Fees Set for Village Development Approvals in Suburban South
Country Club Hills and neighboring towns base fees on project size with a new schedule. Preliminary plats at 60 plus 1 per lot. 10 acres 500, plus 200 per extra 20 acres. Final plat 150 per phase. site plan 300 for 10 acres, 200 per 20 acres. Village may refuse plans until balances are paid and can pursue other means to collect delinquent balances. Trustees authorize village manager to act on Federal Surplus Property program and explore purchasing surplus equipment and furnishings when available.
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Country Club Hills
Matteson
Homewood
Chicago Heights
Orland Park
Limas
Section 8 housing dispute drives regional reform talk
Local leaders in Park Forest and nearby suburbs press for control over Section 8 certificates citing inequities in distribution. They urge action over talk, warn HUD policy could widen segregation, and call for aggressive federal leadership to reinterpret the Fair Housing Act.
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HUD
Chicago Housing Authority
Welch
Weller
Frankfort
Will County
Athy Cardona
HACC
Park Forest eyes counseling for Section 8 program
Park Forest officials advocate a smaller, better run Section 8 program with targeted counseling. Barbara Moore, chair of Housing Choice Partners, and Dr Paul Fischer argue wider outreach is needed to balance subsidies in Cook County, while critics call 200 to 250 recipients insufficient for impact.
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Moore
Park Forest
Larrie Kerestes
HACC
Park Forest Authority
Barbara Moore
Housing Choice Partners
Paul Fischer
Cook County
IpMlayer
Dwight Welch
Village hall project moves forward with 40 thousand design funds
Village officials continue plans for a new hall. The board authorized 40,000 dollars for schematic design to determine space needs and layout. An estimated 2 to 3 million dollars would be required to build. Options include another bonding effort or leasing from a builder. An architect meeting is being sought. Trustee Junge expects rapid progress after architect negotiations. The building would centralize all departments and could host other bodies like the school district or Rich Township office.
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Matteson
Coglianese
Caguanese
Henry Junge
Junge
Hawthorne faces long shadow in murder case collapse
The 1980 manslaughter conviction surfaced as Hawthorne and her brother were found guilty by a Cook County judge for the 1976 Chicago Heights shooting death of her stepfather Walter Mosby. A mistrial had occurred in 197? with a hung jury. Park Forest police later seized four grams of cocaine, a scale, grinder, packaging and 440 dollars in cash from Hawthorne’s home along with her Ford Tempo under a village seizure order. A man, John Ose, 35, was charged with felony possession of a controlled substance. Separate raids in Sauk Village yielded crack cocaine, a scale, razors, packaging and 400 dollars in cash linked to Johnson’s alleged drug dealing.
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Hawthorne
Cook County
Chicago Heights
Walter Mosby
Mosby
Park Forest
St. Michael McNamara
McNamara
John Ose
Chicago
Olympia Fields trustees weigh ending vehicle sticker rule
Olympia Fields trustees debate scrapping mandatory $30 vehicle stickers at a July 24 village board meeting. Trustee Michael Monteleone urged dropping the tag to save $95,000 in current year costs and reduce staff effort, while Trustee Willis Ryza floated a revenue neutral telecommunication tax alternative. Also eyed: tighter parking rules for motor homes and a senior golf open committee planning for June 1997 with traffic and parking issues.
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Barbara Dargis
Olympia Fields
Michael Monteleone
Monteleone
Yvear
Willis Ryza
Ryza
Burr Ridge
Robert Field
Anita Healey
Healey
Robert Police
Mark Fazzini
Residents pledge appeal of water charge decision
Frankfort Square residents vow to continue their legal fight against a surcharge that nearly doubles monthly water bills after a judge sided with the village. Talks with Frankfort Mayor Ray Rossi on an out‑of‑court settlement are possible as residents seek equal rates and protections, with the class action targeting the 1990 $2.28 per 1,000 gallons fee tied to the Prestwick Utilities acquisition.
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Rrankfort Square
Frankfort Square Park District
Frankfort
Ray Rossi
Frankfort Square
East Basin
Prestwick Utilities Co
Prestwick
Georgetowne
Hunter Woods
Timber Ridge
Cook County
West Basin
William Penn
Penn
Skyline Disposal Denies Nesting in Plum Valley Nursery Debacle
Clem De Luca of Skyline Disposal Co in Chicago Heights contends his firm was inaccurately listed among waste haulers depositing items at Plum Valley Nursery in Cottage Grove. Plum Valley and Smits Farm in Beecher face accusations of illegal composting by the Will County State's Attorney's Office. About 50 Crete Township residents at a meeting with an assistant state's attorney cited Skyline as a company observed making deposits at the nursery.
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Clem de Luca
Skyline Disposal Co
Chicago Heights
Plum Valley Nursery
Cottage Grove
Plum Valley
Smits Farm
W. Goodenow Road
Beecher
Will County
Crete Township
Skyline
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Olga Athanasoulis
Park Forest Housing Authority
Gether
Athanasoulis
Johnson
Steger
Sauk Village
Star
Lakewood Blvd
Orchard Drive
Irene Hughes
Were FK
America
Associ
Biks West Richton Park
Priday
Patsy DeSoto
Day
Allen Edge
Turday
Darren Nelson
Simply
Lapestone
Brionelleg Aeifeale
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