Village Trustee Tim Allen, sitting in the audience, suggested to the Feb. 11 meeting of the Village’s Administration and Finance Committee that, without seeking voter approval, the Village use its power to borrow $1.8 million for street repairs, to be paid back from higher taxes.
School District 200 high school students will be in class about 15 fewer hours next year, the equivalent of cutting about three days out of the school year.
An a memo to Village officials, the Village Attorney’s office has answered some questions about implementing Village Trustee Tim Allen’s proposal on the March 20 ballot for residents to exchange their present right to vote on all six Trustee seats to instead be able to vote on only one Trustee seat, because his plan would divide the Village into six Trustee Districts.
Winfield Village Trustee Tim Allen, 40, 27w174 Birch St., doesn’t want anyone spending money at local businesses who defy his demand that they help him kill The Winfield Register.
return of The Winfield Register to the community after an absence of almost three years.
It suspended publication when its publisher, Stan Zegel, 67, retired in the summer of 2009.
“I hoped then that someone else would step up and take over the paper, but no one did. And now Winfield has gone three years without a general circulation newspaper, and the bad effects are showing.
By Stan Zegel
The Winfield Village Board has adopted new rates for water and sewerage services to reflect a 230% increase over the next three years in charges by the Village’s water supplier.
Bills reaching residents in mid-February will reflect an increased rate of $14.80 per thousand gallons of water, up from $14.11 per thousand gallons.
The minimum monthly residential bill immediately increases from $35.27 to $37.00, and in May goes to $41.88, reflecting another rate increase to $16.75 per thousand gallons. It is scheduled to reach $51.45 in Jan. 2015.
By Our Fine Staff
Ignoring opposition from the homeowners affected, its own Plan Commission, a petition signed by 190 residents of the area, and the District 34 School Board, the Village of Winfield is considering forcibly rezoning all the residential properties in the block directly across the street from the elementary and middle schools on Beecher Ave.
The Village Board is scheduled to vote on the matter at its Feb. 2 meeting at 7:00 p.m. at Village Hall.
