Catherine J. Melchert

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{{BLP one source|date=February 2025}}{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Catherine J. Melchert

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|office = Mayor of Bartlett, Illinois

|term_start= April, 1993

|term_end = April 2009

|party = Democratic

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Catherine J. Melchert is the former mayor of Bartlett, Illinois from 1993 to 2009. In 1982 she was appointed trustee, and later elected to a two-year term in 1983. She served as a trustee until 1993, when she was elected mayor. She has been a Bartlett resident since 1970.

In 2008, the U.S. Conference of Mayors gave Melchert a "small town honorable mention climate award" for her work in adopting a new building code that promoted environmental protection and conservation.{{cite web|url=http://www.usmayors.org/climateprotection/documents/08%2012%20Best%20Practices%20D2.pdf|title=Climate Protection|publisher=U.S. Conference of Mayors|accessdate=2011-01-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110109093221/http://www.usmayors.org/climateprotection//documents/08%2012%20Best%20Practices%20D2.pdf|archive-date=2011-01-09|url-status=dead}}