If voters give approval on March 17 of a village of LaGrange Park $10 million road bond referendum, the project once started isn’t expected to impact Brookfield-LaGrange Park School District 95.
Village representatives made an informational presentation to the District 95 Board of Education Feb. 12 to lay out the project, which elicited little in response from the board and Superintendent Ryan Evans.
“This doesn’t have an immediate impact,” Evans said. “There are always construction projects. Improvements do have to happen around buildings at some times.”
For example, the village of Brookfield is repaving Maple Avenue, in front of S.E. Gross Middle School, which hasn’t been problematic due to solid communication between the village and the district, Evans said.
According to the Feb. 12 presentation, the LaGrange Park village board unanimously approved a proposition to issue $10 million in bonds to continue the 2016 Road Bond Fund. The referendum question reads:
“Shall the Village of LaGrange Park, Cook County, Illinois, undertake road improvements in and for the Village, including street resurfacing and sidewalk repair, all on property owned by the village or over which the Village has sufficient easements, and issue its general obligation bonds to the amount of $10,000,000 for the purpose of paying the costs thereof, said bonds bearing interest as not to exceed the rate of 6.00% per annum?”
In 2016, LaGrange Park voters approved two referenda: $10 million for roads and $1.1 million for an ambulance and ladder truck.
The 2026 referendum would replace both sets of bonds, scheduled to expire this year. Village representatives noted that the bonds would continue the same level of road funding without adding to the tax burden.
“Road improvements are always needed,” Evans said. “They are going to referendum to see if that will continue.”
