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Blue Island staff proposes $115,000 pilot to help residents prevent basement flooding
Summary
Council reviewed a proposal to use $115,000 in appropriations for a flood-prevention assistance program offering partial funding (up to 75% match) for overhead sewer conversions, modified systems or backwater valves to address combined-sewer backups; eligibility and reimbursement rules would be set by staff and returned to council.
Councilmembers discussed a proposed flood-prevention assistance program aimed at reducing basement sewage backups in areas with combined sewers.
Alderman (Speaker S3) outlined the program and said the city has appropriated $115,000 in current and prior budgets to seed a pilot. He described eligibility for single-family homes and multifamily properties up to three units and said systems would be funded as a cost-share:…
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