Peotone Hires New Officer
By Andrea Arens In a time when municipalities are struggling to fill their rosters, the Village of Peotone was lucky enough to swear in a new officer at the April 8 board meeting. Officer Daniel Napoli, a lifetime resident of Peotone, graduated from the police academy recently and was sworn in with his family present.…
Streetscape to Start in Peotone
By Karen Haave A $3.5 million beautification project slated for Peotone’s downtown historic district is underway, culminating four years of planning, revisions, talks, and meetings. It was scheduled to begin on April 11 but was postponed due to rain. Village officials hosted an open house earlier this month to present details of the improvement plan…
Building Committee Declines to Hire Additional Employees
By Andrea Arens Village Administrator Aimee Ingalls along with Building and Zoning Administrator Henry Walters thought the Building Department, otherwise known as the Community Development Department, could use another employee. Walters was hired last year just before elections essentially to be the go-to for the Building and Zoning Department. While he lacked a lot of…
Village Board Deciding to See What Turns Up
By Andrea Arens Previously approved project payouts were first on the menu for this week’s village board meeting. D Construction’s fourth payout for 88th Ave./Wilmington Rd./I-57 ramps unanimously was approved with Trustee Shelley Marevka and Mayor Peter March being absent. The project is not complete; striping, reflective items, and a sidewalk still need to be…
Peotone Village Board Discussed Increasing Spending Authority
By Andrea Arens A proposed ordinance amendment changing the village administrator’s maximum expenditure authority without board approval from $5,000 to $25,000 failed at the March 11 board meeting. Section 31.093 of the village code allows the administrator to approve expenditures up to $4,999 without board approval. The suggested change was explained by village attorney Jim…
FY ’25 Budget, Streetscape, PR Agreement Topics at Peotone Village Board
By Andrea Arens A light agenda for the Peotone Village Board still proved informative during their February 26 meeting. The board received a presentation of the FY 2025 budget for discussion. A public hearing for the budget will be held at the March 11 board meeting. Talking points of the budget included the additional cost…
Peotone Streetscape Bid Approved for $3.47M
By Andrea Arens The Peotone Village Board approved the bid for the downtown streetscape design at their board meeting on February 12. It wasn’t a unanimous decision, though. Both Trustees Todd Sandberg and Nick Strba voted no. With Trustee Gary Hudson having to abstain due to owning property in downtown, the final vote was given…
Streetscape Bid Moves to Peotone Village Board Next
By Andrea Arens The Peotone Downtown Ad Hoc Streetscape Committee met February 5 and agreed to recommend accepting the bid from Iroquois Paving. Iroquois Paving was the low bid at $3,248,914.45 and will include streetscape construction and design for both Second and Main Streets. There were two additional, alternate bids, as well. One for construction,…
Peotone Moves to Handling Tickets in House
By Andrea Arens Tickets for ordinance violations aren’t going anywhere, but the Peotone Village Board moved to handling tickets in house instead of sending them to Will County. Two of the three new ordinances unanimously approved, with Trustees Strba and Marevka absent, at the January 22 board meeting, set the groundwork for having ticket hearings…
Peotone Scraps Food and Beverage Tax
By Andrea Arens A proposed ordinance to add a 1 percent food and beverage tax on all prepared foods within village limits was removed from the agenda late Monday, just before the Peotone Village Board meeting. Word of the proposed tax made it to social media Saturday, and it sparked outcry from business owners and…
Mayor March’s 2023 Village Recap
To All Village Residents: As we move into 2024, I feel it is important for all to see what their village government has accomplished for them in the past year. There was a great deal done with our limited budget and small staff. Here is an accounting of some of our accomplishments in no particular…
Peotone Registers New Business and Receives Budget Presentation
By Andrea Arens Before the board got down to business, Police Chief David DeMik presented Sue Wackerlin of Adopt-a-Soldier with a donation check for $500. The police department participated in No Shave November and generously chose Adopt-a-Soldier as their charity. The business registration for the Dunkin’ Donuts at the Peotone Travel Center was approved at…
Bills, Bills, and New Business
By Andrea Arens The most exciting agenda item at the Peotone Village Board was the unanimous approval of a new business registration for Wellistics Infrared Sauna Studio to be located at 110 N. Second Street. Dr. Peter Radulovic, who once lived in Peotone and was on the village board in the early 2000s, said he…
Businesses are coming…
By Andrea Arens To Peotone that is. Even with a recent economic development agreement with GMT being sent to the Administrative Oversight Committee for review, two more businesses will open their doors before the end of the year. The Peotone Village Board unanimously approved the new business registration for BEAT the Boutique, although a slight…
Motions for Paving Projects Die in Peotone
By Andrea Arens At the Peotone Village Board meeting on Monday, September 25, after certificates of achievement for years of service were presented to Gary Miller, Matt Moore, John Popek, and Dan Stankus in the police department, two paving projects to delineate additional parking, while the downtown is under construction next year, died for a…
Village of Peotone Receives GFOA’s Distinguished Budget Presentation Award
Government Finance Officers Association is pleased to announce the Village of Peotone has received GFOA’s Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for its budget. The award represents a significant achievement by the entity and reflects the commitment of the governing body and staff to meeting the highest principles of governmental budgeting. In order to receive the budget…
