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County property committee hears parks and facilities updates; jail chiller out to bid, sinkhole repaired
Summary
Committee members heard parks staff report on trail cleanup, leaf removal and rental demand; maintenance updated the courthouse flooring and asbestos abatement, described a sinkhole repair outside the jail, and architect Kurt Rimley said the jail chiller replacement project was recently put out to bid.
County parks and facilities staff provided multiple operational updates at the LaSalle County property committee meeting on March 13.
Ken (parks staff) said crews have been clearing fallen trees and leaves left over from heavy early-winter snow and have cut drainage trenches on steep trails to reduce erosion on Brown Creek Trail and Heck Hill. He reported repairs to the parks' Chevy 2500 (new brakes, tie-rod ends and a fixed transmission speed sensor) and said reservations at the Shabana facility are filling, with June largely booked.
Ken also described the planned shift to a sundown-to-sunup rules regime once the county's rules and regulations are adopted. "Once…
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