Residents hope to slow down mayor’s ‘fast track’ proposal to issue bonds to build a $21 million sports facility in downtown Lemont by letting voters decide the issue.
Residents hope to slow down mayor’s ‘fast track’ proposal to issue bonds to build a $21 million sports facility in downtown Lemont by letting voters decide the issue.
A group of a dozen or so Lemont residents filed petitions at Village Hall Wednesday morning in an effort to put the village’s proposed $21 million sports complex to a vote March 18, 2014. Janet Hughes, who spearheaded a petition drive along with Hank Olenick, Jim Ladas and more than a dozen others, said the group turned in 185 pages of petitions signed by 1,675 residents. The petitions seek to allow voters to decide whether the village should issue up to $21 million in alternate revenue bonds to finance the sports facility. Lemont Mayor Brian Reaves Jan. 28 unveiled a proposal to build the indoor/outdoor sports complex in the village’s downtown area. Reaves said he hoped to put the project on a “fast track” and begin construction of the …
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John
10:54 am on Friday, May 10, 2013
It's been pretty quiet out there regarding the villages proposed sports complex. Does anyone know the current status? Is the Village letting the citizens know what they are doing at this point in time? more ›