Illinois rejects stoplight request on Route 45 near Arbury Hills
Illinois officials will reduce the Route 45 speed limit from 85 to 50 between 19th Street and south of LaPorte Road instead of installing a stoplight. Mokena officials plan heightened enforcement and patrols near Arbury Hills as traffic concerns persist. The village board also approved bonds and other measures including SWARM funding and a radio tower repair plan.
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Arbury Hills Oe
Mokena
Harold Fitch
Arbury Hills
Illinois Department of Transportation
Ron Grotovsky
19St Street
LaPorte Road
Grotovsky
Willow Lane
IDOT
Richard
District 1570 outlines goals list for future board work
The goals committee led by Ellie Warning presented a six point draft to the Board of Education. It urged boosting board awareness of the total educational program with school visits and three annual curriculum presentations. It recommended tracking pupil achievement levels with yearly studies alongside the superintendent's report. It proposed public relations steps including annual school visits, a fact sheet, and public input surveys, plus an annual self-evaluation, an orientation program for new members, and a study of long range transportation costs before the next contract renewal. The list was described as a working document, not final.
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Ellie Warning
Board of Education
Warning
Mokena library seeks funds to bolster book collection
The Mokena library district requests 5000 from federal revenue sharing to improve holdings. Elaine Redemer says the current 16500 volume collection falls short of state guidelines urging 33764 books for a district of 5,000 to 10,000. A finance committee public hearing and a June 28 board meeting will decide on the grant.
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Industrial Metals
Alsip
Normal
Mokena
Ilinois Library Association
State Library Association
Elaine Red ‘Emer
State Association
Reckhhemer
Richard Quinn
Quinn
Prestwick Utilities ICC rate hike hearing postponed
The Illinois Commerce Commission postponed Prestwick Utilities rate hike hearings to allow a newly appointed commissioner time to prepare an audit and become familiar with the case. A new date is expected late this week, with delays likely into July or August. The hearing concerns proposed water and sewer rate increases for Frankfort Square and Prestwick, potentially raising water 40 percent and sewer 52 percent for many residents, though minimum bills would rise less. Homeowner associations oppose the hikes, aided by attorney John Rogers, citing long-running efforts to block such increases dating back to 1970s disputes.
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Illinois Commerce Coummosse
ICC
Prestwick
Commission
Prestwick Utilities, Inc
Frankfort Square
Illinois
John Rogers
Power outages blamed on lightning in suburban Illinois
Utility suspects lightning caused Tuesday outages affecting most of Mokena and Frankfort Square and parts of Frankfort. Commonwealth Edison district superintendent Robert Barnes said loss on three feeder lines may stem from a bolt at the Route 45 substation in Frankfort. Most of Mokena was without power from 8:45 to 11:15 a.m. Frankfort Square also suffered an outage while some Frankfort areas remained powered. A Route 45 and Colorado Avenue stoplight was out in the morning. the Frankfort sewage plant ran on generators from about 11 a.m. to 2:50 p.m. Don Stephen, Frankfort public works superintendent, said the plant operated on emergency power. Barnes noted Edison’s priority was restoring service and then investigating the cause.
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Mokena
Frankfort Square
Frankfort
Robert Barnes
Commonwealth Eii‘son
Public Works
Tom
Route 45
Colorado Avenue
Don Stephen
Barnes
Commonwealth Edison
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Prestwick Utilities
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