According to an article in The Journal Times, Chris Bennett, the neighborhood services director for the City of Whitewater since March, 2021, is one of five finalists for the position of village administrator of Union Grove. Bennett has also served for over thirteen years as an elected trustee for the Village of Rochester, where he resides. The Union Grove administrator resigned in March after three years on the job. Union Grove is located in Racine County, and in the 2020 census was found to have a population of 5031.

The other finalists are:

• Will Kolschowsky, a management analyst for the City of Urbana, Illinois.
• Todd Willis, economic development coordinator for the City of Brookfield.
• Theresa Loomer, village administrator for the Village of Fontana.
• Kerry Bennett, interim village administrator for the Village of Union Grove. [Kerry Bennett is not related to Chris Bennett.]

Union Grove is also in the process of hiring a new village clerk.