A $10 million dollar police station?? Is that a typo?

Actually revised plans have it coming in around $9.5 million for a 30,000-square-foot, two-story structure.

Glad we got the clarified number on the police station, 9.5 million is so much better than 10 million. The dicrepancy must of came from the $750,000.00 fee to DESIGN it. How do these politicians sleep at night?

EXAMPLE
Galesburg, IL Police Station Square Foot Cost Estimates
Total Building Cost $192.99 sq ft. total= $2,122,855
http://www.reedconstructiondata.com/building-types/police-stations/illinois/

Even using a total of $200.00 sq ft. the entire project should be under 6 million. And does this include the cost of obtaining the land? What Government project has ever come in under or even at budget? ifthey project 9.5 then we are really looking at 10.5 - 11 million at the end of construction.

Take a look at the village hall; then you'll see why the cost will be so high. I'm sure they'll have fancy paneled walls and only the best leather chairs and desks.

It appears the police need a station that will show well next to the" palace of the czar " they built for the village hall. Taxes are driving everyone out of town but no one wants to stop spending. I thought they told us they needed to build a new village hall so the police could use the old one as their building was falling down. New story now?

Hopefully New Lenox residents will come to their senses and vote Baldermann out next election. I knew he was bad news for New Lenox. All pomp and circumstance. There is absolutely no need for a new police station right now with that kind of price tag.

Why can't the police just move into the village hall. Most of that palace is empty!!! How much are our taxes going to go up for this little project??? We can hardly afford to live in New Lenox anymore. My taxes are so ridiculous now, I can't wait for the next 5 years!!!

It's bad enuff we get charged for 6000 gallons of water if you used it or not, but now it's going to cost more. Thanks New Lenox for nothing. I havn't had a raise in 4 years but that doesn't stop the cost of water and gas prices from going up. Why did you cut out the stickers for our cars ? if the cost of water is going up? you could have used that money to off thencost a little for us living in town. YA great place to live!

This has got to stop! Other neighboring towns went to this flat rate and their bills doubled and even tripled. How are those able to survive when so many are out of work or haven't received salary increases in years due to the econmy and government spending isn't under control and we are just being taxed or charged more for everything .... health, education, water, electric, Fed Gov 16 trillion in debt, IL 14 billion in debt? Based on how I read this, my bill will go up AT MIN $40 a month - $480 a year. Joke. Utter joke. Sickens me.

MIght want to look at this from todays paper.

http://www.suntimes.com/14993386-761/ex-chicago-ridge-police-chiefs-pay-soared-under-disability-deal.html

And from what I recall, I wanted to vote Balderman out last election but he had NO opponent. He needs to get out NOW. This town has issues, major issues. But I guess it is comforting that we aren't the only ones.

Ex-Chicago Ridge police chief’s pay soared under disability deal

What ex-chief GETS

Former Chicago Ridge police Chief Timothy A. Baldermann gets a total of more than $274,000 a year from three government agencies. A breakdown:

$129,192

Tax-free disability pay — which is about $20,000 more than he was paid as chief.

$127,000

Yearly salary from Union School District 81, a 110-student district in Joliet where he started as superintendent in June.

$18,000

Annual salary as part-time mayor and liquor commissioner of New Lenox.

The day he left his job as Chicago Ridge police chief to go on disability, Timothy A. Baldermann got a big raise.

Baldermann walked away with disability pay of $129,192 a year — nearly $20,000 more than he made as police chief for the southwest suburb.

Baldermann, 46, is due to collect more than $2 million in disability pay by the time he turns 60 for the back injury he reported suffering while loading a body into a police van four years ago, a Chicago Sun-Times investigation has found.

After he turns 60, he will see his disability pay soar by 48 percent, to $191,204. Each year after that, it will go up by another $3,876.

His disability pay — all tax-free — is the highest the Sun-Times has found in its investigation into police and firefighter disability benefits paid out by cash-strapped public pension systems financed largely by taxpayers.

Chicago Ridge village officials made it possible by agreeing, among other things, to calculate Baldermann’s disability pay in part based on vacation time he had accumulated but never used, as well as by giving him a 20 percent raise on his last day on the job before he stepped down as chief in 2010.

Now, they want to revisit the generous deal they gave him.

Not a chance, says Baldermann.

OMG so much for being an honest hard working person, I wish I could look forward to that.
My back hurts too! I never filed WC. I never took advantage of the system, but one thing I do
know is each year it breaks my heart to think that I may have to move because of the taxes.
Why are you so selfish???? You are suppose to be for the people, not against the people.

Water in New Lenox is already extremely expensive. I am pleased the Mayor is looking answers to the proposed water rate hike and I hope he comes up with some remedies. Long term it sure looks like we need to plan some for some better alternatives. 15 percent increases over the next three years is high.

On another note with respect to water usage, water is both a "fixed" and "variable" cost for our village. With that said when the homeowners that don't consume 6,000 gallons of water every month should be credited in the months they do use more than 6,000 gallons to the extent of the floor (6,000 Gallons) for the fixed cost portion of water for households. The "real" cost for water annually would then be same to everyone and everyone would then be paying for what they actually use annually. It seems to me the elderly and smaller households are likely paying much more for water annually if they have months that thier usage is below the city "floor" for water billing. That's not fair.

Suddenly, well-water doesn't taste so bad now.

I grew up on well water, I never knew the difference, well except the rust build up. Then
you buy a water softener. At least that's a fixed price!