Maple Park Officer Matthew Maculan was awarded a Certificate of Appreciation from the Allilance Against Intoxicated Motorists in recognition of Commendable DUI Enforcement. Chief Stiegemeier presented Officer Maculan his certificate at the Village Board meeting held Tuesday, October 6th.
ComEd has shared with us some information for residents that may be experiencing financial hardship during these COVID times. Listed bekow are links to financial assistance that can be applied for in order to keep your ComEd account current.
The Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) has developed the Emergency Rental Assistance program to support Illinois tenants who are unable to pay for rent due to a COVID-19-related loss of income. The program will provide Illinois renters a $5,000 grant that will be sent to their landlords.
The Emergency Rental Assistance program is expected to reach 30,000 renters that have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic and will run through December 2020, or until the available funds are exhausted, whichever comes first. Applications for this program will be accepted from August 10 to August 21. It is advisable to start the application once available on Monday, August 10th at 9 a.m. due to high demand. Only one application per household is allowed and an application is not a guarantee of assistance.
You can learn more about the program and how to apply for rental assistance at https://era.ihda.org/ and at ema.ihda.org. for mortgage assistance beginning August 24th. If you have any questions, please call (312) 883-2270 or toll-free at (888) 252-1119. For those who are deaf, hard of hearing or speech-impaired, please contact Navicore Solutions for free assistance at (877) 274-4309 (TTY).
It appears that there is quite a bit of confusion regarding the pool ordinance that was recently passed at the Village Board meeting on July 7th. In order to try to alleviate some confusion regarding the new regulations, I’ve posted a link to the ordinance that was approved.
Dean Stiegemeier Police Chief
Maple Park’s own Chief Stiegemeier has an article published in the latest issue of Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police! You can check it out at the link below.
Thank you, Maple Park, for standing strong and staying at home keeping your loved ones safe! The Village applauds your diligence!
Village Staff has been working to keeping things running smoothly, and now we need your help in keeping our infrastructure systems functioning as cleanly as possible. What we are asking is, please DO NOT flush baby/body wipes (even though they say flushable), paper towels, facial tissue or feminine hygiene products down the toilet; these items should never be flushed down the toilet. If these items are flushed, they can clog up the lateral line that leads from your home to the sewer main and cause a sewer back up in your hom,e which will require that you pay to have your lateral line rotted out or your lateral line replaced. This is an additional expense and inconvenience a homeowner should never have to live through.
Non-flushable items can also clog up the sewer main and cause sewer backups into homes, which means the Village has to pay to have the sewer main jetted and a homeowner to have to deal with a sewer clean up.
These items can also damage pumps and filters, and require that they be fixed or replaced. Pumps and filters are expensive and in this critical time, the Village cannot afford to have system issues nor does the Village have additional dollars to spend on repairs or replacements. We certainly don’t want residents to deal with having to clean up after a sewer back up in their home because a pump failed.
