Extended agreement with Community Family Center to continue their fund raising efforts to rehab our Karger facility unifying several social organizations under one roof. These are great people helping many people in our community. Check out the website and please support their efforts.
Preliminary Approval of Thorntons Gas Station/Convenience Mart and Medical building on the site of the former Lincoln Mercury Dealership North of the intersection of Lake Cook Road and Old Skokie Blvd.
Sign ordinance was changed so candidates could not place multiple signs together to bypass our ordinance's size regulations.
Highland Park is paying $500,000 out of 2.3 million in infrastructure work on Western Avenue. Even though the street itself is almost totally in Highwood, we are sharing certain costs because homes in Highland Park on the West side are serviced by Western Ave.
Nancy Rotering and I voted against the Budget for the second year in a row because it used increase taxes as part of the revenue stream to match expenditures. Budget and 2.56% increased tax levy did pass. We were successful however in convincing a majority of the Council from preventing use of our rainy day reserve fund for the first time in the last three years. Terri Olian and Mayor Belsky wanted to dip into the reserves for a third year in a row. I just don't understand why some of my colleagues refuse to fully adopt a recalibration of government NOW, three years after our economy shifted. I know we will have the votes after May.
Cell Phone Ban will be discussed at our City Council Meeting on Monday January 10th starting at 7:30 pm . Check out our City of Highland Park website to get the specific order of our Council agenda.
