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Downers Grove approves pay raises for elected officials
Updated 5/5/2021 4:29 PM The Downers Grove village council voted Tuesday to more than double the salaries of the mayor and elected commissioners. But the pay increases won t take effect until after the next two election cycles in 2023 and 2025. Each of the six village commissioners currently receive $2,400 a year, and the mayor is paid $4,800 annually. The increased annual salaries will be $10,000 for the mayor and $5,000 for commissioners.
The amended salaries ordinance also allows for annual increases in an amount typical to the raise of village employees who are not subject to collective bargaining agreements. ....
Downers Grove moving ahead with drainage improvement project
Updated 1/22/2021 4:30 PM Downers Grove officials have revived a major infrastructure project that was canceled last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The village has budgeted roughly $4 million for the Burlington Highlands drainage improvement project, which is slated to begin in March. The work will include the construction of a new and updated storm sewer system, regraded ditches and a detention basin.
The Burlington Highlands neighborhood is north of Ogden Avenue along portions of Downers Drive, Seeley Avenue, Belle Aire Lane and Venard Road. Andrew Sikich, Downers Grove s director of public works, told village council members on Jan. 12 that the revamped project will include water main and resurfacing work on Venard Road between Ogden and Drove avenues. ....
Downers Grove gives church permission to expand Belmont Bible Church in Downers Grove is planning to build a two-story, 32,000-square-foot church and school at the southwest corner of Belmont Road and Inverness Avenue. Courtesy of Excel Architects
Updated 1/13/2021 5:37 PM Belmont Bible Church in Downers Grove can move ahead with its plan to construct a new building. The Downers Grove Village Council on Tuesday unanimously agreed to annex nearly 2 acres at the southwest corner of Belmont Road and Inverness Avenue so the church can expand. The council also rezoned the property and gave Belmont Bible permission to operate a combined church and private school. ....
Updated 12/9/2020 3:57 PM Downers Grove village commissioners narrowly voted to allow recreational marijuana businesses to operate within the village. The council voted 4-3 Tuesday on three ordinances. Two dealt with zoning and taxation for potential cannabis businesses. The remaining one repealed the village s December 2019 ordinance that had prohibited recreational cannabis sales.
Up to three cannabis establishments can apply to Downers Grove for a special use permit to operate in two manufacturing districts: the Ellsworth Business Park and an area north of Butterfield Road near the town s northern border. Both districts were previously zoned to allow for only medicinal cannabis dispensaries. Any cannabis businesses would need to be 1,300 feet away from schools, parks and day care centers. ....