During a recent meeting of the Northbrook Board of Trustees, acting Village Manager Jeff Rowitz distributed copies of a letter sent by an applicant regarding the special permit for 1801 Holste.
Elgin City Manager Sean Stegall recently presented the 2016 budget plan to Elgin Mayor David Kaptain and the City Council. Despite the financial uncertainties facing the city because of the state budget impasse, Stegall presented a balanced budget of $285.29 million. The budget was carefully crafted and balanced to ensure that the city continues its fiscally conservative mission.
The Village of Richmond's Community Development Committee meeting was held recently, with Trustees David Nelson, Lauri Olson, and Scott Drabant present. Under old business, Drabant discussed events, including Jim May telling ghost stories to children and Megan Wells' evening performance of "Dracula."
U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) introduced a bill on Tuesday to reform the H-1B visa program. The H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act aims to prevent abuse of the visa system and ensure qualified U.S. workers have priority over others for highly skilled jobs. “Reforming the H-1B and L-1 visa programs is a critical component of fixing our broken immigration system and must be included in comprehensive immigration-reform legislation,” Durbin said.
The Isabella Sewer Project Construction is expected to create significant traffic delays on Tuesday and Wednesday on Southbound Route 83 between Central and Kensington Streets in Mount Prospect.
A free Wheeling Township seminar on how to appeal a property tax assessment will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 3 at Saint Alphonsus Liguori Parish, 411 N. Wheeling Road, in Prospect Heights.Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Dan Patlak, Prospect Heights Mayor Nicholas Helmer and Wheeling Township Assessor Jerry Sadler will lead the hour-long seminar for taxpayers appealing their 2015 property tax assessments.
The monthly meeting of the City of Elgin Sustainability Commission will take place 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at the Robert Gilliam Municipal Complex, City Hall,in the second-floor South Conference Room, 150 Dexter Court. After the call to order, roll call and reading of the minutes, the commission will take up old business.
Approvals for new candidates for Park Ridge boards and commissions are scheduled for the City Council meeting on Monday. The Mayor's Advisory Board is recommending the appointment of Linda Nagle and Rebecca Leslie to the Zoning Board of Appeals and Todd Baldi to the Liquor License Review Board.
Chat informally over complimentary coffee with Mount Prospect Village Board members at 9 a.m. Saturday in the Village Hall Community Room on the first floor, 50 S. Emerson St. Coffee With the Council is held on the second Saturday of every month so that board members and interested residents can sit down and share their thoughts without the formality of a televised public meeting.
The Prospect Heights Police Department (PHPD) is collecting donations this month for the American Cancer Society's (ACS) Relay for Life. As part of the second annual fundraiser, which helps raise cancer awareness in the community, members of the PHPD will grow out their mustaches and beards through November while collecting donations through ACS Relay for Life events.
The bimonthly meeting of the Village of Northbrook Senior Services Commission is set for 7 p.m. on Thursday at Northbrook Village Hall's Terrace Conference Room, 1225 Cedar Lane. Aside from reviewing the Sept. 10 minutes, the chairman and manager will both present reports.
The Buffalo Grove Arts Commission will meet today at 7 p.m. in the EOC Conference Room, 50 Raupp Blvd. The mission of the Buffalo Grove Arts Commission is "to draw upon the diversity and artistic talent within the Buffalo Grove community and to promote a broad spectrum of the arts, which will serve to enrich our village."
The Village of Northbrook's Bicycle Task Force meets 7-9 p.m. today in the Village Hall's second-floor Terrace Conference Room. The task force seeks to make the village more bicycle-friendly by improving access to bicycle transportation, coordinating bicycle-related initiatives and presenting recommendations to the Village Board.
Caregivers and family members are invited to take a free cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training class through the Des Plaines Fire Department (DPFD) 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday at Fire Station No. 61, 405 S. River Road.
U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Dist. 9) released a statement late last week after President Obama rejected the plan for the Keystone XL Pipeline project. “I strongly support the president’s decision to reject the Keystone XL pipeline," Schakowsky said. "As I have consistently said, Keystone XL is all risk, no reward, and I have consistently opposed its construction."
Streamwood officials reviewed the 2016 budget at a recent Village Board workshop. Finance Director Mary Johnson reviewed the fund balances, expected revenues and proposed expenditures. Johnson also reviewed the proposed 2015 property tax levy and reminded the group that it is the same as the 2014 tax-levy extension, which was paid in 2015.
The Village of Streamwood board and staff held a workshop recently to discuss and plan goals and objectives. The village president, trustees, directors, administrators, police and fire chiefs, and the city attorney met with Executive Corps facilitators R. Jim Young, Marijana Ignjatovic, John Mayer, David Gugel and Doug James.
U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Dist. 9) released a statement after she voted with a House majority to advance H.R. 22, The Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy (DRIVE) Act, to a House-Senate conference committee.