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Racine Mayor John Dickert to resign for job with Great Lakes cities

Don Behm
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Racine Mayor John Dickert will resign in July to take the top job with the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative, a group representing mayors of 128 Great Lakes cities in the United States and Canada.

Racine Mayor John Dickert announced Monday he will resign from the post in late July to become president of the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Cities Initiative.

Dickert will succeed David Ullrich as president and chief administrative officer of the Cities Initiative, the group announced Monday. Dickert confirmed the job change on the City of Racine's website.

The Cities Initiative currently is seeking a rehearing by representatives of the eight Great Lakes governors over their June 2016 approval of the City of Waukesha's request for a Lake Michigan water supply.

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Dickert was first elected Racine mayor in May 2009. His current term ends in April 2019.

He served as Cities Initiative board chairman from 2014 to 2015.

Ulrich will become a senior adviser to the Cities Initiative.