Proposed changes to a controversial apartment building plan in downtown Des Plaines were narrowly approved by the city council Tuesday night.
With two aldermen absent, Mayor Andrew Goczkowski’s vote.
The owner of a long-vacant restaurant building in downtown Des Plaines that s facing possible condemnation by the city has been given three more months to finalize a deal with a prospective tenant.
Des Plaines Ald. Dick Sayad. (Journal file photo) At 79 years old, newly-elected Des Plaines Ald. Dick Sayad (4th) is no spring chicken. But he acts like one. A few minutes after Sayad, Colt Moylan (2d), Mark Walsten (6th) and Mike Charewicz (8th) were sworn into office Monday night it seemed like Sayad was bursting
Three Des Plaines aldermen tried to disregard recent election results Monday by refusing to enact voter-approved changes to the city s term limits for elected officials.
Four new Des Plaines aldermen will take office this Monday night after their successful elections on April 4. Scheduled for swearing in are Colt Moylan (2d), Dick Sayad (4th), Mark Walsten (6th) and Mike Charewicz (8th). Moylan was the only incumbent reelected to city council. Sayad, Walsten and Charewicz previously served. Newly-elected officials in local