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HUNTLEY, ILLINOIS
THURSDAY, MARCH 30,1995 - VOLUME 34. NUMBER 51
USPS 580-360
Board Appoints Hewitt, Giombro To Run Police Department
By Tracey Schwartz
Police officer, Mike Hewitt, was appointed as acting assitant chief of police last week by the Village of Huntley board of trustees. Additionally, officer, John Ciombor, was appointed patrol sergeant at a special Wednesday, March 22nd meeting.
The village board voted 5-2 to not reappoint Rick Rossi as police chief at the start of the new fiscal year. May 1,1995. The board is seeking an outside consultant to review and evaluate the police department.
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It is uncertain when a new permanent pohce chief will be hired.
Hewitt has served on the Huntley police force for five years and has eight years of experience in police work. In addition, he was Huntley's assistant police chief from 1993 to 1995 and has coordinated the D.A.R.E. program at Huntley Grade School since September 1993.
Ciombro has served the Huntley police force for 16 years and is a resident of Huntley. He has 21 years of experience in police work.
IDOT To Hold Public Hearings On Rt. 47 Improvements
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Two public hearings will be held on the proposed long- range plan for improving Illinois 47, between U.S. 30 in Kane County and Illinois 173 in McHenry County, the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) said.
The affected highway includes Sugar Grove, Elbum, Lily Lake, Starks, Huntley, Woodstock and Hebron.
The proposal involves recommendations as part of the Strategic Regional Arterial (SRA) system, an element of "Operation Greenlight".
These are the two scheduled
hearings:
From 2 to 7pm Monday, April 10, in the Conference Center of McHenry Community College, 8900 Highway 14, Crystal Lake.
From 2 to 7pm Monday, April 17, in Bodie Hall Room #147 and 150 of Waubonsee Community College, Rt. 47 at Harter Rd., Sugar Grove.
The two purposes of the hearings are to present and discuss the proposal and to obtain public input.
At each hearing, a slide presentation will be shown
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The fun never stops as tour guide,   Nancy Smit, performs a "wedding" for AI and Alice Jordi on the Huntley Senior Citizen Club trip to the Gulf of Mexico.
Huntley Seniors Enjoy Roadtrip Marriage	
By Bob Eckman (as told to Joyce Liput)
It all started with the infonnation forms filled out by the passengers taking the motorcoach trip to the Gulf of Mexcio during the first week of March. Eighteen Huntlians joined the tour and, for a joke, decided they all would list their anniversary dates as March 3. The tour guide, Nancy Smit, wasn't about to let them get away with that. She decided to hold a "wedding" ceremony.
AI and Alice Jordi were the happy couple because Alice had been chosen to come up on stage at one of their Nashville show stops, giving her experience at being in the spotlight. On a fast-moving bus heading home after the 8-day tour, AI and Alice renewed their vows. The guide provided feathered felt "wedding" hats and a cactus bouquet. She played the wedding march on her Flugel
horn; rolled out a toilet paper runner down the bus' aisle and even drafted Carolyn Schultz as flowergirl and Doris and Ralph Drafall as matron of honor and best man. And that was just part of the fun everyone had on the 2,700-mile trip, visiting a variety of fascinating places. It was declared a terrific trip, made especially enjoyable by the wonderful antics of Nancy SmiL
Huntley Village Board Presents Minutes Of March 9 Meeting
The board of trustees of the Village of Huntley held a regular board meeting on March 9,1995. In attendance were Mayor Dhamer, Trustees Sheehan, Todd, Becker, Borowicz, Shamhart and Eckel. Also in attendance were Administrator Nelis, Engineer Schwegel, Police Chief Rossi, Village Attorney Coppedge, Building Commissioner Ehrke and Public Works Director Schwartz. The meeting was called to order at 7:08pm.
CONSENT AGENDA
The following items were requested to be removed from the consent agenda: Item A, D, F, G, H, I, J. Items remaining on the consent agenda were items B (TIF Payout-eligibility -ambulance/annex building), C (TIF Payout-bill approval-ambulance/annex building) and E (accounting reports). Motion by Trustee Sheehan; seconded by Trustee Shamhart to approve the consent agenda. All ayes. The board then took up item A - the minutes.
MINUTES
Trustee Shamhart requested the name be corrected to Rick Ackerman (not Mike Ackman) on page 17 of the TIF Committee meeting minutes dated Feb. 27, 1995.
There was no record of a roll call being taken on item #12, page 21 of the TIF Committee meeting. Roll call should have read Trustee Borowicz nay, all the rest ayes.
Motion by Trustee Shamhart to approve minutes as amended; seconded by Trustee Eckel. Roll call vote: Trustee Todd abstain; all the rest ayes.
BILL LIST
Trustee Shamhart questioned a S139 bill from J & H Mini-Storage. Chief Rossi explained that they are running out of storage room and are renting storage space on a month-to-month basis from J & H until a storage building could be built. Trustee Shamhart questioned a bill from G.C.C. Enterprises, Inc. It was explained that it was for liquid degreaser. A bill from Rock River Ford was questioned. The $50 is for repairs to the street sweeper. Trustee Eckel questioned the bill from Stop Stick, Inc. for $369. Consensus from the board was to purchase the item. Borowicz questioned the bill from Northern Key Lock for $815. This was for the purchase of locks, etc. for the village hall to comply with the handicap ordinance. Motion made by Eckel to approve the bill list (Item
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