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Riverwoods trustees endorse sustainability plan, commission technical review and mayor clears $3,000 carbon study
Summary
Trustees agreed to formalize the village sustainability effort as a standing committee, asked staff and consultants for a rapid technical and legal review of the plan, and the mayor authorized up to $3,000 for a carbon‑sequestration study under his spending limit.
The Riverwoods Board of Trustees agreed on a course of action for the Riverwoods Sustainability and Climate Action Task Force, formalizing it as a standing committee, asking staff and consultants to perform a technical and legal review of the task force’s sustainability plan, and authorizing a $3,000 carbon‑sequestration study to establish a greenhouse‑gas baseline.
The move matters because the plan lays out the village’s top 20 priorities on conservation, energy and land use and includes recommendations that could affect codes, staffing and grant applications. Trustees said they wanted a quick but thorough staff and consultant review before taking final…
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