After serving in the office for 12 years, Montgomery County Circuit Clerk Holly Lemons has resigned from her position, effective at the end of the day on Friday, Nov. 5.

She will begin a new position the following Monday as the learning and development manager for the Illinois Judicial College with the administrative office of Illinois Courts.  She will work out of an office in Springfield, but the job will often require her to be in Chicago.

Before her appointment and subsequent election as circuit clerk, Lemons worked as a probation officer in Montgomery County for three years.

According to Illinois statute, Montgomery County Board Chairman Evan Young must notify the chairs of both political parties in the county of the vacancy in the elected office. He then has 60 days to fill the vacancy, with the consent of the county board, with a nominee of the same political party as Lemons, a Republican.