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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1990
VOLUME 30 - NUMBER 24
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Meet more new teachers from the Huntley Grade School!   The grade school has undergone many changes this year including a second mobile classroom, room renovations, and many new staff members! This week The Huntley Farmside presents you three new teachers and the new Health Aide.
Lorraine Smith is the new Health Aide for the grade school.   Smith is a registered nurse and received her training from Ravenswood Hospital School of Nursing.   Originally from Chicago, Smith has lived in Huntley with her husband and children for three years.
Mike Slattery is the physical education teacher for kindergarten through eighth grade and the head coach for Junior Varsity football and basketball.   Originally from Elkhorn, WI, Slattery is a recent graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and lives in Huntley.
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Huntley Library To Buy Building
The Huntley Area Library Board has agreed to buy the Huntley Medical Building and adjourning lots, located at Algonquin Road and Church Street. The purchase price will be $175,000 for the building and lots. According to the sales contract the board has placed $1,000 in escrow as earnest money and has until Oct. 15 to provide an additional $9,000 for the total $10,000 earnest money. The District's attorney, Robert Smith, will file a $165,000 tax levy ordinance immediately with both McHenry and Kane Counties (areas covered by the Huntley Library District) for the balance of the purchase price. The board could then talk with bankers to get funds through tax anticipation warrants.
The current tenants,
dentists Dr. Douglas Bork, Dr. Kenneth Bork, Dr. Dean Lodding and Dr. Kevin Anderson, will have until Sept. 1, 1991 to vacate the building. They plan to try to stay in Huntley and hope to find a new location for their offices in the area.
The Huntley Library Board proceeded to approve an agreement with the Crystal Lake Library that would allow access by Huntley district residents. The yearlong agreement provides for Huntley district residents to borrow 150 books per month from the Crystal Lake Library before a charge of $2 each book takes effect.
The contract would go into effect as soon as Huntley hires a librarian for a minimum of 20 hours a week.
The Huntley Park District
approved desk space in the
208-Acre Subdivision Annexed
Huntley Village Trustees voted 4-1 to annex the 208-acre Wing Pointe Subdivision, proposed by Bannockburn developer, Ludwig and Co., on Thursday, Sept. 13. The board approved, 3-2, the concept for planned-unit development of 174.6 acres of farmland to R-1 (single family residence) 28.4 acres to R-4 (townhouse multi- family) and 4.8 acres B-2 (commercial).
A concern regarding soil suitability is awaiting further studies by the Federal Emergency Management
Agency. The research should clear up discrepancies between the county planning department maps and FEMA studies on the impact of land elevations on the nearby creek.
Huntley trustees do not forsee problems affecting existing roads and service caused by the approximately 1,900 person development. They feel the board has done its homework in studying all the various aspects of this development.
An annexation fee of $31,200 cash is due within
Deicke Recreation Center for the librarian to operate from until the library is available. They will be looking for someone with a five year master of library science degree, which is considered standard. The current suggested salary is $20,000, an average salary according to a survey of McHenry County librarian salaries. Board members were undecided about when to hire the librarian.
The question stems from the ability of the District to pay the salary at the present time. Board President Chuck Ruth asked each board member to look into the cost of a different phase of library establishment and operation. This will put the board in a better position to make a decision.
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Capital development fees of $624,000 ($3,000 per acre) should ease the development's impact on municipal services. $120,000 is due within 120 days from approval date with the remaining balance due over an estimated 8 years of building.
The developers must drill a new well which should be large enough to serve the development. The possibility that Huntley might pay to oversize the piping and pump to meet other village needs
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