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Resident urges testing of Sedgwick Park catch basins before approving Park District agreement
Summary
A local resident asked trustees to delay approving an intergovernmental agreement with the Park District until catch basins at Sedgwick Park are tested for historical contamination; trustees approved the consent agenda item but said the consent vote covers vehicle storage and routine maintenance as presented.
During public comment before the vote on the consent agenda, resident John Plutel told trustees he does not want the board to approve an intergovernmental agreement with the Park District of La Grange until catch basins at Sedgwick Park are professionally tested for contamination.
"We know that the park is contaminated," Plutel said, citing past soil-bore results that found benzo contaminants, lead and mercury and referencing a 1996 remedial investigation by Huff and Huff Environmental Consultants and correspondence from the Illinois EPA. He urged testing of all 10 catch basins "to ensure the safety of the catch basins" and said he would not support the consent agenda item until that issue is resolved.
President Kugler clarified that the consent agenda resolution concerns intergovernmental storage of a vacuum truck and catch basin maintenance and said trustees would vote on the consent package. Following public comment a motion to adopt the consent agenda was moved, seconded and passed by unanimous roll call.
The transcript does not record additional staff commitments at the meeting to test the basins or to coordinate further sampling with the Park District. Plutel asked the board to "iron that out with the park district"; the board did not state a specific follow-up schedule on the record.
