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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 credit-card payments or incentivizing bank-debit or direct-debit payments. Village staff replied that the current system already allows direct debit and that “two or three hundred people” have signed up; officials said a new financial system is scheduled for rollout May 1 and a new utility-billing portal is expected Oct. 1 and that it will include easier payment options.
Landgraf also asked the board to investigate additional street lighting on Armitage Avenue between President and Bloomingdale Road, saying the blocks are “very dark” and that parents had noted poor visibility where children play. A trustee asked staff to look into the request.
At the Committee of the Whole, resident Mike Ontiveros asked about the Bloomingdale Road construction over the CN railroad. Ontiveros referenced notes indicating county funding and reported the project had been pushed back; village staff said the county had moved the project to 2027 and that construction-plan details and traffic-management strategies will come from the county.
Other public comments included a historical-committee update about artifacts being inventoried for display at the Glendale Lake Golf Club house and a resident’s thanks after the village added privacy slats to a new chain-link fence near Nasos. The board took no formal action on the items; staff agreed to follow up with more information to the requesters.
