On the heels of Trustee John Mauk resigning from his post as chair of the Mayor's Committee on St. Paul's - and in light of his somewhat combative relationship with fellow trustee and committee member Tom Lamberti - he highly recommended that Trustee Lamberti take over the reigns.

"I have always supported his campaign and I know he has the village's best interests at heart," Trustee Mauk said of Trustee Lamberti. "I'm stepping down but I'm not going away."

Trustee Lamberti accepted the offer, what he described as a heavy burden placed upon his shoulders, and thanked Trustee Mauk for his gracious words.

"We have had our differences but we have a common goal," Trustee Lamberti said, admitting he is not a patient person by nature and therefore would not allow the process to move forward too slowly.

Lamberti told residents the committee had already met to regroup after the changing of the guards and promised the public that information would be more forthcoming at the April board meeting.

Mayor Peter Bee again thanked Trustee Mauk for all the "endless hours" he put into the committee and was confident that Trustee Lamberti would bring this process to good closure.

With Trustee Mauk leaving the committee altogether, to some there now appeared to be a vacancy. Mayor Bee however said that because there is no fixed number of trustees intended for the committee, he does not have any intention of adding to the committee at the present time.