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Homer Glen board approves bid to seek $3M for sewer extension, $1M for senior water‑bill relief
Summary
The Village Board authorized staff to seek $3 million in congressional funding for a one‑mile sanitary sewer trunk extension and $1 million to provide financial relief for senior residents with high water bills, citing long‑term utility independence and economic development along 159th Street.
HOMER GLEN, Ill. — At its meeting in late January, the Village of Homer Glen’s Board of Trustees voted to authorize submission of a fiscal‑year 2026 congressional directed funding request seeking $3,000,000 to support construction of a roughly one‑mile sanitary sewer trunk extension along 159th Street and Cedar Road and $1,000,000 to provide financial relief to senior residents facing high water bills.
Board members said the sewer extension is intended to reduce the village’s dependence on private utility agreements and support orderly development on and near 159th Street. Mayor Nyskie Trike said pursuing grant funding directs federal and state dollars to local priorities: “If that money is going to be spent…
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