Politics & Government
Village to Fine Tune Sign Rules (Live Blog Replay)
Read our live blog replay of Monday night's Orland Park Village Board meeting, and weigh in on the discussion.
Update
Orland Park will continue working on possible changes to the village signage ordinance, including stipulations that may allow electronic signs.
Discussion about allowing electronic signs in the village drew strong opinions for and against doing so. Trustee Pat Gira said the village could come into the 21st century and allow businesses to use electronic signs with strict guidelines. Development Services Director Karie Friling said among the proposed guidelines would include no blinking, no scrolling and the messages would need to remain the same for 24 hours among others.
Trustee James Dodge said the village has worked for nearly two decades to maintain and aesthetic in signage and more work needs to be done to make clearer rules if any changes are to be made. He said he was against lines of electronic signs that would make LaGrange Road look like an airline runway.
The board instructed staff to put more work into the signage update.
Read the live blog replay above for more details.
Original Post
Orland Park trustees will hear a proposal to cover legal fees for property tax appeal proceedings where other area taxing bodies will help foot the bill.
The village previously voted in favor of continuing to be represented by Klein, Thorpe and Jenkins for Property Tax Appeal Board cases, where property owners can challenge their property tax assessment and subsequent rate. The Orland Fire Protection District, Orland Park Public Library, Orland School District 135 and Consolidated High School District 230 agreed, as did the village, to all be represented together by KTJ for the PTAB cases.
The proposed cost share up for discussion during Monday night's finance meeting is based on 2010 tax rates, according to a village memo, and is:
The parks and recreation committee and the technology, communication and community engagement committees will also meet Monday night.
The live blog through Cover It Live will provide minute-by-minute updates from the meeting on this page starting at 6:15 p.m. Look in the Cover It Live window, and you’ll see an area where you can join in and offer your comments. The same rules apply as on the site.
Orland Park will continue working on possible changes to the village signage ordinance, including stipulations that may allow electronic signs.
Discussion about allowing electronic signs in the village drew strong opinions for and against doing so. Trustee Pat Gira said the village could come into the 21st century and allow businesses to use electronic signs with strict guidelines. Development Services Director Karie Friling said among the proposed guidelines would include no blinking, no scrolling and the messages would need to remain the same for 24 hours among others.
Trustee James Dodge said the village has worked for nearly two decades to maintain and aesthetic in signage and more work needs to be done to make clearer rules if any changes are to be made. He said he was against lines of electronic signs that would make LaGrange Road look like an airline runway.
The board instructed staff to put more work into the signage update.
Read the live blog replay above for more details.
Original Post
Orland Park trustees will hear a proposal to cover legal fees for property tax appeal proceedings where other area taxing bodies will help foot the bill.
The village previously voted in favor of continuing to be represented by Klein, Thorpe and Jenkins for Property Tax Appeal Board cases, where property owners can challenge their property tax assessment and subsequent rate. The Orland Fire Protection District, Orland Park Public Library, Orland School District 135 and Consolidated High School District 230 agreed, as did the village, to all be represented together by KTJ for the PTAB cases.
The proposed cost share up for discussion during Monday night's finance meeting is based on 2010 tax rates, according to a village memo, and is:
- SD 135: 42%
- SD 230: 31%
- Orland Fire: 15%
- Village of Orland Park: 8.5%
- OPPL: 3.5%
The parks and recreation committee and the technology, communication and community engagement committees will also meet Monday night.
The live blog through Cover It Live will provide minute-by-minute updates from the meeting on this page starting at 6:15 p.m. Look in the Cover It Live window, and you’ll see an area where you can join in and offer your comments. The same rules apply as on the site.
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