Latest reporting from the Government desk.
Latest reporting from the Government desk.
Latest reporting from the Government desk.
Government
DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin filed a 12-page defense arguing the county board's April 28 vote to raise the board chair's salary from $154,390 to $185,000 did not violate the Open Meetings Act, while County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek says the same-day amendment denied the public required notice.
Government
DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin filed a 12-page defense arguing the county board's April 28 vote to raise the board chair's salary from $154,390 to $185,000 did not violate the Open Meetings Act, while County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek says the same-day amendment denied the public required notice.
Government
DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin filed a 12-page defense arguing the county board's April 28 vote to raise the board chair's salary from $154,390 to $185,000 did not violate the Open Meetings Act, while County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek says the same-day amendment denied the public required notice.
Government
Downers Grove Township placed a mental health tax referendum on the November 3 ballot that would add about $67 a year to the tax bill on a $400,000 home in Hinsdale, Clarendon Hills, and surrounding communities, creating the township's first community mental health board.
Government
District 86 and former law firm Robbins Schwartz are suing each other over who caused the costly fallout from Superintendent Tammy Prentiss's 2023 ouster, with the firm seeking $228,000 in unpaid bills and the district alleging bad legal advice forced a $300,000 settlement.
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Three Hinsdale trustees want homeowners to pay the full cost of replacing lead water lines, while Village President Greg Hart and a fourth trustee back a plan to cover half the private-side expense up to $6,000. A deciding vote is expected in August.
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Two Hinsdale families ask the Village Board for a combined $19,000 in historic preservation subsidies Tuesday night — one for an 1898 home on S. Clay Street that was marketed as a teardown, the other for a 1926 Tudor Revival on S. Washington Street needing a new rear addition.
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Hinsdale residents Eric and Pam Malchow are calling on Village President Greg Hart and trustees to force Fuller's Car Wash to relocate after the July 1 bollard crash, while resident Nancy Harvey defends the multi-generational business ahead of the Tuesday, July 21, Village Board meeting.
Government
The DuPage County Board approved a $95,000 contract on Tuesday, July 14, to mail property assessment notices starting August 8, signaling the approach of the annual 30-day window for Hinsdale homeowners to appeal their valuations to the Board of Review.
Government
The DuPage County Finance Committee approved a $95,000 contract renewal with Mail Services LLC on Tuesday, July 14, for assessment mailers that will notify Hinsdale homeowners of their property values and trigger the 30-day appeal window with the Board of Review.
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Hinsdale Village President Greg Hart has launched a "Mayor for a Day" program that gives elementary school students a full day inside village government and doubles as a fundraising auction item for school PTAs.
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The Hinsdale Village Board meets Tuesday, July 21, with a final vote expected on the Burlington Park Pavilion construction contract with Dave Knecht Homes, while a second bollard crash at Fuller's Car Wash on July 1 drew a public statement from the Richards family and may prompt discussion.
Government
Illinois Senate Bill 3484 took effect July 1, replacing Hinsdale's stricter local e-bike and e-scooter ordinance with a uniform statewide standard that lowers the e-scooter riding age from 18 to 16 and bans all sidewalk riding.
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Dave Knecht Homes, led by a Hinsdale native who has built custom homes in the area since 1993, won a $341,121.94 privately funded contract to construct a permanent pavilion at Burlington Park, with a final board vote scheduled for July 21.
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The U.S. Department of the Interior added 177 acres of Fullersburg Woods Forest Preserve in Oak Brook to the National Register of Historic Places, recognizing the 1930s Civilian Conservation Corps stonework and timber structures that have drawn Hinsdale residents to the preserve's trails, bridges, and shelters for nearly a century.
