District budget plan seeks August 1999 referendum impact
Rich Township officials outline a balanced education fund in 1998 99 with a 40.2 million spending plan and 39 million in revenue. The deficit stems from prior year revenues, not current funds. Major costs include salaries 78 percent debt payments 5 million and building operations 4.4 million. Plans include wiring Rich East High School and renovating its media center plus repaving parking lots at Rich South and Rich East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huang
Education
Rich East High School
Rich South
Rich East High
Rich East
Rich Central
Rich Township
Tinley Park
Country Club Hills
Olympia Fields
Park Forest
Matteson
Chicago Heights
Richton Park
Village Halls Green Build Aims For Energy Savings
The village spent 13 000 to remove unsuitable material from a stock pile and 3 000 to connect two drinking fountains to the sanitary sewer. The new Village Hall in Matteson Commons uses sustainable design with native grasses, light shelves, and sensors, costing 4.7 million funded by the TIF district with no tax increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miotti
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
Caglianese
Stryker
Matteson Commons
Matteson
Village considers mandatory lighting for businesses
Village officials push an ordinance requiring business owners to keep lights on for safety with penalties via citations and a hearing process. Critics say costs and enforcement are unfair and logging concerns. Some say Governor's Plaza is the sole problem while broader impact on others is undesired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Limas
Rick Reinbold
Reinbold
Governor's Plaza
Rains flood Suburban region disrupting trains and roads
Heavy rains hit the South Suburbs with University Park Crete and Park Forest seeing street and tunnel flooding. Metra tunnels off Governors Highway and University Parkway filled to 3 feet, prompting a bus shuttle to Richton Park and a 1 pm reopening. Bond Street and parts of University Parkway also flooded, while Crete reported 1 foot on Sangamon Street and 2 feet near the Route 1 viaduct. Park Forest and Crete avoided major impacts overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University Park
Crete
Park Forest
Metra
Ben Adcoch
Adcoch
Governors Highway
University Parkway
Richton Park
Steve Rosenquist
Bond Street
Public Works
Benjamin Jordan
Jordan
Monee Road
Deer Creek
Sangamon
Phil Hameister
Hameister
Route 1
Union Avenue
Butterfield Creek Wetlands Study Aims to Cut Flood Risk
A regional committee formed in 1984 with six municipalities seeks funding to study revegetation and restoration of Butterfield Creek wetlands to curb flooding, protect downstream communities, and maintain green space with help from the Audubon Society. The panel reports grant progress and set aside funds from Illinois agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coglianese
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Matteson
Richton Park
Olympia Fields
Flossmoor
Homewood
Glenwood
Cook County
Butterfield Creek
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Hollinger International
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Alenhone
Iki
Ghaftan
Audit Bureau For Circulations
U.S
USPS
Illinois
By Erica Bray
Rob Milkens
Grant
the Star Newspapers
Toretm Oe Associate
Eleate
Holbrook RD
Uva
Western Ave
Dunkin Donuts
Staten
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