Commissioners Bruce Beckman and Sean Durkin provided a blast from the past when they called attention to Child Passenger Safety Week at the Feb. 17 village council meeting. It’s been years since we wrestled with car seats in my household but it doesn’t sound like the process is any easier for today’s young parents. Durkin [...]
Commissioner William Waldack became the first, and so far only, candidate to file papers today for spring’s village council race. Waldack, 58, is completing his first term on the council. While not that body’s most dynamic member, he has been an outspoken proponent of public transportation and affordable housing. Waldack also has displayed an independent [...]
The South East Association for Special Parks and Recreation would become the latest governmental partner to the village’s diesel and gas fueling facility under a resolution on the Tuesday’s village council agenda. The resolution will allow SEASPAR to partake of lower rates on fuel, which currently costs the village about $1.89 per gallon. By purchasing [...]
Local railroad safety activist George Swimmer conjured up a daunting picture for the village council Tuesday night. At a recent Chamber of Commerce luncheon, Swimmer asked a panel how many trains are expected to run along the Burlington Northern -Santa Fe line in the next 10 years. The answer: Train traffic is anticipated to increase [...]
Updated: Nov. 11 The village and Metra agreed to pay resident Therese Brzesinski $10,000 plus an additional $2,500 landscaping allowance to settle a February lawsuit challenging the rezoning of property in conjunction with the Belmont underpass project. The settlement also calls for an additional $2,500 landscaping allowance to be paid to each of two neighbors [...]
Mayor Ron Sandack, state senators Dan Cronin and Kirk Dillard, state representatives Patti Bellock and Sandra Pihos, Illinois secretary of transportation Milt Sees and various other officials, village commissioners and county board members gathered this morning to break ground on the long-awaited Belmont Avenue underpass. The estimated $53 million project finally reached fruition this past [...]
Sharp-eared observers may have noticed some familiar names when the village council appointed members to the Circulator Study Task Force and Liquor Commission earlier this month. Christine Fregeau, a dedicated and tireless local activist, got the nod for both groups. Other task force appointees who also serve duo roles: Alice Strelau is a Liquor Commission [...]
Seven miles per gallon sounds like every driver’s worst nightmare. But when it comes to the village’s new buses, 7 mpg is something to celebrate. Interim public works director Robin Weaver told the village council the 28-passenger buses, which run on ultra low emission diesel fuel, get more than double the mileage the old buses [...]
The village council Tuesday night confirmed the appointment of seven residents to the Transportation and Parking Committee. Larry Gress and John Wendt will co-chair the new committee. They were appointed to three-year terms along with Anthony Schiller. David Stuebner and Christopher Saricks were appointed to two-year terms, while Mark Cronin and Sheryl Van Anne will [...]
Look for the mayor to finally appoint members to the new Transportation and Parking Commission at tonight’s village council meeting. TAP replaces the Parking and Traffic Commission (PAT?), which ceased operations in December 2007. In the interim, the council has approved expenditures for traffic calming devices, recommendations for use of which will be made by [...]
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