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Residents raise utility payment fees, streetlight gaps and construction concerns during public comment
Summary
Public commenters urged the village to study credit-card surcharges on utility bills, requested more streetlights on Armitage Avenue, and asked for updates on the Bloomingdale Road/CN railroad construction schedule and traffic impacts.
Several residents used the public-comment segments of the Feb. 20 Committee of the Whole and village-board meetings to raise operational concerns for staff review.
Margaret Landgraf of 1451 President addressed the board about rising credit-card processing fees and their budgetary effect on the village. She said the village’s departments showed increased credit-card fees in the budget and urged the village to consider either imposing a surcharge for…
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