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Hinsdale Village Board Among other business Tuesday, trustees: • approved the use of Motor Fuel Tax Funds to pay for infrastructure improvements. The actions include using $995,000 to pay for the reconstruction of Eighth Street from Garfield Street to County Line Road; the use of $398,000 to partially fund the 2021 Chicago Avenue Resurfacing Project, with a total cost estimate of $930,000 (the remaining $532,000 will be paid for with federal Surface Transportation Fund; and the use of $400,000 to partially fund the 2021 M...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board Among other business Dec. 17, board members: • approved the 2020 tax levy in the amount of $87.8 million for the district’s capped funds. This amount does not include debt service levies on existing bonds totaling about $12.1 million. • listened to administrators update the district’s return to school plan, including the expectation that students be on-screen when they are learning from home unless given special dispensation and announcing the formation of a task force to help plan an...
Hinsdale Village Board Among other business Tuesdays, trustees: • passed a resolution pausing the processing of applications to construct small wireless facilities related to 5G due to the state of emergency created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Village officials reported that no permit applications have yet been received to build 5G facilities but said the action was needed to avoid burdening a short-handed village staff. • approved the use of $995,000 in motor fuel tax funds for the reconstruction of Eighth Street from Gar...
Community Consolidated District 181 Among other business at Monday’s meeting, board members: • unanimously adopted a 2020 property tax levy of $67.1 million. Board members plan to abate a portion of residents’ taxes at their Feb. 8 meeting. “Even though we’re adopting tonight, we will be giving money back in February,” said Rick Engstrom, assistant superintendent of business and operations. • listened to a report on the Illinois School Report Cards, which are now posted on the district’s website at https://www.d18...
Community Consolidated School District 181 Among other business Monday, board members: • approved the summer 2020 facilities master plan projects with an estimated total of about $2.6 million. Projects include moisture mitigation and flooring replacement at Clarendon Hills Middle School for $925,915; sitework at The Lane School for $352,000; Taraflex gym flooring replacement at Madison, Prospect, The Lane, Monroe and Oak schools for $288,500; LED retrofit/conversion work at Elm, Madison and Oak schools for $270,000: and t...
Hinsdale Village Board Among other business Nov. 3, trustees: • adopted a 2020 property tax levy of $10,882,381 • awarded the design and construction observation engineering phases of the 2021 Eighth Street reconstruction project to Rempe-Sharpe in an amount not to exceed $127,748. Eighth Street will be reconstructed in asphalt from Garfield Avenue to County Line Road as part of the Master Infrastructure Plan. The water main between Oak Street and County Line Road also will be replaced. • approved the $36,573 purchase of on...
Hinsdale Village Board Among other business Tuesday night, trustees: • extended permission for restaurants to continue outdoor dining on village right-of-way and other public and private space to June 30, 2021 • deleted an ordinance imposing a motor fuel tax in the Cook County portion of Hinsdale after the Illinois Department of Revenue informed the village the new tax must apply to all of Hinsdale. Trustees intended to apply the tax only to the Hinsdale Oasis. Village officials said they are asking legislators to revise the...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board Among other business Sept. 10, board members: • voted 7-0 to issue almost $46.1 million in bonds, the third bond sale related to the $139.8 million building referendum voters approved in an April 2019 referendum. The sale is expected to generate $50.6 million in proceeds, due to a “premium” (bonds trade above their “par” or face value). The district received a premium on its first two bond sales as well, receiving $70 million from its first sale of $62.26 million and $34.9 million f...
Hinsdale Village Board Among other business Tuesday, trustees: • approved the purchase of eight Tasers, with holsters and qualification/duty cartridges, for $24,384. The weapons will replace the Hinsdale Police Department’s existing inventory, four of which have become inoperable. Four others, purchased between 2013 and 2016, are beyond the warranty period and can no longer receive maintenance. The department’s 25 officers share the eight units. • awarded the village’s holiday lighting and decorating bid to McFarlane Douglass...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board • approved a revised 2020-21 school year calendar that lists Nov. 3 (Election Day) as a state holiday as required, makes Nov. 25 (the Wednesday before Thanksgiving) a remote learning day and changes the first day of student attendance from Aug. 12 to Aug. 17. Curriculum night and parent-teacher conferences will be virtual. • listened as board President Kevin Camden thanked former board member Nancy Pollak for her service prior to her resignation and move out of state. He said the boa...
Hinsdale Village Board Among other business at their July 16 meeting, trustees: • learned that Ryan Companies has agreed to temporarily suspend its request to build a senior living development at the corner of Ogden Avenue and Adams Street with the hope that residents soon will be able to attend meetings of the plan commission and village board in person. In the interim, the company is holding six 30-minute informational sessions for residents from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 4, at The Community House. Register online at h...
Community Consolidated District 181 Among other business Monday, board members: • approved the three-year purchase of the Actively Learn digital curriculum platform for middle school language arts classes at a cost of $43,120. Actively Learn will be implemented during the 2020-21 school year after having been piloted at Hinsdale and Clarendon middle schools from January to March. Officials said the resource will support literacy instruction at the schools and provides pre-existing content and the ability for teachers to u...
Community Consolidated School District 181 Among other business Monday, board members: • accepted a grant from the District 181 Foundation totaling $23,000 for Tech Connect training, cultural empathy and eLearning to benefit district staff and students; a grant of $186.86 from the Hinsdale Middle School PTO for the Encore PTO to defray the cost of busing the school orchestra to Peoria; and a grant of $13,846.89 from the Clarendon Hills Middle School PTO for sound absorbing paneling for the cafeteria/stage. Board members and s...
Among other business May 28, board members: • approved one-time lump sum hazard payments of $1,000 to 51 district employees in the buildings and grounds, IT and security departments for their on-site work while district facilities were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The measure passed 5-1, with Eric Held opposing the payments, citing current economic uncertainty and other potential expenses. “Could this money be going toward keeping somebody on the payroll in the future if things get tight enough or some sort of eme...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board Among other action April 23, board members: • listened to an update on cybersecurity from Keith Bockwoldt, chief information officer. He outlined steps the district has taken to improve security, including awareness training, the use of new storage infrastructure that is resistant to ransomware and regular password changes. The next steps for the district will be implementing a next-generation firewall, reviewing email security solutions and requiring two-factor authentication. ...
Community Consolidated District 181 Board Among other business at their April 6 meeting, board members: • awarded the contract for Oak School roof replacement to DCG Roofing Solutions Inc. for $433,015 • approved a three-year contract for new iPads for students and staff for $342,908. The plan includes the purchase of 900 Apple iPad seventh generation devices for new third-graders, elementary staff and instructional aides. Thirty will be given to each middle school for student use with STEAM and multimedia con...
Hinsdale Village Board Among other action at their meeting Tuesday, trustees: • agreed to waive a first reading and voted 6-0 to extend the purchase date for animal and vehicle licenses to June 15, which means no late fees will be charged until June 16. • listened as Village President Tom Cauley offered assurances that the village has enough cash on hand to operate during this economic downturn, even if it lasts another month or two. The village has kept a close eye on expenses over the years, he noted. “As a result of that,...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board Among other business at their virtual meeting Thursday, board members: • voted 6-1 to set the staffing level at 375.4 full-time equivalents for Hinsdale Central, Hinsdale South, the Transition Center and HAVEN for the 2020-21 school year, a increase of 3.9 FTE from this school year. An “ideal” plan the board reviewed at its March 19 meeting called for an increase of 9.3 FTEs, which would have provided lower class sizes across the board. Many requests in that plan were addressed in the r...
Community Consolidated District 181 At their virtual Monday meeting, board members • thanked Superintendent Hector Garcia, principals, teachers, support staff and all district employees for their efforts while schools have been closed and students have been engaged in e-learning. “We have never embarked on this journey before and I just wanted to thank the administration on behalf of the board and the community for jumping in head first and really problem solving and working through all the potential complications, pit...
Hinsdale Village Board Among other business Monday, trustees: • referred to the plan commission a request for a public hearing on a temporary moratorium on issuing demolition permits for homes within the Robbins Park Historic District and Central Business District as well as any landmarked or historically significant homes villagewide. The move comes in the wake of the razing or imminent teardowns of several historic properties in Robbins Park for redevelopment, raising concerns that the neighborhood is losing the c...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board Among other business Feb. 26, board members: • approved a five-day unpaid suspension for Hinsdale South science teacher Lisa Fernandez. Board President Nancy Pollak read the following statement following a closed session on the matter: “We are aware of an incident at Hinsdale South involving a member of our staff, Lisa Fernandez, who exercised poor judgment by using a racial slur when trying to engage students in a discussion about Black History Month. We take these matters very ser...
Hinsdale Village Board Among other business Tuesday, trustees: • voted 6-0 to increase the price of vehicle stickers from $40 to $48 as part of a comprehensive parking plan that will go into effect after the new parking deck at Hinsdale Middle School opens. The village is required to have the stickers ready for sale March 1, which is why the decision had to be made this month. Trustee Matt Posthuma said he would have liked to have all the components of the new parking plan in place before taking the vote. “I think it wou...
Hinsdale Village Board Among other business Tuesday, trustees • agreed to spend $429,000 to Linblad Construction to pave the lower level of the new parking deck. Trustees initially planned to spend about $263,000 for asphalt in order to lower the cost of the deck. Village President Tom Cauley said there should be enough money in the $300,000 contingency fund to pay for the upgrade. “I don’t want to spend more money then we have to, but I think these funds are well spent,” he said. The item will be up for a vote at the Tue...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board Among other business Monday, board members: • voted 6-0 to approve advanced and accelerated math criteria, ELA/ACE criteria and the math trajectory to guide placement decisions in grades three to eight for fall 2020. Parents soon will be able to review slides with a voiceover explanation detailing the criteria for each grade and level, said Kathy Robinson, assistant superintendent of learning. The district is adding more bridge classes to make sure students who are moving i...
Hinsdale Village Board Among other business Tuesday, trustees: • approved the submission of a Park and Recreation Facility Construction Program (PARC) grant application to receive up to $2.5 million for renovations to the Lodge at Katherine Legge Memorial Park. The village is expected to contribute up to $625,000 toward the project, depending on the amount awarded. The money would be used on ADA improvements, including elevator installation, bathroom and flooring enhancements and upgrades to the HVAC system, windows and s...
