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Council adopts five-year parks master plan amid debate over water upgrades
Summary
The Braidwood City Council voted to adopt a five-year parks, recreation and trails master plan (Ordinance 26-46). A public commenter urged the council to prioritize critical water-system upgrades, saying the last well failure left the town with about one-third of its normal supply.
The Braidwood City Council voted to adopt Ordinance 26-46, a five-year parks, recreation, trails and open-space master plan described by the mayor as a strategic guide developed with community input. The council approved the ordinance after clarifying that the plan itself does not appropriate construction funds and that any individual projects would require separate votes and budgeting.
Resident Tony Eltieri used the public-comment period to press the council to prioritize water infrastructure over new park spending. "Our water system are in dire needs of upgrades and we need another well plant and water tower," Eltieri said, adding that the last well failure left the town with "0.333 of the water we normally have." Council members responded that the master plan is a planning tool and that specific capital projects will come back for separate approval and funding. The motion to adopt the plan carried in roll-call votes recorded by the clerk.
