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Willard aldermen approve letter of support for Willard Heights apartment remodel
Summary
The Board of Aldermen voted unanimously to authorize the mayor to sign a letter supporting a planned remodel of the Willard Heights Apartments; the measure is intended to assist the developer’s state funding application and does not itself grant fee reductions.
The Board of Aldermen of the City of Willard on Friday approved a resolution authorizing the mayor to sign a letter of support for a planned remodel of the Willard Heights Apartments.
City members said the letter is intended to support the developer’s application to state programs. An alderman summarized the request as “a company wanting to come in and remodel the Willard Heights” and said the city may consider fee reductions under a separate process but that the letter itself is simply an expression of support for the application.
During discussion a council member said per-unit rehabilitation costs had been described in the meeting in the roughly $70,000 range, but an exact figure was not specified in the record. The resolution was moved, seconded and adopted; Alders Beallier, Hill, Keane, Lancaster and Madison each recorded a “yes” vote and the mayor declared the resolution passed.
The resolution directs staff to print the approved document for the mayor’s signature and to transmit it to the state as part of the applicant’s package. No fee reductions or other incentives were formally granted by the resolution; those would require separate action by the board.
Next steps: staff will finalize the signed letter and send it with the developer’s application. Any separate requests for fee adjustments would return to the board for consideration.
