Village staff will present to the Homewood Board of Trustees an initial plan for addressing safety issues on 183rd Street at the board’s regular meeting Tuesday, March 22. The plan is the next step in a process started when the village commissioned a traffic study last year that included an[Read More…]
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Homewood board to consider new trustee, review 183rd Street traffic study
Homewood trustees are expected to approve the nomination of Chenise “Cece” Belue to fill the seat vacated when Barbara Dawkins resigned recently. Dawkins accepted an appointment as a judge with the Cook County Circuit Court. Belue is a former member of the Homewood Public Library Board of Directors. The trustees[Read More…]
Homewood trustees to consider municipal code update
Homewood trustees will vote on the adoption of a revised municipal code at their regular meeting Tuesday, July 13. The code has not received a comprehensive update in more than 20 years, according to Village Manager Jim Marino. He said most of the revisions address outdated laws and make the[Read More…]
Homewood approves Calumet Country Club disconnection during contentious meeting
South Suburbs for Greenspace Over Concrete members demonstrate at village hall Tuesday prior to the Board of Trustees meeting, urging the board to vote against an ordinance to disconnect Calumet Country Club from the village. (Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle) The disapproval of angry residents opposed to the disconnection of the Calumet[Read More…]
Video gaming, property transactions on Homewood board agenda Tuesday
At their meeting Tuesday, Homewood trustees will consider two property transactions that will affect downtown development, and action that will reverse years of gaming policy. Trustees will consider a change to municipal code to allow video gaming machines in bars and restaurants that have operated in the village for at[Read More…]
Homewood approves liquor license, police cruiser purchase via conference call
With only Mayor Richard Hofeld and Village Manager Jim Marino in the room, the Homewood village board held a meeting March 24. Trustees and Village Clerk Marilyn Thomas attended via conference call through a speaker. The meeting was conducted via amended rules approved by Governor JB Pritzker because of the[Read More…]
Homewood trustees will consider two measures on Tuesday related to motor fuel taxes.
On the Homewood village board agenda for Tuesday’s meeting is an ordinance to amend the village’s 3-cent local gas tax. A new state law in 2019 authorized municipalities to collect their own fuel tax, but the Illinois legislature later made changes to the method of collecting the revenue, so the[Read More…]
Homewood trustees to honor retiring fire captains Tuesday
Homewood trustees will honor two retiring fire captains, Lawrence Lipinski and William Wright, at the board meeting Tuesday, Jan. 28. Lipinski and Wright each served the Homewood Fire Department for 40 years. Their retirements opened up four positions within the fire department, according to Fire Chief Bob Grabowski. The oath[Read More…]
Maple Tree Inn measures on Homewood trustees’ agenda Tuesday
Homewood trustees will consider three measures on Tuesday regarding the restaurant Maple Tree Inn’s relocation to the former Cottage on Dixie site.
TIF to help Bogart’s redevelopment on Homewood board agenda
Homewood trustees will have an opportunity Tuesday to continue the process of creating a small tax increment financing district (TIF) downtown that is expected aid the redevelopment of the former Bogart’s Charhouse site at 18225 Dixie Highway. The restaurant closed in 2012, and the building has been vacant since then.[Read More…]
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