Showing posts with label community program. Show all posts
Showing posts with label community program. Show all posts

Thursday, December 2, 2010

DEPARTMENT HEADS

* It is believed in good faith that the following content can be found in the Village of Midlothian, Illinois Board Meeting Minutes of November 13, 2002 and is for general reference and/or research purposes only.  For further information regarding the information listed here, please contact The Village of Midlothian in Midlothian, Illinois. *

Public Relations Coordinator Gladys Schuler announced a tree could be reserved for the Festival of Trees by calling the village hall.  Chief Mandarino reminded residents to change the batteries in their carbon monoxide and smoke alarm detectors.

OPEN TO PUBLIC

* It is believed in good faith that the following content can be found in the Village of Midlothian, Illinois Board Meeting Minutes of August 12, 1998 and is for general reference and/or research purposes only.  For further information regarding the information listed here, please contact The Village of Midlothian in Midlothian, Illinois. *

Ray Grimm of the VFW programs planned for Open House on Sept. 7th. All programs need to be coordinated with the Police Department.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

PUBLIC WORKS

* It is believed in good faith that the following content can be found in the Village of Midlothian, Illinois Board Meeting Minutes of August 12, 1998 and is for general reference and/or research purposes only.  For further information regarding the information listed here, please contact The Village of Midlothian in Midlothian, Illinois. *

Trustee Potempa reported on the following:

An invoice from Alpha Construction in the amount of $246,392.00 was presented for payment for the 1998 MFT Street Project.

President Murawski entertained a motion to pay the bill.

Motion made by Trustee Eberhardt and seconded by Trustee Valacak.

ROLL CALL: AYES: Trustees Eberhardt, Kreis, Potempa, Wilkins, Valacak and Stephens. NAYS: None. Motion carried.

Summer Pride judging is in progress with the results pending. Awards will be given out in September. Thanks to the volunteers was added.

Helping Hands

* It is believed in good faith that the following content can be found in the Fall 2010 edition of the Tartan Tidings and is for general reference and/or research purposes only.  For further information regarding the information listed here, please contact The Village of Midlothian in Midlothian, Illinois. *

"The falling leaves slip by my window....the autumn leaves of red and gold."  How beautiful.  Yet, once the leaves turn brown and dry up all over your lawn, they are not so beautiful.  If raking leaves is not something you can or want to do and you need help, call the Village Hall (708-389-0200) and ask for some "helping hands."

If you are at least 12 years of age, but not yet 18 years old and you are looking for ways to earn some extra money, come to the Village Hall and fill out a form indicating the type of work that you are willing and able to do.  A parent or guardian must also sign the form.  The completed forms are then filed by geographical section.  Then, when a resident calls for assistance with raking or some other household chore, we can match them up by location with the workers we have on file who are willing and able to do that type of work.  Fees for service are always set between the parties involved.

Fall Branch Pickup

* It is believed in good faith that the following content can be found in the Fall 2010 edition of the Tartan Tidings and is for general reference and/or research purposes only.  For further information regarding the information listed here, please contact The Village of Midlothian in Midlothian, Illinois. *

Please be aware that scheduled branch pickup by Public Works is held only twice a year: once in the spring and again in the fall.  The fall schedule is listed below.  The spring schedule will begin in April (watch for dates).  Please mark your calendar now and keep these dates in mind before you decide to do any trimming.  Unscheduled branch pickup occurs only after we have a major storm with many village trees affected.  Public Works crews will go block by block immediately following the storm to pick up branches.  Once all streets have been cleared, storm branch pickup has ended.

Fall Branch Pickup Schedule:

Northeast Quadrant:  Monday, October 4
Southeast Quadrant:  Monday, October 11
Southwest Quadrant:  Monday October 18
Northwest Quadrant:  Monday, October 25

Branches must be out on your parkway by Monday morning of your quadrant's designated starting day.  Public Works crews will continue in each section until all streets in that section have been covered.  It is inefficient for our crews to return to streets that have already been picked up once, so please be on time if you wish to participate in this program.

Whether you are participating in the Village Branch Pickup or you are merely putting out branches as regular yard waste for the garbage pickup, please keep in mind that neither the village nor our waste hauler are tree services, so use discretion in the amount you are putting out for pickup.  Both programs are designed to assist residents in disposing of the routine trimming of trees, shrubs and bushes.  Neither is designed to handle removal of entire, large trees.

E.S.D.A.

* It is believed in good faith that the following content can be found in the Fall 2010 edition of the Tartan Tidings and is for general reference and/or research purposes only.  For further information regarding the information listed here, please contact The Village of Midlothian in Midlothian, Illinois. *

I'd like to take a moment and tell you who we are...we are you!

Midlothian E.S.D.A. (Emergency Services and Disaster Agency) is made up of local citizens from your neighborhood who want to help make their community a better place to live in by volunteering.  Midlothian E.S.D.A. is separate organization that works with each Department within the Village of Midlothian.

When the Fire Department has a call-out where they need help with crowd or traffic control they call on E.S.D.A.  We can handle the logistics of foot and vehicle traffic and coordinate the proper personnel in and out of the emergency zone, allowing the fire department to concentrate on saving people and property.  We also work with our Police Department on traffic accidents, security at local festivals and special patrols on holidays.

Midlothian E.S.D.A. is a part of a larger group of volunteers known as S.M.A.R.T. (Suburban Mutual Aid and Response Team).  As a part of the S.M.A.R.T. organization we assist other communities with local emergencies such as ground search and rescue, tornadoes, natural disasters and other situations where greater manpower is needed for emergency response.  Belonging to this group and working with other communities is one of the reasons we were recently the recipient of a donated surplus squad car from New Lenox E.S.D.A..

It seems like a long explanation but there is a lot of work that is done.  I would like to thank all of the E.S.D.A. officers who volunteer their time to make Midlothian a better place to live.

If you are interested in volunteering your time to make Midlothian a better community please call the Village Hall and express your interest.

Christopher R Tryon
Director Midlothian ESDA