After being left in the lurch by Speedy Gonzales Landscaping, Inc., for landscape buffer work along the railway, the Village found another contractor to plant new trees.
Trees planted as a buffer along railroad tracks already are dying and need to be replaced a year later, according to village officials, but the contractor balked at putting in new trees. Officials say the contractor, Speedy Gonzalez Lanscaping, Inc. left the Village in the lurch. Board members voted April 23 to use bonds to cover a portion of the cost of replacing the trees, with Canadian National railway covering the rest. Bond company United Fire will cover 85 percent of the costs—roughly $46,300—with the remainder coming from a fund previously established by CN. The natural buffer was part of an agreement with the railroad company following its purchase of the EJ&E Railway. The contract stated CN would reimburse the expense of …
With little knowledge into how to secure an electrical supplier for electrical aggregation, the Village of Mokena will use an outside source to try to secure a lower electricity rate for residents and small businesses within the village.
When the residents of Mokena voted to approve an electrical aggregation referendum on March 20, village leaders knew that work towards securing lower costs for electrical supply would be a tough job. During the April 23 Mokena Village Board meeting, Assistant Village Administrator Kirk Zollner reiterated this point by presenting a professional services agreement between the Village and the Northern Illinois Municipal Electric Collaborative (NIMEC). The board decided earlier that outside help was needed. "We agreed at that time that some type of professional aggregation support was needed," Zollner said. "To support things moving forward, and as a solution to a more technical basis in this process. There's a lot of things involved, which we…
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