Tuesday, May 21, 2013

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Belvidere Township seeks to curb heavy truck traffic on Shaw Road | Belvidere Daily Republican

 

That changed May 14 when the board of trustees voted 5-0 to adopt a revised law that includes a variety of fines, which depend on how much overweight the trucks are.

Residents off Shaw Road packed the township board meeting room in the fall of 2011, wanting to keep truck traffic from increasing once a new asphalt plant opened on the north side of Business 20, just west of the Boone County line.

Township Road Commissioner Richard Lee responded by posting the road with a limit of 10 tons, or 20,000 pounds.

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County won’t seek grant to create wind turbine electrical code | Belvidere Daily Republican

 

Boone County has been presented with a last-minute opportunity to apply for a grant to pay for an electrical code to protect the dilbit pipeline that runs through the county.

But board members following an informal discussion May 15 agreed not to pursue the grant. They couldn’t vote on the matter because it was informational and not part of the meeting agenda…..

District 2 board member Cathy Ward ended the discussion when she pointed out Terrinoni “has pretty much indicated this is a waste of his time.” She added the board should “leave it at that.”

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Belvidere could return $27K to taxing bodies - Rockford, IL - Rockford Register Star

 

The city is projected to return $27,000 worth of tax increment financing district money to the taxing bodies.

The issue was three-fold: leaders started discussing how to allocate the money too late, aldermen got caught up in political games and Mother Nature made it difficult for developers to work

means bills for projects that the city already agreed to fund could trickle in over the coming months. If there is money still unspent, it would be dispersed among the taxing districts, Drella said.

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