them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race. Government Palos Hills is in Illinois's 3rd congressional district. The City of Palos Hills operates under a Mayor/Council form of government with a Mayor, Clerk and City Treasurer elected at large and 10 Aldermen elected from 5 dual member wards. Mayor Gerald R. Bennett City Clerk Rudy Mulderink City Treasurer Kenneth Nolan. Aldermen: Ward 1: Martin Kleefisch and Michael Price Ward 2: Pauline Stratton and Mark Brachman Ward 3: A.J. Pasek and Michael Lebarre Ward 4: Joseph Marrotta and Phil Abed Ward 5: Dawn Nowak and Donna O'Connel North Palos Fire Protection District operates Station 1 and Station 2 in Palos Hills. Education Elementary school districts serving Palos Hills: North Palos School District 117 Palos School District 118 All sections are zoned to Palos South Middle School in Palos Park. Currently sections of Palos Hills in District 118 are divided between Palos East Elementary in Palos Heights and Palos West Elementary in Palos Park. Prior to 2016-2017 all of the District 118 portion of Palos Hills was in the Palos East zone. Amos Alonzo Stagg High School of the Consolidated High School District 230 serves Palos Hills. Moraine Valley Community College is the area community college. Notable people Nick Drnaso Christian Dvorak, professional ice hockey player Matthew Haag T. J. McFarland, professional baseball pitcher Herb Schumann, former Cook County commissioner Ben Skora References Further reading External links City of Palos Hills official website Cities in Illinois Chicago metropolitan area Cities in Cook County, Illinois Populated places established in 1958 1958 establishments in Illinois