Jim Cox has vision. Clarendon Hills does some neat stuff. When they built their new Clarendon Hills Middle School, they partnered with their Park District and came up with a multi-use facility where the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. That’s thinking creatively and cooperatively. This wind turbine that is just now [...]
Entries Tagged as 'planning'
Council approves union contract
August 4th, 2010 · 10 Comments · budget, Fire and police, government
Village Operation Center workers will see raises In December of 2008, the Village Operation Center (VOC) employees voted to unionize and choose the Fraternal Order of Police as their exclusive bargaining agent. The unit is comprised of all full time operators. Staff has been negotiating a collective bargaining agreement since April of 2009. Staff has [...]
Trash talk Tuesday
July 9th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Core Services, Environmental Concerns
Tuesday July 13 staff will report to council on the main variants of the village’s next garbage contract, which begins in April of 2011. There are four options:
Tags: garbage contract·planning·trash
99 seeks input for strategic planning
July 9th, 2010 · 1 Comment · District 99, Strategic Planning
Public input to be sought in strategic planning process. Community High School District 99 will seek the opinions of community members, parents, business owners, students, teachers and staff as part of its strategic planning process, which will be launched this summer.
Required reading
June 21st, 2010 · 1 Comment · budget, Public opinion, Strategic Planning, Taxes
At the last June council meeting Mayor Sandack referred to 4-5 resident comments on the village website regarding Long Term Financial Planning that starts on June 29th. The lack of input may be from lack of information. This link will take you direct to a 15 page village summary report on the current financial state, [...]
Tags: budget·local government·municipal budget·planning·Taxes
Washington Park on deck
May 28th, 2010 · 41 Comments · community development, Environment, Neighbohoods, Park District, Stormwater
Washington Park area residents are starting to get an idea of what will be the village’s best park.
Tags: planning·Stormwater
Open book
April 24th, 2010 · 18 Comments · Village Hall, Village Manager
Open government gets a lot of topic time everywhere nowadays. Here’s a shining example of walking the walk put right under your nose. If you want to know what’s going on right now, this is a good place to start…
Unmaking the grade
April 14th, 2010 · Comments Off · community development, Traffic, Transportation
Village staff presented council with a resolution to authorize a railroad crossing improvement at Maple Avenue. This project involves two components:
Tags: budget·Development·planning·rail crossings·railroad safety·safety
Comp Plan meetings: Be there
March 25th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Comprehensive Planning
You like your neighborhood. Maybe some things about your neighborhood you don’t like so much. Zoning probably has something to do with that. Not everything, of course; the people make a big difference. But the underlying zoning determines much of what you see: dwelling units per acre, building line setbacks, building heights, etc. So why [...]
More village budget problems
March 8th, 2010 · Comments Off · budget
The state is pulling us off the same cliff edge they jumped off years ago. David Vaught, Governor Quinn’s budget director, announced Quinn’s intention of reducing income tax payments to municipalities in Illinois by 30%. “You need to take a look and say OK, does everybody have skin in the game here?” Vaught said. “It [...]