The Highland Hills Sanitary District manages sanitary sewer service and water operations for roughly 465 residential and business properties. A separate entity, the Flagg Creek Water Reclamation District, treats the sewage.
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Chicago Tribune: Lincoln Towing can continue operating while it fights to keep its license, judge rules
Lincoln Towing Service can resume operating while it challenges a decision by state regulators to revoke its license, a Cook County judge ruled Monday.
Circuit Judge Neil Cohen issued the order five days after the Illinois Commerce Commission pulled the North Side firm’s state license. Cohen said Lincoln was facing the “death penalty” if it remained closed during the appeals process.
Chicago Tribune: With Illinois property taxes high, some wealthy residents look to charitable donations for a break
Bunching up charitable donations might smooth out some of the effects of the new income tax rules, especially for Illinoisans who pay among the highest property taxes in the country.
Well-off Illinois residents are considering a few strategies, say local accountants and giving experts.
Chicago Tribune: Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel aims to hike electronic cigarette taxes
Outgoing Mayor Rahm Emanuel is setting up to fire parting shots against electronic cigarettes by moving to again hike taxes and impose stricter rules on stores selling the products.
Emanuel will introduce an ordinance to the City Council this week to increase the tax on the purchase of a device that vaporizes liquid nicotine from 80 cents to $1.50 per container, according to the mayor’s administration. The tax on each milliliter of liquid nicotine would go up from 55 cents to $1.20, according to his administration.
WBEZ: How Political Clout And Union Might Created Chicago’s Lead Water Problem
Curious City has answered a number of questions about the high levels of lead in the water in Chicago’s schools, parks, and homes.
In the process of reporting these stories, we’ve found that the source of the lead in the water is service lines — pipes that connect the water main in the street to our faucets. In fact, Chicago has more of these service lines than any other city in the nation.
Chicago Tribune: In abrupt turn, city halts relocation of track and field in Jackson Park
In an abrupt turn, the Chicago Park District and city of Chicago have decided to halt construction on a project that would relocate a track and field in Jackson Park, officials announced Monday.
The action means that instead of moving the track and field farther south in the park to make room for construction of the Obama Presidential Center, the project will be placed on hold, a city spokeswoman said in a statement.
Northwest Herald: McHenry County Board to vote on reducing its size
The McHenry County Board will vote Tuesday evening whether to reduce its size by 25 percent.
If approved, the resolution will eliminate six seats from the County Board, reducing its size from 24 members to 18. It will take effect with the 2022 election, in which all seats are up for election because of redistricting after the 2020 U.S. Census.
Daily Herald: St. Charles aldermen split on allowing alcohol delivery
A proposal allowing alcohol to be delivered through grocery drop-off services received mixed reactions Monday night from St. Charles aldermen, many of whom questioned whether the city would be able to effectively regulate such operations.
Supporters of the liquor code change, however, said it would put the city at the forefront of an up-and-coming service that helps businesses stay competitive.
Daily Herald: DuPage to start process to dissolve sanitary district
Four months after getting Lake Michigan water for a subdivision near Lombard, DuPage County is moving ahead with a plan to disband the sanitary district serving the area.
Bloomington Pantagraph: City eyes eminent domain as downtown redevelopment tool
Eminent domain is on the table as a possible tool for economic development in Bloomington.
A majority of aldermen expressed that opinion to City Manager Tim Gleason during the City Council’s work session Monday night. The discussion came in response to Ward 7 Alderman Scott Black’s request to direct the city manager to “initiate eminent domain process on targeted downtown properties.”
Champaign News-Gazette: UI's enrollment influx has tuition, fee income up 4.6% over last year
All those new students at the University of Illinois this fall are bringing in another $62.6 million in tuition and fee income, up 5 percent over last year.
Even with a fourth consecutive tuition freeze for in-state students, the UI will see significant income growth because of a 2.7 percent enrollment increase across its three campuses, to nearly 85,597 students, a new high.