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STC aims to build new water tower in 2014 By ASHLEY RHODEBECK arhodebeck@shawmedia.com ST. CHARLES – The city of St. Charles plans to begin construction of a new water tower near Red Gate Road in summer 2014. The Government Services Committee on Tuesday
unanimously approved hiring Engineering Enterprises at a cost of $162,666 for the project’s design and construction engineering components. John Lamb, the city’s environmental services manager, said the water tower was recommended in the
approved Water Division 10Year Master Study in 2007. He noted the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency recommended additional storage during an inspection in 2011. Planned for the southwest corner of the intersection of Red Gate Road and Route 25,
Trial date in lawsuit against D-303 scheduled for July 24 By ASHLEY RHODEBECK arhodebeck@shawmedia.com GENEVA – The lawsuit challenging St. Charles School District 303’s reconfiguration of two elementary schools is set to go to trial this summer. Kane County Judge David Akemann set the July 24 trial date Wednesday, less than a week after ruling against the school district’s request to include the Illinois State Board of Education as a third-party defendant. Both parties want to file
motions for summary judgment, said Bennett Rodick, an attorney representing District 303. Summary judgments lay out the facts of the case that the lawyers believe aren’t in dispute, he said. The judge then can make a ruling, but he might request more information and call for a more traditional trial, like the ones on TV, Rodick said. Filed in March 2011 by a group of parents, the lawsuit charged the district with several wrongdoings related to its reconfiguration of Davis
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and Richmond elementary schools. Kane County Judge Thomas Mueller stopped the lawsuit from proceeding in 2011, but an appellate court judge sent the case back to the 16th Judicial Circuit. The appellate court narrowed the debate to whether the schools’ reorganization qualified as a school improvement plan under the Illinois School Code. Meanwhile, the schools are ending their second year as Davis Primary and Richmond Intermediate.
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the water tower is expected to reduce pressure swings and surges, address pressure issues in the outer service area, provide for storage redundancy, help with meeting peak water demand capacity and allow for maintenance of existing towers, according to an agenda doc-
ument. Lamb said design engineering costs are in the current budget. The proposed budget for fiscal 2014-15 includes construction engineering and tower construction costs, according to the document.
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