Saturday, September 10, 2011

Belvidere Township Meeting will again have the Eagle’s Club acquisition on the Agenda

UPDATED 10-10-2011

Town Hall Style Meeting at the Community Building on Tuesday, October 18, 2011—6:00PM.—regarding purchase of the Eagle Building.

Following Letter to Editor is from the October 7, 2011 Boone County Journal.

 

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Front of building.

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Eagle’s Parking lot.  Rear of Eagle’s building is at far left.

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Neighboring businesses use the parking lot.

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The meeting is at 5:00 PM on Tuesday, September 13.  This meeting may have approval of the Town Hall meeting minutes. If you attended that meeting you could raise questions if the minutes do not coincide with actions which occurred.

See Minutes of 7-30-2011 Meeting below the Agenda, page 2—Closed Session-- indicates that the authority to purchase the Eagle’s Club was granted to Mr. Murphy by the board on July 30.

AGENDA

BELVIDERE TOWNSHIP

MEETING OF THE TOWNSHIP BOARD

8200 Fairgrounds Road

September 13, 2011 – 5:00 P.M.

I. Call to Order / Roll Call

II. Pledge of Allegiance

III. Approval of Prior Meeting’s Minutes

IV. Transfers

V. Reports

a. Supervisor’s Report

b. Highway Commissioner’s Report

c. Assessor’s Report

d. Clerk’s Report

e. Trustee’s Report

VI. Unfinished Business

a. Acquisition of the Eagles Club

 

VII. Legal

 

VIII.New Business

a. Shaw Rd. Truck Traffic

b. Harvest Fest

c. Door Locks

IX. Treasurer’s Report and Approval of Bills

X. Public Input

XI. Closed Session

XII. Adjournment

* Please note in order to take final action on an item it must be specified on the posted agenda 48 hours in advance of the meeting.

Previously approved minutes, click on the photocopy to enlarge.

7-30-2011 minutes 17-30-2011 minutes 2

1 comment:

jerryd said...

Probably too late, but.

From the Belvidere Township website:
"Q. What is a Township’s responsibility?
A. By law, Illinois townships are charged with three basic functions: 1) general assistance for the indigent; 2) the assessment of real property for the basis of local taxation; 3) maintenance of all roads and bridges outside federal, state and other local jurisdiction."

This acquisition doesn't have anything to do with 'assessment' nor with 'roads and bridges', so EXACTLY how this this provide 'general assistance for the indigent' ???

Additionally, what is the cost of any and all remediation needed? Or doesn't anyone know? If not, why not?

And, what are the annual operational costs for this property after acquisition? Or doesn't anyone know? If not, why not?

And, the Belvidere Park District gets about 5% of my tax dollars (a lot); if they want this, why don't they acquire it?