Owners of two proposed businesses will have requests on the Homewood Board of Trustees agenda during its regular meeting Tuesday, Oct. 27. The board will also hear a presentation on the draft 2020 real estate tax levy and consider ordinances to formally establish a downtown TIF district. Zenovia Love is[Read More…]
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Water plant repair, reappointments approved in Homewood
Homewood approved a contact to repair the exterior facade of a water plant at the Aug. 25 village board meeting. The work will include tuckpointing, wall repairs, wall demolition, concrete block replacement, brick replacement and caulking. The village contracted Structural Technologies of Bloomingdale to assess the scope of the project[Read More…]
Homewood board praises residents, police
Homewood trustees Tuesday commended both residents and police for their support of ongoing demonstrations in response to the death of George Floyd and in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. “Despite the gamut of negative emotions that I and many others have experienced based upon what happened, I am[Read More…]
Homewood restaurants, bars allowed outdoor seating after May 29
Homewood residents will soon be allowed to help local businesses and enjoy a meal or a drink outside after the village board approved a measure Tuesday to regulate outdoor seating areas.
Homewood approves study on Hammond water corrosion effect
Homewood took another step toward changing its water supplier at its May 26 village board meeting, approving a water corrosion study. The village finalized a plan last year to change its water supplier from Harvey — which gets its Lake Michigan water from Chicago — to Chicago Heights, which is[Read More…]
Homewood approves reduced budget amid shutdown
Homewood officials cut more than $800,000 in expenses to help make up for more than $1 million in projected revenue lost in the 2020-21 budget approved by the Homewood village board Tuesday. “We’ve been through recessions before, in 2001 after the 9/11 attacks and in 2008 with the housing meltdown and[Read More…]
Homewood readies fuel tax for summer collection
Homewood amended its gas tax ordinance this week to ensure the new levy will be collected this summer. Governor JB Pritzker signed a bill last summer allowing municipalities to impose a motor fuel tax of up to 3 cents per gallon. That bill had to be adjusted and will go[Read More…]
Emergency personnel sworn in at Homewood meeting
Three new full-time firefighters/paramedics and two new full-time police officers were recently sworn into service of the Village of Homewood.
Homewood trustees to welcome new staff, volunteers at Tuesday meeting
Six village employees will take the oath of office at the Homewood village board meeting on Tuesday, and trustees will consider six appointments to village advisory committees.
Homewood to workshop strategic plan
The Homewood village board will meet as a committee of the whole for the first of two workshops for the village’s strategic plan on Thursday, Jan. 9, at 6 p.m. at the Marie Irwin Center. The village’s last strategic plan was developed in 2010 with guidance from Northern Illinois University’s Center[Read More…]
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