Trees Sell as Holidays Loom in Local Lots
Shoppers stroll Cherry Creek and Park Forest tree lots as families pick an eight foot white pine and debate freshness. Vendors talk about cutting dates, with Briggs citing ten days past and Christy noting early November. Buyers weigh pine types and fullness while a family watches for their perfect tree.
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Virginia
Dahlgren
Cherry Creek
Homewood
Mike Christy
Frank
Briggs
George Nicholson
Bridge across freeway eyed to link sides of community
Judy Haldane, planning coordinator, outlines a three phase Interstate bridge project begun in 1997. Phase one is near complete while phase two covers eight land parcels with a seven parcel dispute needing condemnation. A judge will decide the appraisal fairness with expected resolution by April, under IDOT oversight and a state bid schedule after acquisition.
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Judy Haldane
Coglianese
Haldane
IDOT
Village budget details 1997 98 expenditures and library reserve concerns
The 1997 1998 village operating budget totals 13 062 100 with 2 900 000 from property taxes and 10 970 880 from other sources. Fire protection and police protection are major costs while the library faces 105 000 in legal fees plus 97 206 in remaining fees and a 95 000 court settlement. Trustee Emmanuel Imoukhuede questions reserve use and urges clear disclosure of fund allocations. The board approves stop loss insurance and new employee benefit contracts for 1998.
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Caglianese
Spice
FICA
Bill Madsen
Burnside Construction Company
Alden Risk Management
Caremark
Coresource
HealthStar
Ohio National
Board Revises Apartment Size Rules and Grandfathering
The board discussed minimum apartment sizes not for town houses with developers, considering 1200 and 1000 square feet. They debated grandfathering existing structures, allowing reconstruction if damaged beyond half replacement value. The measure failed 3-1 with three trustees absent. staff to revise and resubmit at a future work session. Minimums for single family homes stay unchanged.
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Limas
Craig Jensen
Law to Deregulate Electric Utilities Cited as Boost to Rates
Governor Jim Edgar signed landmark electric utilities deregulation legislation amid support from Sen. William Mahar and Rep. Phil Novak. The plan requires ComEd and other companies to cut rates by 36 percent starting August 1, 1998, with full traffic to open competition by 2002. Officials insist delays won’t harm customers and emphasize no asset disposals during potential court challenges.
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William Mahar
Rorland Park
Phil Novak
D-Bradley
Chicago
Jim Edgar
Iinois
Mahar
Novak
Commonwealth Edison
Illinois
ComEd
Agar
General Assembly
Illinois Power
Edgar
PSC levy hike to modestly raise Prairie State College taxes
Prairie State College board approves an 8.3645 million levy for 1997, up 279,042 from last year, a 3.3 percent increase. Business Officer James Troutman cites added faculty and cost rises, noting a $3 yearly effect on a $100,000 home, plus bond and interest down 2.6 percent. The meeting also covered a 3,861 square foot land expansion near Halsted Street, purchased from the Illinois Department of Transportation for 2,900 to expand recreation and sports fields and green space.
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Prairie State College Board of Education
James Troutman
Troutman
Lincoln Mall
Board of Education
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Statehouse News Service
Midwest
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Citizens Utility Board
Dave Vite
Illinois’ Retail Merchants Association
James J. O'Connor
Arnie Bernstein
Illinois Department of Transportation
Bernstein
Aya
Norman
Audit Bureau For Circulations
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Teang Puahne
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Geenaw
Initt
Ile Cantante
Sa Steger, Il
Beanie Babies
Exovega Nemcel
Ation
Reo
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Votal
Jim Pecora
Business
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Flossmoor Commons
W. Vollmer
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