Annexation of Candlewick Lake back on table | Belvidere Daily Republican

Written by Bob Balgemann

two Candlewick Lake residents appearing before the Poplar Grove Village Board Monday night and encouraging talks with the association’s board of directors.

Resident Lennard Lund said he thought four of the six Candlewick Lake Association board members would be agreeable to hearing what Poplar Grove officials had to say. He said he also thought annexation would bring benefits to both the village and his community.

Agreement came from another Candlewick Lake resident, Phil Saia, who also asked Poplar Grove officials to approach the association board. He said residents are having major problems with the company that supplies the community with water and with the cost of water. Some who live there currently are paying $100 to $140 a month for water, he claimed.

Newly seated village trustee Owen Costanza also lives in Candlewick Lake and said when he moved there, his bill was $25.

A civic organization within Candlewick Lake pursued incorporation in 2011. But the Candlewick Voice attempt was thrown out in circuit court late that year and no referendum ever was held.

Saia told trustees and village president John Neitzel that he would call them in to security, should they want to come into the gated community and talk with the board of directors. Monthly meetings start at 7 p.m., with a public forum at 6:30 p.m.

Neitzel said annexation “is a much more difficult process than ‘let’s do it,’ Many layers of due diligence would have to be done. I’m not opposed to exploring the possibility. That’s all we can do at this point.”

“The stage is set,” Saia said. “Now is the perfect time for you to approach Candlewick Lake

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