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Peotone Village Board Approves Another Liquor License
By Andrea Arens The Peotone Village Board unanimously approved a liquor license for the Corner Cafe, at 102 N. Second Street, at the September 11 board meeting. The Corner Cafe intends to extend their hours and offer liquor to patrons. The license was approved pending provisions of the code are met and approval of the…
Peotone Village Board Moves Forward With Streetscape Plan
By Andrea Arens The next step in the streetscape plan process was to submit a final budget to the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for approval in order to receive the $2.5M grant that was awarded. Lots of meetings and discussions later – with both Robinson Engineering and Upland Design, along with trustees…
Peotone Building Committee Discusses Options
By Andrea Arens A discussion on switching plan review and inspection services from Safebuilt to another service led to a Building Committee meeting to discuss options. Lakeside Consulting, out of Warrenville, was hired to perform code enforcement duties within the village in May of last year. Several residents were not pleased with Lakeside’s manner of…
Update on Village Road Work Projects Given at Peotone Board Meeting
By Stephen Nelson At the Peotone Village Board meeting on August 7, it was reported the 88th Avenue/Wilmington Road/I-57 project is proceeding on schedule. Crews now have begun work on the south side of the roadway, with grinding of existing pavement and removal of the road shoulder underway. Also, a Motor Fuel Tax project on…
Who Let the Dogs Out in Peotone?
By Andrea Arens Three residents attended what would’ve been a very short Peotone Village Board meeting to voice their concerns about dogs running loose in town. Sue Love and Millie Donjarcio are long time residents and long time dog owners, who regularly walk their dogs around town. They’ve both encountered an increase in dogs recently…
Changes Coming to Downtown Peotone
By Andrea Arens The first Downtown Streetscape Ad Hoc Committee meeting since February had a new board member assigned to the committee. Trustee Jackie Richards joined Trustees Shelley Marevka and Julie Sluis. The committee met for about 30 minutes with Mayor Peter March on July 10. In that meeting, March said the first phase of…
Peotone Village Board Spends $97K in 15 Minutes
By Andrea Arens Not including accounts payable, the Peotone Village Board meeting’s actionable items included more than $97K in expenses during a 15 minute meeting. The first approval was for a contract that was approved previously to Upland Design for design and bidding documents for the downtown streetscape plan. The previous board had approved the…
Records Clerk for Peotone PD Retires After 26 Years
By Andrea Arens Debra Ivanoff, the Peotone Police Department’s Records Clerk, tendered her resignation after 26 years with the department. In turn, the village board, updated the job description and changed the official title to Administrative Assistant/Community Liaison. The salary is expected to be comparable and commensurate with experience. In keeping with the theme, the…
New Board is All About Business
By Andrea Arens In a joyous moment at Monday’s board meeting, Peotone was lucky to swear in four new police officers. Officer Reyes, Officer Wallace, Officer Weiffenbach, and Officer Burrow each were sworn in independently, with Officer Wallace receiving his badge from his son. Although the four do not reside in Peotone, the Chief was…
Peotone Village Board Approves Backyard Chickens
By Andrea Arens A handful of chicks lobbied for change, and they won. It was no easy task either. Jolane Walenga, Katherine Mahn, and Amanda Babiarz made it a point to attend every meeting for the past five months, sharing information and reminding the board they weren’t going anywhere. Walenga said, “I wanted chickens last…
Village Board Votes to Demolish Second Street House, Again
By Andrea Arens The house at 206 N. Second Street might get demolished this time. The home was condemned months ago and received a demolition order from a Will County Judge. The first bid for demolition fell through after the contractor pulled his equipment and refused to complete the job citing “contract issues.” The home…
Village Board Approves Amended Trailer Ordinance
By Andrea Arens After swearing in 3 board members, the board got down to business and unanimously approved the amended trailer ordinance that had been discussed. Incumbents Gary Hudson and Julie Sluis were sworn in along with new Trustee Jackie Richards. New Trustee Todd Sandberg was absent due to a previous commitment and will be…
Peotone Hires Building & Zoning Coordinator
By Andrea Arens Those issue like trailers and chickens might potentially be addressed now that the Village of Peotone has hired a Building & Zoning Coordinator. The Village Board hired Henry Walters III for the position at $60,000 annually. Walters background is in security and he’s expected to graduate from the University of Phoenix with…
Peotone Hires Building & Zoning Coordinator
By Andrea Arens Those issue like trailers and chicken might finally be addressed now that the Village of Peotone has hired a Building & Zoning Coordinator. The Village Board hired Henry Walters III for the position at $60,000 annually. Walters background is in security and he’s expected to graduate from the University of Phoenix with…
Packed Village Board Interesting Before Election
By Andrea Arens A packed Peotone Village Board meeting started off with some interesting public comments. Peotone Township Assessor Virginia Hamann addressed the board on Monday night, March 27, and told the board she had been seeking answers to questions for six weeks from Administrator Aimee Ingalls and had received no reply. The information she…
And the Plot Chickens…
By Andrea Arens Some locals are determined to change an old ordinance to allow for keeping backyard hens. Jolane Walenga, Katherine Mahn, and Amanda Babiarz have attended the past three board meetings and were even wearing C.L.U.C.K shirts they made at the March 27 meeting. C.L.U.C.K. Stands for Citizens Lobbying for Urban Chicken Keeping. The…
Peotone Swears in New Officers; Approves Budget
By Andrea Arens The Peotone Village Board swore in two new part-time officers on March 13. David Garza from Beecher and Donald McRoberts of Calumet City, who is also a patrolman for the Village of Riverdale. The public hearing on the 2023-’24 fiscal year budget was heard with no comments from the public. The budget…
