Matteson trustees debate residency rule for village staff
Trustees debate keeping or amending a residency requirement for village department heads and police officers. Some urge retaining residence to ensure quick emergency response, while others call the rule outdated. The canine program and handler Bar faced a separate clash, with Bar moved to an Indiana kennel before being adopted by Homewood Police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Graham
Perry
Matteson
Graham
Henry Junge
Deparen
Vilage
Patricia Backus
Backus
Emmanuel Imoukhuede
Burnson
Imoukhuede
Dominik
Bar
Mike Halpin
Halpin
Indiana
Homewood Police Department
Stricker
Fire walls required in high density housing ordinance
Village officials push a building code requiring two hour fire rated interior walls and masonry separations in high density buildings. The plan aims to prevent fire spread with self contained units and two hour hall walls, though Windwood Condos predated the rule and builders face a $15 to $20 thousand cost. Nearby towns already enforce similar codes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commerford
David Niemeyer
Rick Reinbold
Matteson
Richton Park
University Park
Crete
Village Board mulls Huth muzzler project and tax cap impact
Village officials unanimously table action on adding classrooms at Huth with a potential four room division, citing tax cap legislation and possible retroactive limits. District 162 may be unable to fund the $1 million plan if caps take effect in 1994 95. bond funding discussed as alternative. The board also agrees to vacate an alley between 213th Street and 213th Place extending land onto school property, a decades old issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muzzler
Huth
Illinois General Assembly
Schmutzler
Schmultzer
Sauk
Mark Stricker
Ralph Coglianese
Stricker
213Th Street
213Th Place
Local Elections See Several Bid For Village Posts
Filing activity covers Kastar and Olympia Fields Crete University Park and Monee with multiple candidates for two to four year trustee terms. Incumbents including Donald Ransford and Harry Van Deursen filed petitions. others list addresses across several towns as newcomers enter races for village boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kastar
Shawnee St
Olympia Fields Park
Donald Ransford
Evergreen
Crete
Monee
Harry van Deursen
W. Court St
Fire at Richton Park nursing home causes minor injuries
A Richton Park Glenshire Nursing and Rehabilitation Centre fire on the second floor led to partial evacuation and nine minor injuries. Fire officials say the blaze started in a second floor utility room and was likely accidental an electrical fault. Responding agencies included Richton Park University Park Matteson Park Forest Crete Peotone and Steger Estates fire departments with State Fire Marshal investigators on scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richton Park
Richton Park Glenshire Nursing and Rehabilitation Centre
Cicero
Matteson
Park Forest
University Park
Richard Kara
Kara
Nursing Home
Frankfort
Crete
Peotone
Steger Estates
Dave Dorsett
Cicero Ave
Glenshire Nursing
Airlines oppose Peotone airport plan in letter to governor
CEOs of 16 major airlines led by United and American oppose a third regional airport at Peotone, arguing the project is too costly and unnecessary. They urge continued expansion at O’Hare, noting industry losses and the northwest corridor as the main travel base, and warn Peotone would be underutilized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Edgar
Peotone
O’hare
Chicago
Air Transport Association
United Airlines
American Airlines
Continental Airlines
Klm-Royal Dutch Airlines
TWA
Usair
Tim Neale
ATA
Neale
Denver
Midway
Edgar
Illinois General Assembly
O'Hare
Roger Cohen
Governor’s State
Villages approve new squad cars for two departments
Matteson and Richton Park will buy five and two 1995 Chevrolet Caprice patrol cars respectively. Matteson plans five vehicles at about 48 thousand dollars total, replacing 1993 models with 80 thousand miles each. Richton Park will replace two 1991 squads at about 29.8 thousand dollars, per unit 14,906.51, under state contract deadlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matteson
Richton Park
Ralph Coglianese
Miles Chevrolet
Decatur
Village Board of Trustees
Richard Labus
Celozzi Ettelson Chevrolet
Labus
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Stephen Campbell
Minogua St
Mike Lewellen
Lakewood Blvd
Robert Sullivan
Fir St
Andrew Gladstone
Willow
Olympia Fields
Michael Monetelioni
Chariot Lane
Robert Henn
Hellenic Drive
James Shuba
Chelsea Circle
Thomas Knuth
Belfast Terrace
Michael Knaak
Milburn Ave
William van Dyke
Patricia Lane
Crete Park
Daniel Hypke
Merioneth Drive
Mary “Polly” Bernd
Sierra Court
Thomas Johnson
Sullivan
John G. Sullen
Blackhawk
Northwest Corridor
Paul McGraw
Martha Schiebel
Illinois Department of Transportation
Cohen
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