Ex- village manager sues

Carpentersville is being sued by former Village Manager Mark Rooney, who claims the village fired him five months ago and refused to pay him severance. The village board voted in January to accept what it considered Rooney’s “voluntary resignation,” saying he had stopped reporting for work. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in Kane County argues Rooney was placed on involuntary leave, then terminated from the position he held for seven years. He never received the $ 190,000 owed to him in severance and benefits, the suit says.