Matteson approves ambitious 1993-94 budget prioritizing residents
Matteson Village Board finalizes a balanced 1993-94 budget with about 11.3 million in planned spending and 10.5 million in estimated revenue. The surplus fund starts at 2.9 million and about 2.1 million in total reserves is projected year end. Highlights include park improvements, ADA compliance, sewer work, new ambulance, street lighting, and additional firefighter paramedics.
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Matteson Village
Daniel Dubruiel
Dubruiel
Dale Graham
Notre Dame Park
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Applewood
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Reading Energy incinerator faces South Suburban opposition
Reading Energy plans a 1600 ton per day waste incinerator with Foster Wheeler oversight and 20 year contracts with South Suburban Waste Management Agency members. Opponents fear cross state trash and long term environmental risks, while proponents cite local waste supply and recycling carve outs.
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Sion
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Cassel
South Suburban Waste Management Agency
South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association
Reading
Mattiny
Reading Energy
Foster Wheeler
New Jersey
South Carolina
Matuny
Robbins
District faces education fund deficit amid debate on racial balance
Committee chair David Blood reports the district faces a critical education fund shortfall. Some residents remain concerned about racial imbalance while housing growth influences enrollment views. Tuesday’s forum invites citizens to register. speakers have two minutes. Subcommittee members include Pleasant, Milton Smith, Julia Shannon, Sherry Kelley, and Carol Woodley.
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David Blood
Pleasant
County Club Hills
Milton Smith
Olympia Fields
Julia Shannon
Richton Park
Sherry Kelley
Carol Woodley
Park Forest
Sheahan outlines county jail reform and youth programs
Cook County Sheriff James Sheahan urged new reforms including a 16 week inter disciplinary boot camp for non violent offenders aged 17 to 23, video bookings for status hearings, and expanded electronic monitoring. He noted low escape rates, reported 9,000 jailed and 78,000 passing through last year, and announced women’s drug counseling facilities and a youth drug diversion pilot at Bridgeview.
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Sheahan
Cook County
Sheriff's Office
Department of Supervision and Interention
26Th Street
California
Chicago
Chicago Heights
Sheriff's
DARE
School violence prompts tougher district stance and police program
Rich East and Rich South high schools report several fights including a student with a gun and a cap pistol incident while girls hair is set afire at Rich South. District officials cite neighborhood quarrels spilling into schools and note fewer suspension days but more suspensions, with no rise in expulsions. The police liaison program, started in 1985, assigns Forest Preserve, Richton Park, Olympia Fields, Matteson, and state officers to the schools, and has led to a similar program at Forest Trail Junior High in 1992.
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Rich East High School
Rich South
Bob Borich
Forest Trail Junior High School
Fitzgerald
International Juvenile Officers Association
Berry
Illinois Juvenile Officers Association
Matteson Holiday Inn
Berry hailed as hero after Wendy's pond rescue
Matteson police credited Donald Berry with saving Cobbs during a lunch hour incident at a Wendy's in front of Wal‑Mart. Several bystanders, including two bikers, prepared to dive in as divers and fire crews removed Cobbs's car from the pond. Cobbs declined hospital care. no charges were filed. A commendation letter will be sent to Berry's employer.
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Dobbs
Matteson Police
Tom Anderson
Wendy’s
Anderson
Cobbs
Matteson Police Department
Memorial service for former Mohawk Principal Robert Hulka
A memorial service for former Mohawk School Principal Robert Hulka is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday at Faith United Church in Park Forest. An education fund is being established in his memory, to be directed by a committee of family and friends toward an appropriate use.
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Robert Hulka
Faith United Church
Hemlock
Park Forest
Hulka
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