Matteson expands housing tests and Realtor outreach
Matteson officials move testing to John Marshall center to keep it separate from the village while promoting affirmative marketing aimed at maintaining a racially mixed community. The effort follows 1990s population shifts and prior audits showing steering patterns, with the village forming Realtors Committed to Matteson and seeking a local firm to open. Other suburbs like South Holland and Dolton are pursuing similar steps.
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Kelly
Matteson
John Marshall Center
John Marshall
Apri
South Holland
Dolton
Reynolds awaits sentencing in sex assault case
Prosecutor Andrea Zopp seeks significant prison time while defense hopes for minimal four year term. Judge Suria barred prosecutors from presenting a 1983 allegation of sexually inappropriate behavior, ruling the evidence inadmissible, as Reynolds faces a mandatory minimum of four years.
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Suria
Reynolds
Illinois Appellate Court
Andrea Zopp
Adam
Luria
Vermont
Terrence Gillespie
Zepp
Beverly Heard
Bohlman Property Redevelopment Moves Forward in Village
Village officials discussed the Bohlman site plan including M-1 zoning, final subdivision plat, and three TIF ordinances creating a 23 year tax increment district. A CDBG grant of 200000 was considered for infrastructure and partner services in the Industrial Park. Studies costing 4775 cover soil borings and an archeological review.
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Rudolph Banovich
Bohlman
CDBG
David Niemeyer
Niemeyer
Testing Service Corporation
TSC
Cave Group
Ikla, Alien, Pettigrew, & Payne
Village weighs new intrastate phone tax and development plan
Trustee James Shuba notes Ameritech intrastate calls tax aims to match vehicle tax revenue with residential burden likely lower for individuals but higher for businesses and schools. Thomas Thanas says exempt bodies may seek relief. also approves a commercial plan by James Gierceyk for Kindercare Video Update and a bank on Vollmer Road Kedzie Avenue. Hendrickson challenges removal of a century oak. Beebe inventories trees and recommends removal of the white oak and 29 others on village rights of way.
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James Shuba
Shuba
Thomas Thanas
James Gierceyk
Vollmer Road
Kedzie Avenue
Olympia Fields Glenn
John Hendrickson
Michael Beebe
Robert Field
Beebe
Hendrickson
Georgia Pacific weighs Chicago Heights and University Park sites
Georgia Pacific pursued a new doors and windows plant with a 600 mile service radius, weighing Chicago Heights and University Park. Negotiations since April target highway access and TIF eligibility. University Park would employ about half truck drivers and half facility workers, with Elbert Shaw credited for driving the deal and a spring groundbreaking hoped for before winter.
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Chicago Heights
University Park
Skurla
Angelo
Sam) Ciambrone
Georgi Gifie
Chi Heights
Georgia-Pacif
Skarla
Il Nois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Missouri
Kentucky
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Elbert Shaw
Tattoo Parlor Under Fire In City Overlooked Permit
An undercover sting led to arrests as Walkover and an employee allegedly offered tattoos to a minor and a young woman. Aldermen weigh revoking the special use permit amid concerns the parlor opened despite zoning limits. Mayor Welch cites past permit errors and vows tighter controls on tattoo shops gun and pawn businesses.
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Walkover
Dwight Welch
Felch
Welch
Adrienne Hardt
Michael Gleason
Lillian Lee
Hillcrest High School
Edward Glispie
Lee
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
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