 Carpenter Street, Mokena. Planning, building inspection, and engineering services are also sited at Village Hall.

Police operations are housed at 10300 W. 191st St. The Village also provides street maintenance services from the Ken Heim Maintenance Facility located at 19004 Wolf Road, and water and wastewater treatment services from its complex at 11400 W. 191st Street.

Village of Mokena elected officials include the Village President, the Village Clerk, and a six-person Board of Trustees. Your elected officials are elected at-large for staggered, four-year terms.

FOIA PROCEDURES
Before requesting specific additional information about your government, you may first wish to review a list of frequently asked questions regarding Illinois’ FOIA law.

To help you in making a FOIA request, the Village utilizes an online-request portal to process records requests. While you are not required to use the portal to make your request, we encourage an online submission as we have found them to be beneficial in facilitating the clear communication of information in an effective and efficient manner.

General/Administrative FOIA Requests / Village Hall FOIA Portal
Carl Buck
Village Attorney/Human Resources Director/FOIA Officer
Village of Mokena
11004 Carpenter Street
Mokena, IL 60448
(708) 479-3900
(708) 479-4844 FAX
Contact by Email

Police/Public Safety FOIA Requests / Mokena Police Department FOIA Portal

Crash reports after March 19, 2025,
are available from LexisNexis.

Brian Benton

Chief of Police/FOIA Officer

Village of Mokena
10300 W. 191st Street
Mokena, IL 60448
(708) 479-3912
(708) 479-0989 FAX
Contact by Email

If you prefer to correspond to us via e-mail, please utilize the request form and include "FOIA Request" in the subject line of your email.

Copying fees for responding to your FOIA inquiry are set by Illinois’ FOIA statute. For black and white, letter or legal-sized copies, the first fifty pages are free, and charges for additional pages will not exceed fifteen cents per page. For color or abnormal-sized copies, you may be charged the actual cost of copying. Charges for electronic copies will be limited to the actual cost of the recording medium (tape, CD, disk, etc.).

We welcome your inquiries. Feel free to call us at (708) 479-3900 with any general questions regarding your government and accessing specific information through a FOIA request.