new Village Board took office on May 10, 2011. 2013 Election November 7, 2012, residents of Sauk Village were stunned to hear via email that embattled Mayor Lewis Towers resigned. Towers is the first and only mayor to have resigned the office of Mayor. Towers had been at political odds with the Village Board as the village was stuck in "gridlock". On November 8, 2012, the Village Board of Trustees selected David Hanks as acting mayor to serve out the remainder of Lewis Towers' unexpired term until May 2013. Hanks announced during a press conference he would not seek election as mayor and that he would return to his seat on the Village Board of Trustees as soon as the new mayor takes the oath of office. Hanks then filed to be a candidate for Mayor in December, 2012. On April 9, 2013, Hanks won election with 42% of the vote in a 4-way race. 2015 Election On April 7, 2015, the voters of Sauk Village came out and sent a signal to incumbent Mayor David Hanks that they want more open honest and transparent government. Voters rejected 3 candidates backed by Hanks and re-elected one time Hanks ally and now Hanks's harshest critic Derrick Burgess to a 3rd term as Trustee with nearly 62% of all ballots cast choosing Burgess. Also elected were Cecial Tates, a retired Lieutenant-Colonel and former District 168 School Board President along with newcomer Kelvin Jones. This election was historic as two incumbents were not re-elected and that hasn't happened since 1971. 2017 Election Voters will again be voting for a new mayor on April 4, 2017, as David Hanks announced he would not seek re-election. Hanks will follow Lewis Towers as only serving one term as Mayor, however, Towers resigned with less than 6 months to go on his term as Mayor. Village Trustee Derrick Burgess announced he will run for Mayor of Sauk Village pledging to "...bring community and collective vision into the Mayor’s office. To truly put us on a Pathway to Progress. As Mayor, I will govern with service, integrity, courage, openness, honesty and transparency because Sauk Village needs a strong and true leader" Burgess said. On April 4, 2017, voters went to the polls and elected their 8th Mayor of Sauk Village. Trustee Derrick Burgess was elected with 55% of the vote over two challengers. Burgess will take office on