New Lenox trustees approve IEPA loan application, school IGAs, and multiple development easements

The Village of New Lenox board approved a package of infrastructure, intergovernmental and development actions at its March meeting, including an ordinance to pursue a $2.5 million loan from the Illinois EPA for water-main replacement, updated agreements with the school district on school resource officers and body-worn cameras, and several easements and sureties for the Spencer Meadows subdivision.

The board voted to authorize an application to the Public Water Supply Loan Program administered by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency for $2,500,000 to replace water mains on Gull Lane, Hawthorne Lane and 1st Street. Trustees voted to waive second reading and adopted the ordinance to proceed with the IEPA application.

"This is the first formal step in seeking project funding from the IEPA," the mayor said during the discussion. The borrowing measure moved and passed on a roll-call vote.

Police and school officials presented three intergovernmental agreements (IGAs) with the New Lenox School District related to school safety. The chief told the board the body-worn camera and reciprocal-reporting IGAs "will be put in place with no end date," and that the SRO agreement will be reviewed annually. The board approved each resolution on roll call.

Robin, a village staff member, briefed trustees on several…