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Vol. IV No. 20 Maywood nonprofit tackles census outreach, PAGE 5

Virtual meeting goes south Maywood mayor abruptly cancels chaotic May 5 videoconference board meeting after infighting

By MICHAEL ROMAIN

MAY 13, 2020

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Proviso East Marching Band to get new look, PAGE 3

PAYING IT FORWARD: Area healthcare workers open #HeroKits outside of Elmhurst Hospital on May 9. The kits were donated by the Dream Academy Foundation. The event was one of several giveaways that took place last across the west suburbs earlier this month. Read more on page 2.

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Since Illinois has been under lockdown due to COVID-19, municipal boards across the state have been utilizing Zoom and other videoconferencing technology to conduct business. The transition hasn’t always been smooth sailing. Case in point, the May 5 Maywood Board of Trustees meeting, which Mayor Edwenna Perkins suddenly canceled after roughly an hour of deliberation.

Following social distancing guidelines, Perkins, along with Trustee Isiah Brandon and Village Manager Willie Norfleet Jr., were inside Council Chambers, seated at least three feet apart from each other.

Trustees Miguel Jones, Antonio Sanchez, Nathaniel George Booker, Kimyada Wellington and Melvin Lightford, along with attorney Michael Jurusik, joined via videoconference, most of their faces shown See Meeting on page 3

Gottlieb opens $15M renovated ER Loyola Medicine resumes elective surgeries May 11, officials say

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A newly renovated and expanded emergency department at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, 701 W. North Avenue in Melrose Park, opened to the public on May 5.

The $15.8 million Judd A. Weinberg Emergency

Department will allow the hospital to accommodate more daily patient visits, hospital officials explained in a statement.

“An emergency department is the lifeblood of a community and a critical access point for lifesaving care,” said Jack Weinberg, the chairman of the

Gottlieb Memorial Foundation, which funded the renovated ER. Weinberg’s grandparents, David and Dorothy Gottlieb, founded Gottlieb along with other community leaders in 1961.

“It is an honor to be part of such an important project that will continue saving lives and

supporting families for many years to come,” Weinberg said.

In their statement, hospital officials said that they’re prepared to see more than 30,000 patients per year and additional ambulance bays will accommodate more ambulance traffic.

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CLOCKWISE, FROM TOP RIGHT: The #HeroKits included items like essential oils and body butter; the kits were handed out by Dream Academy founder and Bellwood native Dominique Bryant; on May 3, Broadview village officials handed out free masks and other items to village residents, courtesy of donors like Chicago businessman Willie Wilson; free masks were also given out in the parking lot of the Maywood Park District on May 9 (two bottom photos on left side); top left photo, Broadview village officials with Wilson on May 3.

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East’s marching band to get new uniforms D209 board approve purchase at March 10 meeting, new uniforms to cost $58,190

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor

The Proviso East Marching Band will soon be marching to the beat of a different look. At a regular meeting on March 10, the District 209 board unanimously approved a $58,190 bid for Romeoville-based The Bandmans Company to make 100 new uniforms for the popular band.

Cletis Seals Jr., the band’s director, told board members during last month’s meeting that the band’s current uniforms were designed in 2002, with the district having purchased filler uniforms in 2012.

“The majority have been in use since 2012,” Seals said. “Speaking with many uniform companies, the average lifespan of band uniforms is 10 to 15 years. That’s for marching seasons, but our band performs year-round. They go through a lot more wear

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Other village officials, such as Finance Director Lanya Satchell, were seated in the audience. Since March, no more than 10 people have been allowed to attend board meetings. Residents with public comments have been asked to email them in advance to Village Clerk Viola Mims at: vmims@ maywood-il.org.

To be fair to the technology, the chaos was not primarily caused by the apparent technical challenges, which had not presented any significant issues for board members until Tuesday’s meeting. And the technical issues were not insurmountable.

They seemed to have only exacerbated the interpersonal tension between Perkins and Booker, which started simmering almost from the outset.

During the first 15 minutes, before the board dealt with any agenda item, Booker complained of audio issues, including a sound delay, while Lightford struggled to hear.

The back-and-forth between Booker and other village officials over the technical issues prompted some frustration among members like Perkins and Brandon, which spilled over into the board’s first major agenda item — a topic bound to cause fireworks.

Perkins has been attempting for years to replace most members of the Board of Fire and Police Commission, all of whose terms have expired.

The mayor was forced to walk back a decision she made in February to unilaterally replace four of the five members of the

and tear than they should.”

Seals said that many of the uniforms have had to be stitched up multiple times, “some to the point where we were told they can no longer be repaired.”

During the March meeting, Seals showed board members a pair of uniform pants that ripped right before the first football game of the year this past season.

Seals said that Bandmans is the same company that has mad the band’s uniforms in the past.

“They have done quality work in the past,” he said. “They will personally come out and measure our students.”

Each uniform will come with a custom coat, bibber trousers, a shako hat, custom plumes, a reversible shoulder cape, a plastic hat box and a garment bag, according to the bid document.

During the March meeting, Seals addressed concerns from board member Theresa Kelly about the uniform sporting black trim.

“Since I am a Pirate for life, I’m used to blue and white — [the new uniform] beautiful, it’s gorgeous — I’m just used to my blue and white,” Kelly said, jocundly. “Black is not part of Proviso’s colors.”

Seals said that he decided to go with black trim because it’s more durable and more resistant to stains and wear-and-tear.

“We had white pants donated by Hampton University several years ago, but every time we’ve worn those pants they were immediately dirty and had to be clean, and some have stains that can’t be taken out,” he said. “Going with black will help preserve the life of the uniform.”

commission, a move that Jurusik said was potentially illegal, because state law doesn’t give the mayor the authority to remove and appoint fire and police commissioners without the consent and advice of the board.

Booker, who the mayor considers her staunchest opponent on the board, was the most vocal critic of the mayor’s attempt to replace the commissioners. In March, the mayor said that she would instead replace the commissioners in phases.

At the top of Tuesday’s meeting, the board discussed whether or not to approve the appointment of local businessman James Brewer to the commission, replacing Emanuel Wilder, the current president.

Booker said that he didn’t agree with appointing new people to the commission in the middle of a pandemic, adding that doing so might jeopardize critical functions like hiring new fire and police officers. He also said that the individuals up for appointment had not been properly vetted.

Sanchez wondered whether or not the new commissioners would be required to get a specific certification before serving and wondered how that might work given the current crisis.

“Is what we are doing correct?” Sanchez asked.

“These candidates are properly on the agenda,” Jurusik said. “There is a certification process to be a fire and police commissioner. It’s voluntary, not statutory …

Not all [commissions] get that certification.

The fact that Maywood’s commission gets it, is an added value and reflective of how well your board operates. The newly appointed board members can be sworn in by the clerk. It does not have to be done at an open meeting.”

When Booker attempted to ask Jurusik more questions, Perkins cut him off and said that he wasn’t in compliance with Robert’s Rules of Order, a nearly 150 year-old manual

on parliamentary procedure that is widely used by organizations and municipalities that have boards of directors.

“You are not allowed to do what you’re doing. Go back to Robert’s Rules of Order and you are not allowed to do what you’re doing,” she said. “You do it deliberately, but you are not allowed to do that.”

Booker said that, according to Robert’s Rules of Order, he’s allowed to ask two different questions at two different times.

“I am allowed to ask two questions!”

Booker shouted emphatically. “You cannot continue to do this!”

Perkins directed Mims to call the roll, which she struggled to do while Booker continued talking, emphasizing that he wanted to ask Jurusik questions for clarification. The measure ultimately passed 5-0. Trustees Lightford and Booker did not voice a vote.

But before they voted for the measure, Trustees Jones, Wellington and Sanchez each expressed support for Booker’s right to ask his questions.

“Going forward, it’s already a lot of confusion, because of the mode of communication we’re using,” Wellington said. “Can we all be respectful in the meeting? We keep bringing up Robert’s Rules of Order. According to Robert’s Rules of Order, an individual is allowed to speak on topic twice. So, can we be respectful of that and acknowledge that rule? I’m ready to drop off the call, because it’s too much confusion and we cannot conduct business like this.”

Perkins said that Robert’s Rules of Order doesn’t allow Booker to give “a 15-minute recitation and then ask questions twice,” before claiming that she initiated the use of Robert’s Rules of Order on the board (“that was not out there”).

“There’s no village that would allow him to do what he’s doing,” Perkins said, before

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ordering the clerk to pull the next agenda item, which was a consideration to approve the appointment of retired Maywood Police officer Christopher Brown, who would replace longtime commissioner Gloria Clay.

“I’m ready to cancel the meeting,” Perkins said. “It’s called respect! It’s called respect!”

“Mayor, why would you pull –” Brandon started.

“I’m going to pull it, if you don’t mind, please. I don’t want to go through this, you hear me?” Perkins said.

The next agenda item, a vote to approve a roughly $470,000 warrant list, started off another rocky deliberation. During the roll call, Lightford appeared to be muted while attempting to talk. Booker insisted that he would not cast his vote until Lightford’s technical issue was fixed. Marvin Savage, the village’s IT consultant, was assisting Lightford with the issue.

Minutes later, after a heated back-andforth between Booker and Clerk Mims over how to resolve Lightford’s dilemma, Lightford’s audio finally broke through.

“What is Trustee Lightford’s vote?” Mims asked. “Was it yes or no?”

“He said he couldn’t hear,” Savage said, prompting even more exasperation among board members.

A minute later, Perkins banged the gavel.

There was still a long list of agenda items that remained to be tackled (including the $470,000 warrant list; a local business seeking a zoning variance to expand operations; at least $500,000 in payments that needed board approval; a proposal to purchase $20,000 in personal protective equipment; and a proposal to create a COVID-19 relief fund, among other items of critical importance.

They would have to wait.

“This meeting is cancelled!” Perkins said, seconds before the village’s live stream abruptly went dark.

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Despite pandemic, census outreach goes on

The Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership making thousands of calls about upcoming census

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor

May should have been the month that Maywood resident Rose O’Campo started ramping up her attendance at local community events like the one she and her colleagues at the Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership — a faith-based social justice nonprofit in Maywood — along with entities like the Maywood Count Commission organized in March.

The event, held at the Quinn Center of St. Eulalia, 1832 S. 8th Ave., drew more than 200 community members and was designed to raise awareness about the census among Maywood’s Latinx community.

But with the COVID-19 pandemic having prompted the cancellation of many inperson events across the village, the CSPL has had to pivot toward a greater emphasis on virtual outreach and phone banking.

The group has a goal of calling 10,000 residents who live in the hardest-tocount census tracts in Proviso Township, particularly in Maywood, Melrose Park and Stone Park, where many Latinx residents live. They hope that they can help increase the village’s self-response rate in order to set it on the path to being fully counted.

“Our goal is 30,000 people,” O’Campo said, referencing the number of residents who may live in Maywood based on federal government projections. During the last census in 2010, roughly 24,000 people were counted, meaning some 5,000 people were not. The missed residents translated into millions of dollars of lost revenue from the federal government, among other missed opportunities over the past decade.

O’Campo and other CSPL members said

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from page 1 “We are grateful for the Weinberg family’s longstanding commitment to Gottlieb Memorial Hospital,” said Shawn P. Vincent, the president and CEO of Loyola Medicine, Gottlieb’s parent organization, in the statement. “The Gottlieb Memorial Foundation is a continuous source of support for innovation and expansion to meet the evolving needs of the community.”

In the statement, Gottlieb officials said that the renovated ER also includes “improved safety and security to ensure a comfortable patient experience and a safe workplace; [increased] outdoor lighting, a 24/7 staffed security post, improved visibility throughout the department, natural lighting and slip- and glare-free flooring. Private exam and triage rooms, as well as a ‘results pending’ area, offer comfortable chairs

that they won’t let the COVID-19 pandemic and the state’s related stay-at-home order stop them from making sure residents are counted.

“We no longer do this work face-to-face, but we continue to do the outreach,” O’Campo said during an interview last month. “We’ve done about 3,000 phone calls so far.”

As of May 5, the group was up to 7,000 phone calls, members said, adding that they obtained the list of numbers from Proviso Township officials.

“Phone banking is probably the most successful way to reach people right now,” said CSPL member Maria HernandezFranco.

Hernandez-Franco and O’Campo said that the phone calls serve multiple purposes — the ultimate, of course, being to remind people that they can still complete the census and, if necessary, to assist them in doing so.

“I’ve called a couple people who said that they didn’t know how to fill out the census,” Hernandez-Franco said. “So, I walked one lady through the application process. It took about 15 minutes. She was thankful that I called her. She said that she wasn’t going to fill it out, but that having that one-on-one with someone was very helpful.”

Hernandez-Franco said that it’s important “to get the message out there, because a lot of people think the census is over or that due to COVID-19, it no longer needs to be done.”

Due to COVID-19, Census Bureau officials have changed the self-response deadline from July 31 to Oct. 31. Residents can complete the census online, by mail or over the phone.

As of May 7, 52 percent of households in Maywood completed the census. Statewide, the self-response rate is 63 percent, according

to Census Bureau data. Maywood has the third-lowest self-response rate in Proviso Township — behind only Melrose Park (49 percent) and Stone Park (43 percent).

Some factors that may contribute to those low self-response rates include the relatively high level of distrust in the government among the many Latinx residents in those suburbs and gaps in communicating the census to some residents. Phone banking presents an effective solution to addressing both of those issues, CSPL members said.

Paulina Delgadillo, a CSPL member, said that phone banking can help build trust between volunteers and the residents they’re trying to get counted.

“Calling people in their own language is a more personable approach,” said Delgadillo.

O’Campo and Hernandez-Franco added that the trust is sometimes built over a series of persistent encounters.

“We are calling them one time and if they don’t answer, we leave a voicemail,” O’Campo said. “We also send a text message that includes a link to the census form. In the text, we also offer them assistance if they need help filling it out and how they can reach out to us.”

O’Campo said that she’s encountered “a lot of people living in multiunit apartments” who have not received census forms, which could present another challenge — but not one that phone banking can’t potentially resolve.

“There was a man I remember who sounded very old,” said Ansima Rosette Mamboleo, another CSPL volunteer. “I told him that I was calling about the census and he said he didn’t receive anything in the mail. I told him, you don’t have to wait for anything to come in the mail. You can go

online and fill it out. I gave him the website and reminded him. I checked up on him.”

The roughly 25 volunteers who have participated in CSPL’s phone banking effort have also been able to help residents cope with the current COVID-19 crisis by telling them about available resources, such as food banks that are currently operating.

“Due to the challenge with the coronavirus, we know that residents are more challenged and deprived,” said Mamboleo.

“We’re doing reminders, educating people and checking on people in our area just to see how they’re doing. Do they have food, water, anything? At the same time, we’re referring them to food pantries, as well,” said O’Campo.

Patrick Custardo, who works as a community ambassador with the Community and Economic Development Association of Cook County, Inc. (CEDA) — one of the county’s largest community action agencies — said that, if anything, the COVID-19 pandemic has underscored just how important it is for as many residents as possible to complete the census.

Custardo said that CEDA relies on census funding for their vast array of social service programs, including food, housing and home energy assistance programs for low-income families.

“Working with CSPL is important to us,” Custardo said. “When COVID hit, [our field workers] were taken out of the street like everyone else and so working in conjunction with the coalition is a very good thing.”

If you haven’t already responded to the 2020 Census, you can do so by visiting: my2020census.gov/.

“Physician offices and televisions for and clinics at the patients who don’t health system’s require a hospital three hospitals — bed while waiting Loyola University for test results.”

Medical Center, The reopening Gottlieb Memorial comes just as Hospital and state officials are MacNeal Hospital easing up previous — will resume restrictions put operations [on May in place to slow Natalie Battaglia 4] including inthe spread of person visits and COVID-19.

Since The new Judd A. Weinberg Emergency late March, elective Department at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital on continued use of telehealth video surgeries have May 4, 2020. visits,” Loyola been prohibited in officials explained Illinois hospitals.

The new COVID-19 guidelines set by the in a statement.

Loyola officials said that emergency Illinois State Department of Public Health services and comprehensive cancer care now allow elective surgeries.

On May 4, Loyola Medicine officials have continued uninterrupted during the announced that all of the hospitals in its COVID-19 pandemic before noting that network, including Gottlieb and Loyola they’ve instituted a series of precautions for University Medical Center, would resume individuals undergoing elective surgeries or elective surgeries in phases starting May 11. procedures at Loyola Medicine hospitals.

Visitor restrictions at all three Loyola Medicine hospitals that were put in place earlier in the pandemic are still in place.

“One adult over age 18 can accompany pediatric patients and patients who are undergoing surgery or will receive anesthesia,” officials said.

“All patients undergoing an elective surgery or procedure will be tested for COVID-19 within 24 hours prior to the surgery or procedure,” officials stated. “If the patient receives a negative test result, the surgery or procedure will continue as planned. If a patient receives a positive test result, the procedure will be postponed until a negative test result can be obtained.”

In addition to providing masks for patients, visitors, employees and physicians, the hospital system has also been deep cleaning “with increased frequency.”

To schedule an appointment, or to schedule a surgery, procedure or in-person visit at a Loyola Medicine hospital, call (888) 584-7888, or visit www.loyolamedicine.org.

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Pace suspends some bus routes in west suburbs Routes 327, 320 and 757 eliminated; 38 workers test positive for COVID-19, as of May 7

By IGOR STUDENKOV Contributing Reporter

As COVID-19 infection rates plateau and Gov. J.B. Prtizker’s stay-at-home order enters its eighth week, the Pace suburban bus transit agency continues to reduce service and the western suburbs won’t escape the upcoming round of cuts.

Effective May 18, Pace will suspend 15 routes and reduce service on 21 routes due to low ridership. In the western suburbs, eliminated routes include: Route 327, which covers Forest Park; Route 320, which spans Maywood, Forest Park and Oak Park; Route 757, a commuter express service between Oak Park and Forest Park; and several western suburbs.

Routes with reduced schedules include Route 302, which span Brookfield and Riverside; and Routes 311 and 314, which span Oak Park.

Although ridership data for individual routes for the last three months isn’t available, Pace indicated that, as of May 7, its ridership dropped by 67 percent. The transit agency emphasized that those changes will only last during the COVID-19 pandemic.

When the stay-at-home order was first announced, Pace kept its services in place, but as the weeks went on, it suspended service on a significant portion of workplace commuter shuttles and other express services. Pace has also been putting in measures to improve safety.

On most buses, some seats were closed

off to encourage social distancing. Most recently, it followed CTA in asking riders to board buses from the rear door to reduce the risk of bus drivers getting infected. Since the Ventra card scanners are located by the front door, Pace, like the CTA, suspended fares and allowed passengers to ride for free.

As of May 7, 38 Pace employees have been diagnosed with COVID-19, according to Pace data available on its website. That includes three bus drivers and one maintenance employee who worked in the West Division, which serves west suburban routes.

Maggie Daly Skogbakken, a Pace spokesperson, said that drivers usually operate around 13 routes a week within each division, so it was hard to say whether any of the three drivers had driven buses on any routes within this newspaper’s coverage area.

But Skogbakken said that Pace is operating under the assumption that any driver can potentially be asymptomatic, which is a protocol based on a guidance by the Illinois Department of Public Health. That is why the transportation agency implemented rear boarding and put up barriers between the drivers and riders, she said.

Skogsbakken added that, before the pandemic, Pace already ordered buses that have built-in vinyl shields, similar to what CTA has on many of its buses. And it has installed vinyl barriers separating the front door boarding area and the rest of the bus.

In addition, all Pace employees have their

temperatures taken before they come to work, all buses are thoroughly cleaned at least once a day and drivers get cleaning supplies to wipe down services in between runs.

“I genuinely don’t feel that an asymptomatic operator who operated [any] route has the high likelihood of transmitting [COVID-19] to any passenger,” Skogsbakken said.

Skogsbakken emphasized that the changes to the routes were due entirely to low ridership and the agency’s desire to allocate resources to busier routes. She said that ridership on suspended routes has plunged to single digits and explained that Pace has been adding vehicles to its busiest routes to help ensure social distancing.

Eliminated Routes

Route 320 primarily runs from the Madison Street corridor in Forest Park through Oak Park and 1st Ave., near the Maybrook Courthouse and Eisenhower Tower.

Maywood riders will still be able to take advantage of routes 303, 310 and 317 to get from Madison Street to the Forest Park Blue Line ‘L’ station while Forest Park riders can use Route 318. There are no service alternatives for 1st Street and the Oak Park portion of Madison Street.

Route 327 provides the commuter express service between the Forest Park Blue Line station and Paper Source’s Forest Park warehouse, and distribution facilities at 7801 Industrial Dr. and Essentra Specialty

Tapes headquarters at 7400 Industrial Dr. Route 757 is a commuter express bus, picking up riders at the Harlem/Lake Green Line station and the Forest Park Blue Line station, and dropping them off at various hotels, office buildings, shopping malls and corporate headquarters in northwestern suburbs. Pace Route 322 and 606 serves most of those destinations, but riders will need to make multiple transfers.

Service Reductions Route 302 serves the Ogden Avenue corridor in Riverside and Brookfield, connecting it to BNSF Metra Line’s Harlem Avenue and Berwyn stations, and the Pink Line’s Cicero station.

Route 311 serves the Oak Park Avenue corridor in Oak Park, as well as a small portion of the North Avenue corridor at the Galewood/Oak Park border, between Oak Park and Narragansett avenues.

Both routes will switch from weekday to Saturday schedules. Pace will reduce service frequency from once every 15 minutes and 30 minutes, to once every 30 minutes and 45 minutes, respectively.

Route 314, which serves the Ridgeland Avenue corridor south of Lake Street in Oak Park, will lose seven trips in each direction, which will reduce rush hour service frequency from once every half an hour to once an hour.

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NEWS briefs NAMI goes virtual amid COVID-19 pandemic NAMI Metro Suburban, the nonprofit organization that provides mental illness and addiction support services across the west suburbs, may have temporarily closed its facilities due to the COVID-19 crisis, but it hasn’t stopped providing support.

The organization — which operates a range of recovery programs like the Living Room, 1917 Roosevelt Road in Broadview — is now offering a series of “online, call-in and realtime support” services, NAMI officials said in a statement released in April.

Those services offer individuals who may be experiencing mental illness and/or addiction issues the ability to connect with peer counselors and licensed clinicians.

NAMI also recently released an online prerecorded version of a program for students that helps them deal with stress, particularly as they adjust to e-learning as a result of COVID-19.

“Knowing that there is easy access to support for any anxieties, fears or concerns related to mental health wellness is critical for community residents,” said Shelly Lustrup, NAMI’s director of recovery support services. “Right now it’s vital for everyone.”

“With the recognition that higher stress levels and complex emotions can be exacerbated by feelings of isolation, we were intensely aware of the necessity to continue serving as a place of hope and support for the community,” said Kimberly Knake, NAMI’s executive director.

For more information on NAMI Metro Suburban’s ongoing groups, or to join one of them, email info@namimetsub.org. To connect to a licensed clinician, staffed 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. daily, call (708) 582-6580.

fatally shot on the no-hundred block of S. 21st Street. Police said no suspects are in custody in relation to that homicide, but they are investigating the matter.

Anyone with information regarding either of these cases should contact the Maywood Police Department Investigations Unit at (708) 450-4471 ex. 4307.

Community members who want to share information with the police anonymously may do so by calling the MAP Tip Line (708) 450-1787.

A Chicago man was fatally shot in Maywood on May 8, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner. The homicide was Maywood’s second in two days.

Temp A. Bridge, 36, died from a gunshot wound to the torso in an incident that occurred on the 1000 block of S. 14th Ave. in Maywood, the medical examiner reported.

Bridge was pronounced dead at 4:35 a.m.

Maywood Police could not be contacted to confirm a more specific time of the incident or to provide further details.

Bridge’s death was the second homicide in Maywood in two days. On May 7, 36-yearold Lamar Perryman, of Maywood, was

During a regular meeting on May 4, the Broadview Board of Trustees unanimously voted to approve the sale of 2301-2305 W. Roosevelt Rd., which includes two adjoining commercial buildings totaling nearly 18,000 square feet.

Gloria Lynch, the owner of Precious Heart Daycare, which is located in the portion of the two-building complex that faces South 23rd Avenue, had been trying to purchase the property from the village for at least two years.

As previously reported by Village Free Press, the village board voted unanimously in July 2018 to accept Lynch’s $300,000 bid

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Broadview sells Daycare property to developer

to buy the village-owned building where her business has been located for the past 14 years.

At the time, the village officials said that the vote didn’t actually make the sale final — it just meant that Broadview was interested in her offer and wanted to work something out.

The actual details were to be negotiated in the following weeks before an agreement was to come back to the board for final approval.

At the May 4 meeting, however, Broadview Building Commissioner David Upshaw said that Lynch was not able to purchase the property.

“Now, we have a viable candidate in Commercial Force,” Upshaw said, before explaining that the developer, Commercial Force LLC, plans to keep the daycare while turning the other building, which is vacant, into a business center.

Broadview officials did not disclose at the May 4 meeting how much Commercial Force will pay for the property or how long the development process will take. Neither Lynch nor a representative from Commercial Force could be immediately reached for comment on Saturday evening.

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Commissioner calls for tougher nursing home regulations

Brandon Johnson says state should consider receivership, fines for bad actors as COVID-19 ravages facilities across state

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor

First District Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson stood outside of Westchester Health and Rehabilitation, 2901 S. Wolf Rd. in Westchester, on May 6 to call for the state to “reimagine” how it handles for-profit nursing home facilities, where reports of lax regulation and poor working conditions are making already vulnerable senior citizens even more vulnerable to COVID-19.

As of May 1, Westchester Health and Rehabilitation reported 47 cases of COVID-19 and 12 deaths related to the disease, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

An analysis of IDPH health data by WBEZ shows that the hazards are spread across nursing homes throughout the state.

According to WBEZ’s analysis, 44 percent of the COVID-19 deaths in Illinois were tied to nursing homes.

On May 1, WBEZ reported, IDPH data showed that “1,082 coronavirus deaths were tied to long-term-care facilities and assisted living establishments — 73% more than the 625 reported a week earlier and nearly four times the 286 reported on April 17.”

Loretta Brady, a resident of Chicago’s Austin community and one of Johnson’s constituents, said that her mother, 83-yearold Lottie Smith, is a resident at the Westchester facility. Brady said that her mother was diagnosed with COVID-19 in late March, but that the nursing home didn’t notify her until days later.

“My mother had to be rushed to Loyola with a heart rate of 130 … and had to be on a ventilator,” Brady said during Wednesday’s press conference. “Nobody [from the nursing home] said anything. She had to stay in the hospital for 10 days fighting for her life. To date, nobody has told me how she contracted the virus.”

Brady said that since contracting COVID-19 in March, her mother has tested positive for the virus again. And the family, she said, is still in the dark.

“Nobody is telling us anything,” Brady said. “We’re asking for help!”

Glenda Harris said that her mother, Carrie Claybon, 83, was also a resident at the Westchester facility. Harris said that she attempted to take her mother out of the facility even before the COVID-19 crisis hit, but officials at the facility wouldn’t allow it.

Claybon died from COVID-19 on March 30.

“Now, my mom is deceased and now all I got is a memory — all because these people wouldn’t cooperate with me,” Harris said.

“They didn’t have to take care of her. I was

willing to take care of her myself.”

Harris and Brady both complained about the alleged treatment their parents received at the Westchester facility — from a lack of communication about their parents’ conditions from nursing home staff to outright neglect.

“Plenty of times my mom would come back at night time, from being at dialysis four and

state “has to step up its supervision and oversight,” before calling for the Gov. J.B. Pritzker to order an infectious disease survey at the Westchester facility. Johnson said that he’s also contacted Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office about the matter.

Johnson pointed out that there’s already $240 million in state funding allocated for

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Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson outside of Westchester Health and Rehabilitation in Westchester on May 6. five hours, sometimes the transportation would be late picking her up,” Harris said.

“When she would get [back to the nursing home], the bed wouldn’t be made. We’d have to get someone to make the bed,” she said.

“I have pictures of when my mom would be at dialysis, we’d look at her hand and she’d have poop on her hand because they didn’t clean her and she’d scratch herself. I kept complaining about this.”

A representative from the Westchester facility could not be reached for comment on May 7, but in a statement sent to the Chicago Tribune, Westchester Health and Rehabilitation Center spokeswoman Annaliese Impink outlined precautions the facility has taken since the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We have implemented every guideline, measure, and protocol provided by the health authorities,” Impink explained.

“We are working closely with the health authorities to follow their guidance and will continue to be transparent … while maintaining the dignity and privacy of each of our residents.”

During the May 6 press conference, Commissioner Johnson, said that the

nursing home operators in the form of a Medicaid reimbursement increase that state lawmakers approved in 2019, as part of Gov. Pritzker’s most recent budget.

According to a report by Skilled Nursing News, $70 million of that $240 million funding boost is associated with staffing mandates.

Nursing home operators that fail to meet required minimum staffing levels won’t get the increased Medicaid reimbursement. The money, however, still hasn’t been doled out.

According to its profile available at Medicare.gov, Westchester Health and Rehabilitation has an overall rating of one star out of a possible five, which indicates that it performs “much below average” in the areas of health inspections, quality measures and staffing.

Late last month, Pritzker ordered all nursing homes to test residents and staff.

And the governor has said in the past that nursing home safety is a priority for his administration and has called for more support and staffing at the facilities. The governor did not directly address the Medicaid reimbursement funding during his daily press briefing on May 6.

Johnson said that the state should use its

budgetary and regulatory authority over for-profit nursing home and require them to provide more personal protective equipment to employees, to increase workers’ wages, to require proper certification among employees, and to provide hazard pay for frontline nursing home workers, among other preconditions for those nursing homes securing additional state aid.

The commissioner said that the state should also consider fining, or even placing into receivership, those nursing homes that fail to meet basic requirements.

Johnson also echoed a demand expressed earlier this week by American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today, a grassroots disability rights organization.

“The top demand is the call for an executive order from the Governor to immediately rescue residents by moving them from nursing facilities into non-institutional, lower-risk settings and to reduce facility occupancy to no more than one resident per room,” the organization explained in a statement.

“If we can build facilities at a moment’s notice in the case of an enormous outbreak, like McCormick Place, why can’t we reimagine how we handle [nursing home] facilities struck by this virus?” said Johnson, who also lent his support to frontline nursing home workers, such as receptionists, cooks and certified nursing assistants, at least 60 Chicago area nursing homes who threatened to strike on May 8 before working out an agreement with ownership.

The workers, whose contracted expired May 1, are calling for higher wages, hazard pay and increased staffing levels, among other demands. The commissioner called for better working conditions, higher wages and hazard pay at both unionized and nonunionized facilities.

“Folks getting paid $10 and $12 an hour is unacceptable. They should get a minimum of $15 an hour. There are workers who are getting hazard pay across this country,” he said. “Why is that you have a profession that is overwhelmingly women who are black and brown that somehow we get tied up with our purse strings? […]

“The families who lost loved ones, we’re not going to get them back. But can we at least attempt to stop other families from losing loved ones? That’s what our politics should be about in this moment. If we can find ways to bail out corporations, if we can find dollars to give tax breaks to the wealthiest people in the country, we can’t find an opportunity to raise wages to $15 an hour? We can’t provide hazard pay?”

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New COVID-19 testing site open in Melrose Park Site sits next to ACCESS Melrose Park Family Health Center, 8323 W. North Ave.

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor

A new COVID-19 testing site for adults 18 and over opened in Melrose Park on May 11.

The site, located next to the ACCESS Melrose Park Family Health Center, 8323 West North Ave., is at least the second testing site to have opened in Proviso Township.

A testing site located in the parking lot of the Walmart in Northlake at 137 W. North Ave., opened in March, but closed in April, after being consolidated with another testing site at a Joliet Walmart, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.

The Melrose Park testing site will conduct testing Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., with the first hour reserved for senior citizens.

In an FAQ on their website, Melrose Park village officials said that residents will need to make an appointment before visiting the site.

“Every person needs to first complete a telehealth visit to ensure that they are symptomatic,” they explained.

“Current symptoms reported for patients with COVID-19 have included mild to severe

respiratory illness with fever (temperature of 100.4 degrees or more), cough, and/or difficulty b r e a t h i n g .

Appointments for telehealth visits can be scheduled by calling our special COVID-19 testing hotline at 1.800.836.7633.”

There is GOOGLE EARTH no charge for patients to take NEW SITE: The area next to ACCESS Melrose Park Family Health the test.

Center, 8323 West North Ave., is at least the second testing site to “We are proud to bring this have opened in Proviso Township. testing site to Proviso Township residents. We have custom-built this space the testing site will receive an educational to provide the highest level of safety for handout with tips about how to selfboth patients and staff,” said ACCESS CEO isolate, manage symptoms and a listing of community resources including benefits Donna Thompson in a statement.

“As we know that this is a challenging assistance, food assistance, mental health time for our communities, everyone exiting and domestic violence, among others,” she

said.

Senate Majority Leader Kimberly Lightford (4th) said that increased testing sites in her district are imperative.

“I am grateful for the work Access Community Network has done to launch their site and their continued commitment to the health of our local residents,” she said in a statement.

Melrose Park officials said that there are translation services available on site and there are special accommodations for people with disabilities, as well.

Representatives with local churches or community organizations who are interested in learning more about the new testing site and other ACCESS health care services can call Deila Davis at 773.726.0712 or Shari McKinley at 708.228.0232.

As of May 7, Proviso Township there have been 2,052 confirmed cases of COVID-19, Lightford’s office said in a statement. As of May 9, Melrose Park has seen at least 566 confirmed cases of COVID-19, according to Cook County Department of Public Health data.

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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION TOWD POINT MORTGAGE TRUST 2018-1, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE; Plaintiff, vs.

JAVIER MARTINEZ; MARIA F. MARTINEZ; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 19 CH 5855 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Friday, June 5, 2020 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-10-101-053-0000.

Commonly known as 124 N. 23RD AVE., MELROSE PARK, IL 60160.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Mr. Ira T. Nevel at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Law Offices of Ira T. Nevel, 175 North Franklin Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606. (312) 3571125. 19-00339 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3150254

18 CH 11328 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, June 8, 2020 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 1604 N. 23rd Ave., Melrose Park, IL 60160.

P.I.N. 15-03-117-047-0000.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call Mr. Brandon R. Freud at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Chuhak & Tecson PC, 30 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606. (312) 444-9300.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3150313

Property Index No. 15-09-309-0170000 and 15-09-309-018-0000 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $95,521.90.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours.

No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition.

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLO-

SURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, The sales clerk, SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCIATES, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301, Bannockburn, IL, 60015 (847) 2911717 For information call between the hours of 1pm - 3pm.. Please refer to file number 19-091551.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCIATES, LLC 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301 Bannockburn IL, 60015 847-291-1717 E-Mail: ILNotices@logs.com Attorney File No. 19-091551 Attorney Code. 42168 Case Number: 19 CH 10818 TJSC#: 40-1148 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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poration, will at 10:30 AM on June 5, 2020, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 508 RICE AVENUE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104 Property Index No. 15-09-310-0790000 The real estate is improved with a red brick, two story single family home with a detached two car garage.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours.

No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition.

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act,

765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL, 60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago IL, 60602 312-346-9088 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 268512 Attorney ARDC No. 61256 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 19 CH 02400 TJSC#: 40-690 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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or delivered by hand to Dan McCurdy, AMSCO Engineering, Inc., 5115 Belmont Rd, Downers Grove, IL 60515. Immediately thereafter, the Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud via a Virtual Bid Opening at 11:00 A.M. on June 2, 2020.

A link for the Virtual Bid Opening will be posted on the Bellwood Public Library’s website, www.bellwoodlibrary.org, at least one (1) hour prior to the Virtual Bid Opening. A Bid Security of 10% of the total amount of the Bid is required with the proposal as provided in the Instructions to Bidders.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION REPUBLIC BANK OF CHICAGO; Plaintiff, vs.

BLONDIE 66, INC. FKA LP RESTAURANT SPECIALIST INC.; EARL L. SCHNURSTEIN AKA EARL E. SCHNURSTEIN; PATRICIA ROSE SCHNURSTEIN AKA PATRICIA R. SCHNURSTEIN; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants,

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.KILY MALDEN-ADAMS, FIRST NATIONWIDE MORTGAGE CORPORATION Defendants 19 CH 10818 507 BOHLAND AVENUE BELLWOOD, IL 60104 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 24, 2020, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 27, 2020, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 507 BOHLAND AVENUE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION DITECH FINANCIAL LLC Plaintiff, -v.CLAUDIA S BREWSTER A/K/A CLAUDIA BREWSTER, MAURICE BREWSTER, U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, CHICAGO TITLE LAND TRUST COMPANY S/I/I THE CHICAGO TRUST COMPANY Defendants 19 CH 02400 508 RICE AVENUE BELLWOOD, IL 60104 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 28, 2020, an agent for The Judicial Sales Cor-

PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE TO BID The Board of Trustees, Bellwood Public Library, Bellwood, Illinois invites sealed bids for:

2020 HVAC IMPROVEMENTS AT BELLWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY Project No. 2020031

Sealed bids will be received until 10:45 A.M. on June 2, 2020 by mail

The Board of Trustees reserves the right to reject any or all Bids, to waive technicalities in any bid or irregularities in the bidding procedure, or accept the Bid that in its opinion will serve its best interest. Any such decision shall be considered final. The Board of Trustees reserves the right to set aside a bid from a Contractor who, in the opinion of the Board of Trustees, does not exhibit past experience equal to the size and scope of this project.

Pre-Bid Meeting will not be held for this Project. Visitation to the site may be made during normal business hours by appointment only. Bidders desiring to visit the site should contact: Dan Eallonardo, Independent Construction Services, Inc, dan@icsillinois.com. Interested Bidders are encouraged to visit the site prior to bidding.

All bidders must comply with the provisions of all State of Illinois and federal laws concerning public works projects, including without limitation, the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act requiring the payment of prevailing wages by all contractors working on public projects, the Illinois Statutory requirements regarding labor and bidding, Equal Employment Opportunity Laws, the Illinois Human Rights Act and the regulations of the Illinois Human Rights Commission.

Hard copies of the Documents will not be distributed. Bidding Documents will be available after 9:00 A.M. on May 6, 2020 via email request to Dan McCurdy, AMSCO Engineering, Inc. at dmccurdy@amscoengineering.com.

The Bellwood Public Library encourages Minority, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Owned Business Firms to submit bids.

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PUBLIC NOTICES REAL ESTATE FOR SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to Ordinance Number CO2020-18 adopted on MAY 4, 2020, the Village of Broadview, Cook County, Illinois (the “Village”), intends to enter into a Loan Agreement with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $6,088,985.00 and bearing annual interest at an amount not to exceed the maximum rate authorized by law at the time of execution of the Loan Agreement, for the purpose of paying the cost of certain improvement to the public water supply system of the Village.

A complete copy of the Ordinance and all exhibits thereto accompany this notice.

NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that if a petition signed by five hundred seventy three (573) or more electors of the Village (being equal to 10% of the registered voters in the Village on the date registration closed before the regular election next preceding the last day on which such petition may be filed in accordance with the general election law), requesting that the question of improving the public water supply system and entering into the Loan Agreement is submitted to the Village Clerk within 30 days after the publication of this Notice, the question of improving the public water supply system of the Village as provided in the Ordinance and Loan Agreement shall be submitted to the electors of the Village at the next election to be held under general election law on November 3, 2020. A petition form is available from the office of the Village Clerk.

Kevin McGrier Village Clerk Village of Broadview Cook County, Illinois Passed 5-4-20 ORDINANCE NUMBER CO-2020-18

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PUBLIC NOTICES REAL ESTATE FOR SALE certain amendments or updates; and WHEREAS, in order to comply with all requirements related to publication as provided for by Section 11-139-6 of the Illinois Municipal Code (65 ILCS 5/11-139-6), the effective date and passage date of this ordinance must be amended to reflect approval and effectiveness on May 4, 2020 (the “Approval Date and the Effective Date”), with publication of the required notice (the ‘’Notice”), a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit B, to follow within ten (10) days after passage of this ordinance; and NOW THEREFORE, be it ordained by the Corporate Authorities of the Village of Broadview, Cook County, Illinois, as follows: ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL Section 01. Incorporation Clause.

All of the recitals hereinbefore stated as contained in the preambles to this Ordinance are full, true and correct, and the Corporate Authorities do hereby, by reference, incorporate and make them part of this Ordinance as legislative findings.

Section 02. Purpose.

The purpose of this Ordinance is to amend the Approval Date and Effective Date in the Initial Ordinance and to authorize the President and other Village officials to take all action necessary to carry out the intent of this Ordinance.

Section 03. Invocation of Authority.

This Ordinance is enacted pursuant to the authority granted to the Village by the Constitution of the State of Illinois and the Illinois Compiled Statutes.

Section 04. State Law Adopted.

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE APPROVAL DATE AND THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF ORDINANCE NO. CO-2020-04 FOR THE VILLAGE OF BROADVIEW, COUNTY OF COOK, STATE OF ILLINOIS.

All applicable provisions of the Illinois Compiled Statutes, including the Illinois Municipal Code, as may be amended from time to time, relating to the purposes of this Ordinance are hereby incorporated herein by reference.

WHEREAS, the Village of Broadview, Cook County, Illinois operates its public water supply system (“the System”) and in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-139 of the Illinois Municipal Code (the “Municipal Code”), 65 ILCS 5/11139, and the Local Government Debt Reform Act, 30 ILCS 350/1 (collectively, ‘’the Act”), and

Sections 05-09. Reserved.

WHEREAS, the Village President (the “President”) and the Board of Trustees of the Village (the “Village Board” and with the President, the “Corporate Authorities”) have determined that it is advisable, necessary and in the best interests of public health, safety and welfare to improve the System by making various water main improvements together with any land or rights in land and all electrical, mechanical or other services necessary, useful or advisable to the construction and installation (“the Project”), all in accordance with the plans and specifications prepared by consulting engineers of the Village; and WHEREAS, the estimated cost of construction and installation of the Project, including engineering, legal, financial and other related expenses is $6,088,985.00, and there are insufficient funds on hand and lawfully available to pay these costs; and WHEREAS, in light of the above, the Village passed Ordinance No. CO-2020-04 on February 18, 2020 authorizing the Village to borrow funds from the Public Water Supply Loan Program through the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (the “Initial Ordinance”), a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A; and WHEREAS, the Initial Ordinance contained certain publication requirements, which now require

ARTICLE II. AMENDMENT TO ORDINANCE NO. CO-2020-04 AND AUTHORIZATION; PUBLICATION OF NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICES REAL ESTATE REAL ESTATE REAL ESTATE PETITION FORNOTICE SALEOF INTENT TO BORROW FORFUNDS SALEAND RIGHT TO FILE FOR SALE

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of the Illinois Municipal Code (the “Municipal Code’’), 65 ILCS 5/11139, and the Local Government Debt Reform Act, 30 ILCS 350/1 (collectively, “the Act”), and

SECTION 8. OUTSTANDING BONDS

Village of Broadview Cook County, Illinois

Ordinance. The Village Clerk shall take all steps to ensure that the Notice is published in a newspaper of general circulation in the Village, namely the Village Free Press.

ARTICLE III. HEADINGS, SAVINGS CLAUSES, EFFECTIVE DATE Section 11. Headings.

The headings of the articles, sections, paragraphs and subparagraphs of this Ordinance are inserted solely for the convenience of reference and form no substantive part of this Ordinance nor should they be used in any interpretation or construction of any substantive provision of this Ordinance.

Section 12. Severability.

The provisions of this Ordinance are hereby declared to be severable and should any provision of this Ordinance be determined to be in conflict with any law, statute or regulation by a court of competent jurisdiction, said provision shall be excluded and deemed inoperative, unenforceable and as though not provided for herein and all other provisions shall remain unaffected, unimpaired, valid and in full force and effect.

Section 13. Superseder.

All code provisions, ordinances, resolutions, rules and orders, or parts thereof, in conflict herewith are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby superseded.

Section 14. Effective Date.

This Ordinance shall be effective immediately and in full force upon its passage and approval.

ADOPTED by the Village Board of the Village of Broadview, Cook County, Illinois on this 4th day of May 2020, pursuant to a roll call vote, as follows: YES/ NO/ABSENT/PRESENT Miller

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Section 10. Amendment to Ordinance No. CO-2020-04 and Authorization.

(Mayor Thompson)

That the Approval Date and the Effective Date of Ordinance No. CO2020-04 is hereby amended to reflect the passage date of this Ordinance, which shall be considered by the Corporate Authorities on May 4, 2020. The Village Board further authorizes the President or her designee to execute any and all additional documentation that may be necessary to carry out the intent of this Ordinance. The Village Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to attest to and countersign any documentation as may be necessary to carry out and effectuate the purpose of this Ordinance. The officers, employees and/or agents of the Village shall take all action necessary or reasonably required to carry out and give effect to this Ordinance and shall take all action necessary in conformity therewith.

The Village Clerk is also authorized and directed to affix the Seal of the Village to such documentation as is deemed necessary.

SO PASSED, ADOPTED, APPROVED AND ENACTED IN AND AT THE VILLAGE OF BROADVIEW, COUNTY OF COOK, STATE OF ILLINOIS, THIS 4th DAY OF MAY 2020.

Section 10.01 Authorization and Direction to Publish.

In compliance with Section 11-1396 of the Illinois Municipal Code (65 ILCS 5/11-139- 6), the Corporate Authorities hereby authorize and direct the Village Clerk to publish the Notice with a copy of this Ordinance and the Initial Ordinance within ten (10) days of passage of this

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Village Clerk APPROVED, Katrina Thompson, Village President ATTEST: /s/Kevin McGrier, Village Clerk Recorded in the Municipal Records: Published in Pamphlet Form: EXHIBIT A (COPY OF ORDINANCE NO. CO-2020-4) OLD A Passed 2-18-20 ORDINANCE NUMBER CO-2020-4 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE VILLAGE OF BROADVIEW, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS TO BORROW FUNDS FROM THE PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY LOAN PROGRAM. WHEREAS, the Village of Broadview, Cook County, Illinois operates its public water supply system (‘’the System”) and in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-139

WHEREAS, the Village President (the “President”) and the Board of Trustees of the Vi11age (the “Village Board” and with the President, the “Corporate Authorities”) have determined that it is advisable, necessary and in the best interests of public health, safety and welfare to improve the System, including the following: water main improvements together with any land or rights in land and all electrical, mechanical or other services necessary, useful or advisable to the construction and installation (“the Project”), all in accordance with the plans and specifications prepared by consulting engineers of the Village; which Project has a useful life of 80 years; and WHEREAS, the estimated cost of construction and installation of the Project, including engineering, legal, financial and other related expenses is $6,088,985.00, and there are insufficient funds on hand and lawfully available to pay these costs; and WHEREAS, the loan shall bear an interest rate as defined by 35 Ill. Adm. Code 662, which does not exceed the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended, 30 ILCS 305/0.01 et seq., at the time of the issuance of the loan; and WHEREAS, the principal and interest payment shall be payable semiannually, and the loan shall mature in 20 years, which is within the period of useful life of the Project; and WHEREAS, the costs are expected to be paid for with a loan to the Village from the Public Water Supply Loan Program through the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, the loan to be repaid from the Village of Broadview Water Fund, and the loan is authorized to be accepted at this time pursuant to the Act; and WHEREAS, in accordance with the provisions of the Act, the Village is authorized to borrow funds from the Public Water Supply Loan Program in the aggregate principal amount of $6,088,985.00 to provide funds to pay the costs of the Project; and WHEREAS, the loan to the Village shall be made pursuant to a Loan Agreement, including certain terms and conditions, between the Village and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency; NOW THEREFORE, be it ordained by the Corporate Authorities of the Village of Broadview, Cook County, Illinois, as follows: SECTION 1. INCORPORATION OF PREAMBLES The Corporate Authorities hereby find that the recitals contained in the preambles are true and correct, and incorporate them into this Ordinance by this reference. , SECTION 2. DETERMINATION TO BORROW FUNDS It is necessary and in the best interests of the Village to construct the Project for the public health, safety and welfare, in accordance with the plans and specifications, as described; that the System continues to be operated in accordance with the provision of the Illinois Environmental Protection Act, 415 ILCS 5/1 et. seq.; and that for the purpose of constructing the Project, it is hereby authorized that funds be borrowed by the Village in an aggregate principal amount (which can include construction period interest financed over the term of the loan) not to exceed $6,088,985.00.

SECTION 3. PUBLICATION This

Ordinance,

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a Notice in the statutory form (attached hereto as Exhibit A), shall be published once within ten days after passage in the Village Free Press, a newspaper published and of general circulation in the Village, and if no petition, signed by electors numbering 10% or more of the registered voters in the Village (i.e., six hundred and seven (607)) asking that the question of improving the System as provided in this Ordinance and entering into the Loan Agreement therefore be submitted to the electors of the Village, is filed with the Village Clerk within 30 days after the date of publication of this Ordinance and notice, then this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect. A petition form shall be provided by the Village Clerk to any individual requesting one.

SECTION 4. ADDITIONAL ORDINANCES If no petition meeting the requirements of the Act and other applicable laws is filed during the 30-day petition period, then the Corporate Authorities may adopt additional ordinances or proceedings supplementing or amending this Ordinance providing for entering into the Loan Agreement with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, prescribing all the details of the Loan Agreement, and providing for the collection, segregation and distribution of the Village of Broadview Water Fund, so long as the maximum amount of the Loan Agreement as set forth in this Ordinance is not exceeded and there is no material change in the Project or purposes described herein. Any additional ordinances or proceedings shall in all instances become effective in accordance with the Act or other applicable law. This Ordinance, together with such additional ordinances or proceedings, shall constitute complete authority for entering into the Loan Agreement under applicable law.

However, notwithstanding the above, the Village may not adopt additional ordinances or amendments which provide for any substantive or material change in the scope and intent of this Ordinance, including but not limited to interest rate, preference, or priority of any other ordinance with this Ordinance, parity of any other ordinance with this Ordinance, or otherwise alter or impair the obligation of the Village to pay the principal and interest due to the Public Water Supply Loan Program without the written consent of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.

SECTION 5. LOAN NOT INDEBTEDNESS OF VILLAGE Repayment of the loan to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency by the Village pursuant to this Ordinance is to be solely from the revenue derived from the Village of Broadview Water Fund, and the loan does not constitute an indebtedness of the Village within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation.

SECTION 6. APPLICATION FOR LOAN The Village President is hereby authorized to make application to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency for a loan through the Public Water Supply Loan Program, in accordance with the loan requirements set out in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 662.

SECTION 7. ACCEPTANCE OF LOAN AGREEMENT The Corporate Authorities hereby authorize acceptance of the offer of a loan through the Public Water Supply Loan Program, including all terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement as well as all special conditions contained therein and made a part thereof by reference. The Corporate Authorities further agree that the loan funds awarded shall be used solely for the purposes of the project as approved by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement.

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The Village has no outstanding bonds that are payable from revenues of the system.

SECTION 9. AUTHORIZATION OF VILLAGE PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE LOAN AGREEMENT The VILLAGE PRESIDENT is hereby authorized and directed to execute the Loan Agreement with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and to retain other professionals as necessary to effectuate the transaction contemplated by this Ordinance. The Corporate Authorities may authorize by resolution a person other than the VILLAGE PRESIDENT for the sole purpose of authorizing or executing any documents associated with payment requests or reimbursements from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency in connection with this loan.

SECTION 10. Severability If any section, paragraph, clause or provision of this Ordinance is held invalid, the invalidity of such section, paragraph, clause or provision shall not affect any of the other provisions of this Ordinance.

SECTION 11. REPEALER All ordinances, resolutions or orders, or parts thereof, which conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby repealed.

PASSED by the Corporate Authorities Approved On February 18, 2020 Approved February 18, 2020 /s/ Katrina Thompson VILLAGE PRESIDENT Village of Broadview Cook County, Illinois AYES: 4 Abraham, Senior, Tierney, Thompson NAYS: 0 ABSENT: 3 Miller, Jones, Horne PUBLISHED in the Village Free Press on , 2020. RECORDED in the Village Records on February 19, 2020.

ATTEST: /s/Kevin McGrier Village Clerk Village of Broadview Cook County, Illinois Exhibit A NOTICE OF INTENT TO BORROW FUNDS AND RIGHT TO FILE PETITION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to Ordinance Number CO2020-4, adopted on 2-18-2020, the Village of Broadview, Cook County, Illinois (the “Village’ ), intends to enter into a Loan Agreement with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $6,088,985.00 and bearing annual interest at an amount not to exceed the maximum rate authorized by law at the time of execution of the Loan Agreement, for the purpose of paying the cost of certain improvement to the public water supply system of the Village.

A complete copy of the Ordinance accompanies this notice.

NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that if a petition signed by six hundred and seven (607) or more electors of the Village (being equal to 10% of the registered voters in the Village), requesting that the question of improving the public water supply system and entering into the Loan Agreement is submitted to the Village Clerk within 30 days after the publication of this Notice, the question of improving the public water supply system of the Village as provided in the Ordinance and Loan Agreement shall be submitted to the electors of the Village at the next election to be held under general election law on November 3, 2020. A petition form is available from the office of the Village Clerk /s/Kevin McGrier Village Clerk

CERTIFICATION I, Kevin McGrier, do hereby certify that I am the duly elected, qualified and acting Clerk of the Village of Broadview. I do further certify that the above and foregoing, identified as Ordinance Number CO-2020-4, is a true, complete and correct copy of an ordinance otherwise identified as AN ORDINANCE authorizing the Village of Broadview, Cook County, Illinois to borrow funds from the Public Water Supply Loan Program, passed by the Board of trustees of the Village of Broadview on the 18 day of FEBRUARY, 2020, and approved by the President of the Village of Broadview on the same said date, the original of which is part of the books and records within my control as Clerk of the Village of Broadview.

Dated this 19 day of FEBRUARY, 2020 EXHIBIT B NOTICE OF INTENT TO BORROW FUNDS AND RIGHT TO FILE PETITION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to Ordinance Number CO2020-18, adopted on MAY 4, 2020, the Village of Broadview, Cook County, Illinois (the “Village”), intends to enter into a Loan Agreement with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $6,088,985.00 and bearing annual interest at an amount not to exceed the maximum rate authorized by law at the time of execution of the Loan Agreement, for the purpose of paying the cost of certain improvement to the public water supply system of the Village.

A complete copy of the Ordinance and all exhibits thereto accompany this notice.

NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that if a petition signed by five hundred seventy three (573) or more electors of the Village (being equal to 10% of the registered voters in the Village on the date registration closed before the regular election next preceding the last day on which such petition may be filed in accordance with the general election law), requesting that the question of improving the public water supply system and entering into the Loan Agreement is submitted to the Village Clerk within 30 days after the publication of this Notice, the question of improving the public water supply system of the Village as provided in the Ordinance and Loan Agreement shall be submitted to the electors of the Village at the next election to be held under general election law on November 3, 2020. A petition form is available from the office of the Village Clerk. /s/Kevin McGrier Village Clerk Village of Broadview Cook County, Illinois CERTIFICATION I, Kevin McGrierhere, do hereby certify that I am the duly elected, qualified and acting Clerk of the Village of Broadview. I do further certify that the above and foregoing, identified as Ordinance Number CO-2020-18 is a true, complete and correct copy of an ordinance otherwise identified as AN ORDINANCE authorizing the Village of Broadview, Cook County, Illinois to borrow funds from the Public Water Supply Loan Program, passed by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Broadview on the 4 day of May, 2020, and approved by the President of the Village of Broadview on the same said date, the original of which is part of the books and records within my control as Clerk of the Village of Broadview.

Dated this 4 day of May, 2020.

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