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Residents press Riverwoods trustees for clearer burn rules and quicker enforcement
Summary
Multiple residents urged the board for faster action to address persistent smoke and unsafe burning; trustees and staff described ongoing steps including property visits, citation authority under nuisance rules and plans to meet with fire officials before proposing ordinance changes.
Several residents addressed the Board of Trustees during public comment and the community-question portion of the meeting to press for action on recurring open burning that they described as producing long-lasting smoke and creating health and safety concerns.
Resident Meg Wellewsky said a petition and multiple emails submitted about seven months earlier had produced little perceived progress and asked for a timeline for the village to present a proposed change to the burn ordinance. "It doesn't seem to be enough urgency from our perspective, to see a little bit more movement…
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