By Susan Vela
Staff writer
Posted Feb. 22, 2016 at 10:00 PM
BELVIDERE — With a new seven-county regional planning commission in the works, Belvidere officials will not protest Boone County's recent decision to abandon a decades-long pact to jointly plan for economic development.
Boone, Winnebago, Stephenson, Ogle, Lee, DeKalb and McHenry counties have been meeting to form a commission that would spur jobs, development and economic growth for the entire area.
"In seven counties, we’re a million people, and a million people outside Chicago is a large voice in Illinois," Belvidere Mayor Mike Chamberlain said Monday at the City Council’s Committee of the Whole.
The committee unanimously voted for the city to hire a planner with five to 10 years experience, who would work with the new commission and receive an annual salary of about $50,000 a year. That person would manage Belvidere’s planning and zoning matters.
Aldermen will vote at their March 7 meeting to create and fund the position. Chamberlain said he will recommend a person to be hired then.
Boone County Board’s 8-4 vote on Wednesday to give the city a 90-day notice to end a planning agreement of some 40 years.
Susan Vela; 815-987-1369; svela@rrstar.com; @susanvela
Above is from: http://www.rrstar.com/article/20160222/NEWS/160229847
1 comment:
I guess Belvidere solved that problem and in a hurry.
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