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Board of Trustees • Meeting Highlights

December 2009

Ordinances in progress:
*   Recording of public meetings – guidelines and parameters.
*   Ethics code and an Ethics Commission.

The Barrington Library will be moving its book drop box from Charlie Brown park to the Vehe grounds by Village Hall.

Lake Zurich Rd. has been completed, and paid for.  The cost was $144,090, of which Deer Park paid $116,443.  The road is no longer Deer Park’s responsibility.

A five year contract with Groot Industries is being drawn up.  Deer Park has been promised at least one of the new CNG (compressed natural gas) trucks during the tenure of the contract.  The trucks are lighter, quieter and cleaner than current models.  Other new benefits include a formal vacation program for residents who spend significant amounts of time away from their Deer Park homes.

Barrington Competitive Baseball Club (BCBC) and Barrington Youth Baseball and Softball (BYBS) will be entering into a user agreement with Deer Park, which will result in greater utilization of the field facilities near the LZ fire station in the Town Center.  Costs to Deer Park will be minimal, additional business for our retailers should be helpful, and the facilities will benefit lots of kids.

A company which performs Utility billing audits will be retained to determine if Deer Park is receiving all of the Utility taxes it is due.  Azavar will be reviewing billings and will receive 50% of the increased revenues it secures for Deer Park, going forward for 5 years.  If no increases are achieved, no cost will be incurred by Deer Park.

Progress is being made, albeit slowly, to improve the Deer Park website.  Trustee Olson has been updating it, and will redouble his efforts to keep it current while we evaluate options which will lead to a much more professional and functional website for the Village.   In the interim, please direct questions about the website to Trustee Olson at keithdolson@comcast.net.

 

November 2009

1. The planning commission recommendation from November, regarding a request by the residents at 20877 Wildrose Drive for a special use permit for a poolhouse, was approved.
2. President Kellermann reported that the Village of Lake Zurich received two million dollars from Canadian National Railroad, while none would be provided to Deer Park at this time.  He added that Deer Park will continue to pursue the issue.  Deer Park has much less area with direct exposure to potential safety problems posed by the increased rail traffic.
3. Trustee Sands reported that the work on Lake Zurich Road has been completed and the road is now the sole responsibility of Cuba Township.

 

 The Board of Trustees • Meeting Highlights will be updated monthly to include the two most recent Board meetings.

See the Village Board Information section to the right to link to additional Village Board items of interest.

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Connect-CTY^® Service Launch

 The Village Board is pleased to announce the launch of the Connect-CTY^® service, Deer Park’s new village-to-resident notification system. Publicly available primary residential and business phone numbers in Deer Park have automatically been included in the system.  

Additionally, residents may opt-in to provide their complete information (up to three phone numbers and two email addresses) and indicate if they have a TTY/TDD (for hearing impaired) device by clicking on the Connect-CTY^® secure link below. Your personal information is important; rest assured that the Village will not share it with anyone.

 Connect CTY Frequently Asked Questions

Connect CTY Archived Messages

 

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The Deer Park Village Office is located in the old farmhouse on the Village Municipal Campus at 23680 W. Cuba Road, on the north side of Cuba Road, just east of Ela Road. The phone number is (847) 726-1648.