Tonight Mayor Sandack broached the topic of putting three advisory referendum questions on the November ballot. November is an election that has no local offices involved. Although he offered up topics, the questions are expected to be finalized after council discussion. The three topics after the break:
And this one counts! The village is asking residents to complete a 16-question Garbage Service Survey online, or to stop by Village Hall, 801 Burlington Ave., Public Works, 5101 Walnut Ave. or the library, 1050 Curtiss St., for a paper copy. The village says the survey takes about seven minutes, but most will probably be [...]
The Village has put up a primer on coyote behavior that will be of interest to local pet-owners and walkers looking to avoid a confrontation with the wild critters, which in recent years have proliferated in the Western suburbs. The information was posted last week on the recommendation of the Environmental Concerns Commission, which reviewed [...]
Mayor Ron Sandack’s proposal to change the village council rules to require two commissioners to remove an item from the Consent Agenda to the Active Agenda was put on hold at Tuesday’s village council meeting after most commissioners seemed unwilling to jettison the long-standing prerogative. The matter was sparked by Commissioner William Waldack’s Feb. 2 [...]
Editor’s note: This post has been updated in order to clarify the series of events leading up to the mayor’s call for a possible rules change. Saying he believes “very strongly” in a one-week waiting period before voting on certain Consent Agenda items, Commissioner William Waldack requested at Tuesday’s village council meeting that four items [...]
During a discussion of the Comprehensive Planning Ad Hoc Committee at the Feb. 2 village council meeting, Commissioner Sean Durkin called for a rule that would deter committee members from blogging. “I would like to see, through council action or staff, that any member who is on the commission refrain from any sort of blogging [...]
With more than a year still to go on its solid waste collection and disposal services contract, the village is starting to consider ways to tailor the program to community preferences. This is good news to the residents who have plenty to say about how their waste and recyclables are collected each week. After all, [...]
Editor’s note: Ryan DeProsperis of the Ups In Downers Grove blog has agreed to post here at the DGreport on an occasional basis. Here is his report on yesterday’s State of the Village speech by Mayor Ron Sandack. Welcome, Ryan! The State of the Village at the Jan. 13 Downers Grove Area Chamber of Commerce [...]
Mayor Ron Sandack is set to deliver a State of the Village speech at tomorrow’s general membership luncheon of the Downers Grove Area Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the first of two such speeches he will give. The event, which was open to the community as well as Chamber members, sold out earlier today. This [...]
The village council kicked off its new meeting format Jan. 5, agreeing to give the experiment at least six months before deciding whether to make it permanent. The move reduces the number of monthly meetings to three from four and incorporates both workshop and formal action in each. The idea is to save staff time [...]
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