Vol. VII No. 32
Permeable parking lot at village hall part of Broadview’s green agenda
Permeable pavers will prevent stormwater from going to sewer system By FRANCIA GARCIA HERNANDEZ Staff Reporter
Construction is underway on a project at the Broadview Village Hall that will replace an asphalt parking lot with a permeable paver surface. The pavers are designed to allow water to drain into the soil beneath the lot instead of going into the sewer system. With the replacement of a 2,000-square-feet surface, the village expects approximately 60,000 gallons of stormwater will be diverted from the village’s combined sewer system during rain events. “The project to alleviate storm water collection in the principal parking lot of Village Hall represents a piece of Broadview’s broader ‘green agenda,’” Mayor Katrina Thompson told Village Free Press in an email. “Broadview aims to invest in infrastructure projects that address the impact of climate change, such as more powerful storms, that affect the See PAVERS on page 4
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Rachel Montgomery, The People’s Choice Party contender for a Maywood trustee seat, at the party’s headquarters on April 4, 2023.
Maywood candidate asks recount fees be waived by county Next hearing on trustee candidate Montgomery’s request is Aug. 25 By FRANCIA GARCIA HERNANDEZ Staff Reporter
The future of a full recount for a contested Maywood village trustee seat is now in the Cook County Clerk’s hands. As reported last week, Rachel Montgomery, the candidate who contested the election results, has to pay a bond and fees for the recount to proceed. At the end of last week, Montgomery
filed a notice of inability to pay the fees, bond and potential election costs. With this recourse, Montgomery is asking the Cook County Clerk to waive the costs of the recount and allow it to proceed, she said. On July 18, the Cook County Clerk’s office posted the estimated costs of a full recount in each of the 14 precincts in Maywood. In total, 1,548 ballots cast in the April 4 election would be recounted, a process the county clerk’s office estimates would take five working days. The Maywood recount would cost around $32,000, costs that Montgomery could be responsible for paying if she is not the true winner of the election after the recount is completed.
In addition, she needs to pay the bond, equivalent to 10% of the recount’s estimated costs, for the process to continue. Cook County Clerk records show the next hearing on the status of the recount is scheduled for Aug. 25, yet it is unclear what the Cook County Clerk could rule then. If not waived, Montgomery may not be in a position to proceed with the recount and is likely to end the case, leaving contender and current village trustee Rahmaan “Ray” Williams in office. For now, Montgomery awaits the court’s decision, she told Village Free Press on Wednesday.