Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion Gets the Go Ahead
Expansion project on hold during the economic downturns is resurrected.
Trustees gave their nod of approval and reviewed water and sanitary sewer upgrades at the regular Monday meeting of the Village Board.
A plan to expand the Village's wastewater treatment plant has been revived and set in motion with authorization of an updated engineering proposal. Trustees authorized an updated engineering services plan by Aecom Engineers, of Chicago, for the design and expansion of Wastewater Treatment Plant No. 2.
The plan is to double the capacity of the plant from three-quarters of a million gallons a day (MGD) to 1.5 MGD. It was initiated in 2006, when design engineering services were started. A combination of permitting problems related to Wastewater Treatment Plant No. 1 together with the economic downturn worked to put the expansion project on hold.
The overall projected cost of the project, includes $746,681 for revised design services and $518,500 for construction services.
In addition, the planned $9 million public works building along Ellis Drive went up about $9,500 because the Village couldn't acquire the desired easement. The project requires an 8-inch sanitary sewer, which will be built on an easement along the south side of Gougar Road, said Village Administrator Kurt Carroll.
Special use permits and raffle licenses
A planned Parent Teacher Organization event at Liberty Junior High School on March 9 required a permit to sell raffle tickets. And Trinity Services sought a special use permit for the sale of raffle tickets for their upcoming Trivia Night fundraiser on March 8.
A special use event permit was issued to Tom Kelly's Chophouse & Pub for a two-day St. Patrick's Day party. A tent will be set up outside the building, where live bands are scheduled to play over the weekend. The tent will open from 9 pm. till 1 a.m. both days.
Before the meeting, board member and Mayor Tim Baldermann took time to laud the accomplishments of Providence Catholic High School varsity cheerleaders, who recently took first place at the Illinois State Competition and claimed the title of grand champions in their division in a national competition in Louisville, Ky.
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Village Hall
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Liberty Junior High School
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Tom Kelly's Chophouse & Pub
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Ann C. Piasecki
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CCW
7:14 am on Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Has anyone noticed the economy getting better? Where? The town has hardly grown at all and we need an expansion of waste treatment and a 9 miilion dollar police station , why? Maybe the "ruling class" should put off this wastefullness until the economy actually does get better and lower our taxes abit. Well, we can dream.
hazelgreen
7:53 am on Tuesday, February 26, 2013
New Lenox doesn't care how any of this impacts their residents. Spend spend spend and build build build with no regards for cost is the New Lenox way, no matter the economy.
DRK
9:05 am on Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Hope it's not the treatment plant on Cedar&30! That means it will stink twice as much. And they wonder how to make the town more attractive??????
CCW
9:43 am on Tuesday, February 26, 2013
The royalty of Newlenox wants the town to be more attractive where they are. The Tajmahal, the overpriced library and now a super cop-shop. There is no making this town attractive. When you get off of I-80 the first things you see are the powerlines and the patchwork cobble-job road repairs on Rt.30. Moving along we see Burger King, nothing spells ghetto like a Burger King, then fast food joints and oh yes, the Cash for Gold store with the very attractive, carnival-like flashing light in the window. That is right before the head shop/tobbacco store. Moving further east, we see the PIT STOP, how can you miss it? If you don't know where the PIT STOP is, just look for the seedy looking dump that looks like it is going to fall down any minute. Then we have Wally-World and all the fine eating establishments that popped up around it. Bottom line is Baldy and the elites do not care about the town being more attractive where WE live, they don't care if the town looks like any other hill-billy town, they want those tax dollars so they can sit up in their mansion on the hill and give you the snotty atitude when you ask for something. When I want to see a beautiful, cozy little down-town area, I go to Frankfort. New Lenox needs an enema.
Susan
10:51 am on Tuesday, February 26, 2013
CCW - Amen!