Bolingbrook trustees approve sewer testing contract, large MFT street program and permit to expand Dance Dimensions

The Village of Bolingbrook’s mayor and trustees met Feb. 27 and approved several routine public‑works and land‑use items, including a sanitary sewer smoke‑testing contract, a large Motor Fuel Tax (MFT) street‑maintenance program and a special‑use permit for a dance studio expansion.

The board adopted Resolution 24R‑008 to hire Sewer Assessment Services LLC for a five‑year sanitary‑sewer smoke‑testing program covering Winston Village and Julians Plaza. The program will include televising the collection system, heavy cleaning, root removal, leak locating and repairs at a cost of $20,544.83. The motion carried on a 5–0 roll call vote (Carpanzano, Doris, Kelly, Lawler, Quintero voting yea; Zarate absent).

The board then approved Resolution 24R‑009 authorizing the village to obligate its MFT allotment for sidewalk work, pavement marking, street resurfacing, patching, crackfilling and the Woodcreek culvert replacement across various village streets from May 1, 2024, through April 30, 2025. The MFT program is capped at "not to exceed $9,759,840.00," and was reviewed by the Public Services Committee; the motion carried on a 5–0 roll call vote.

The board also passed Resolution 24R‑010 to finalize MFT expenditures and close out the intergovernmental agreement with the Illinois Department of Transportation for the Route 53 at Royce Road traffic‑signal and intersection improvements. The resolution confirms village MFT funds were used for the project and returns remaining amounts to the MFT fund; vote: 5–0.

On environmental compliance, the board adopted Resolution 24R‑011 approving a consent order with the State of Illinois and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency after occasional trace mercury results in samples from Sewage Treatment Plant No. 2 pushed a rolling 12‑month average slightly above regulatory requirements at times. The resolution commits the village to begin design of a chemical treatment building intended to help meet future phosphorus treatment requirements; vote: 5–0.

On land use, the board accepted the Plan Commission recommendation (PC 24.03) and passed Ordinance 24‑009 granting a special‑use permit for Dance Dimensions, a dance school at 595 N. Pinecrest Road, to expand into an adjacent vacant unit (Suites B and C1). The Plan Commission noted the business has operated in Boughton Plaza since 1993; the ordinance passed on a 5–0 roll call vote.

Other business: the board approved bill listings totaling $2,339,290.24 (payables and prepaids); Clerk Martha M. Barton described a postcard sent to residents about a March 19 referendum on switching from an elected to an appointed village clerk; and Mayor Mary S. Alexander‑Basta, Village Attorney Burt Odelson and Administrator Lucas Rickelman said the village will join other communities to share costs in opposing an Illinois American Water rate increase before the Illinois Commerce Commission. Several trustees made brief community announcements about upcoming nonprofit and Rotary events and local programs.

Votes at a glance

- Resolution 24R‑008 (Sewer smoke testing): Approved; cost $20,544.83; roll call 5–0 (Carpanzano, Doris, Kelly, Lawler, Quintero yea; Zarate absent). - Resolution 24R‑009 (MFT maintenance program): Approved; not to exceed $9,759,840.00; roll call 5–0. - Resolution 24R‑010 (Final MFT expenditure / Route 53 at Royce Road): Approved; roll call 5–0. - Resolution 24R‑011 (IEPA consent order / chemical treatment building design): Approved; roll call 5–0. - Ordinance 24‑009 (Special‑use permit for Dance Dimensions): Approved; roll call 5–0.

The board adjourned at 8:05 p.m.