The Homewood village board amended the local fire code at the July 11 meeting. Trustees approved a change prohibiting the manual override of strobe lights in buildings connected to alarm systems. It can makes things more confusing for emergency services if the lights are deactivated before police and fire arrive,[Read More…]
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Homewood restricts locations of day care centers, approves new salon
Village board members Tuesday approved a zoning ordinance amendment limiting where day care centers can be located in Homewood. The new regulations bar or require special-use permits for child care centers in the downtown business area, a shopping center district in the far northeast portion of the village and a[Read More…]
Three Homewood firefighters promoted to lieutenant
From left, John Elashik, Tom Gaskin and Larry Lipiniski each took the oath of office after being promoted to the rank of lieutenant with the Homewood Fire Department. (Photo by Quincy Crump/ H-F Chronicle) The Homewood village board approved the promotion of three firefighters at its June[Read More…]
Homewood awards Marino $10,000 bonus
The Homewood village board approved a $10,000 salary bonus for Village Manager Jim Marino at its Tuesday meeting.
Homewood opts out of county minimum wage ordinance
The Homewood village board voted to buck the Cook County minimum wage hike at its May 23 meeting. In October, the Cook County Board approved a gradual minimum wage increase to $13 per hour by 2020. Further increases up to 2.5 percent based on the consumer price index would come[Read More…]
Homewood village board members sworn in again
There were no new faces, but village officials were sworn in at the Homewood board meeting Tuesday. Cook County Judge Toya Harvey swore in Village President Richard Hofeld, Clerk Marilyn Thomas and Trustees Larry Burnson, Anne Colton and Barbara Dawkins. All were easily re-elected to their respective positions in the[Read More…]
Homewood board gives green light to street resufacing program
Travel on four roads in Homewood will soon become a little smoother thanks to board action at the Feb. 28 village board meeting. Trustees approved a resolution calling for a $370,000 appropriation from the 2017 Motor Fuel Tax (MFT) allocation. This is welcome news to the village. There were no[Read More…]
Homewood signs agreement in search for alternative water source
In a 5 to 1 vote Tuesday, Homewood’s Board of Trustees approved an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) to join 10 area municipalities in a search for an alternate method of obtaining Lake Michigan water rather than the existing route through the City of Chicago. Trustee Karen Washington cast the opposing vote.[Read More…]
Homewood’s property tax levy accounts for fraction of village budget
Property taxes in Homewood next year will pay for less than one-fifth of the village’s general corporate services, which include most day-to-day municipal operations. According to the tax levy ordinance approved at the Dec. 13 village board meeting, property taxes for general corporate purposes are estimated at $3,467,250 for the[Read More…]
Homewood honors 24-year police veteran on his retirement
Thomas H. Heyne, a Homewood police officer, began and ended his 24-year career on the same day, Dec. 14. At the Dec. 13 board of trustees meeting, Homewood village officials honored Heyne for the dedicated service with the police department that began in 1992, when he took his oath of[Read More…]
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