To meet the demands of its growing population, Mount Prospect is discussing plans to beef up a police force still operating at levels from more than a decade ago.
Mount Prospect trustees on Tuesday voted to delay implementation of a penny-per-push video gambling tax until at least 2024, while awaiting the outcome of legal challenges to similar taxes in other towns.
Mount Prospect residents are off the hook next year from paying a new $5 per month storm sewer utility fee designed to provide the village with $1 million annually for flood control and storm sewer projects.
Mount Prospect village board members have approved an intergovernmental agreement that would allow the village and two other towns - Des Plaines and Elk Grove Village - to take over the duties of the Elk Grove Rural Fire Protection District.
The Mount Prospect village board voted 3-1 at a special meeting Sunday to reserve the right to charge a penny-per-push tax on video gambling, leading Mayor Paul Hoefert to declare "So it passes." However, Hoefert and other village leaders soon found out that he had spoken too soon.