Glen Carbon Board approves ordinances to remediate property issues
By Kathy Turner
Freelance Reporter • The Glen Carbon Village Board on Tuesday, April 28 approved three ordinances that will help clean up some boundary issues in the village. It was discovered last year that several properties on Rosin Street and with the street itself had boundaries that overlapped.
Village Administrator Jamie Bowden and Village Trustee Ben Maliszewski spent the better part of the past year working with the property owners to correct the problems. It required a new survey and review of property sale recordings to finally determine where the resident property lines and village property lines were.
Once that was completed, there was work with the property owners to in some cases identify additional property in their parcel. In other cases, it was necessary to redraw property lines to correct the problems. The ordinances approved last Tuesday are the result of the findings and now provide both the village and the property owners with a clear understanding.
In another action by the board, a resolution was passed to amend the site plan of the new Retina Institute building site on Route 157. A neighboring property owner brought to the village’s attention a concern about the work being done at the site and the footprint of the building. It was discovered that the work that had been completed did not align with the site plan originally approved by the board last fall.
The village again engaged a surveyor to come identify property lines and the new construction alignment with approved plans. Because they did not match, the plans were presented to the board to approve with the amendments needed. All board members except for Trustee Nekisha Omotola approved the resolution.
The board approved the donation of surplus property of the police department to neighboring departments. The items are Paraclete rifle plates and some vests. They are no longer needed with the purchase of new equipment for Glen Carbon officers. The donations will go to the Alton and Meredosia police departments and to the Washington County Sheriff’s Department.
The final action of the meeting was the approval of a Master Developer Agreement for the village’s STAR Bond Act submission. Feedback from the reviewers at the state level indicated that the village needed to submit a master developer agreement to move the application forward. The agreement approved, with Destination Illinois LLC, will not be of any cost to the village during the application review process.
The next meeting of the board will be held on Tuesday, May 12.
