Special Flossmoor Meeting: Water Main Improvement Program
The Village of Flossmoor is hosting the first of two public meetings tonight to educate residents on the upcoming $7.28 million water system improvement referendum.
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Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Flossmoor Pays for Long-Overdue Fire Hydrant Tests
Flossmoor's village board voted to spend $35,000 to test all the fire hydrants in town as part of a "growing concern" over the state of the village's water system.
All 769 of Flossmoor's fire hydrants will soon be flow tested, many for the first time since 2004, after trustees voted to spend $35,374 on a contract for the work during the Sept. 17 village board meeting. According to Flossmoor Fire Chief Chris Sewell, the testing has become increasingly imperative over recent years. “I can tell you that when a fire occurs in southeast Flossmoor, I cringe as our crews open a fire hydrant …,” Sewall said in a memo to the village manager. “If the water main doesn’t break as we open the hydrant, causing us to go elsewhere for a water supply, it most surely will break at some point during firefighting operations or as we close the hydrant after a fire.” Worse yet, subsequent breaks may occur several days …
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Saturday, August 25, 2012
Flossmoor Going to Referendum for Water System Repair Funds
Flossmoor Mayor Paul Braun says a vigorous education process is in store for citizens over the next few months before a referendum for $7.2 million in bonds to repair the water system appears on the ballot in November.
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Flossmoor Going to Referendum for Water System Repair Funds
Flossmoor Mayor Paul Braun says a vigorous education process is in store for citizens over the next few months before a referendum for $7.2 million in bonds to repair the water system appears on the ballot in November.
Flossmoor reisdents now have an important decision ahead of them. Along with president of the United States, Flossmoor voters will be deciding to vote yes or no on a referendum attempting to issue a total of $7.2 million in general obligation (G.O.) bonds to help pay for village water system repairs. The improvement plan is expected to last eight years due to the work load, according to Director of Public Works George Peluso. READ: FLOSSMOOR CONSIDERS WATER SYSTEM REPAIR FINANCING Whether or not the repairs are necessary is up for debate. As it stands, the village seems to be hemorrhaging water at a rate of one gallon of every three lost, according to village reports. Monetarily, that amounts to somewhere between half of one million and …
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Sue Bertram
11:23 am on Friday, August 31, 2012
Tony and All: I am also removing my comments on the irrelevant and personal issues brought by Mr. Dauginas into to this discussion. I have, however, made a Word copy of the entire text, just in the event there is ever a question of "Who said what about Who." Should anyone want a copy, feel free to contact me. more ›
Tony Dauginas
10:15 am on Saturday, January 5, 2013
I looked at pages 26 - 28 of the 9/17 meeting agenda packet. All it mentioned was an RFP, but it was not included in the meeting agenda packet, or a listing of the responses they received. more ›