Zack v. Ott

PRESIDING JUSTICE BYRNE

delivered the opinion of the court:

The Batavia Public Library District (the Batavia district) sought to annex certain territory in which respondents, Russell Ott and Lori Ott (collectively, the Otts), and petitioner, Daniel G. Zack, allegedly reside. The Otts sought a referendum on the annexation by signing and filing a petition with the Batavia district’s board of library trustees. Suspecting that the neighboring Geneva Public Library District (the Geneva district) had facilitated the Otts’ petition, Zack objected to the referendum by filing his own petition with the…