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JUNE 28, 2012
Vol. 6 No. 50
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Quarry Withdrawn Plans to move forward with quarry removed from table
“They have withdrew their application for expansion and we are rectifying what was discovered in a billing error that was from many years ago.” John Noak, mayor
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By Laura Katauskas Staff Reporter
In a new agreement between the village and the Material Service Corporation, plans to move forward with any changes to its operations have halted and the village is recouping costs owed. While a request made last fall by the Material Service Corporation to expand its quarry operations was off the table for some time, residents were still concerned over any possible changes being considered by the company.Yet, even with this new agreement, some are still concerned the issue will only come up again in the future. Village Attorney Rich Vogel prefaced that the development and settlement agreement
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does not make any changes whatsoever to any current annexation agreements, zoning of special use permit ordinances. He said that the agreement resolves a number of outstanding issues between the company and the village. First, the agreement outlines signal improvements at Route 53 and Material Service Drive, and the right of way at Taylor Road. During the process of reviewing the corporation’s proposals, it was found that the company owed the village slightly more than $500,000 in tax differential payments dating from 1999 to 2010. The agreement states that company will pay back those funds in three installments; $250,000 See QUARRY, page 2