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the Lockport Legend | August 9, 2018 | 11
Announcements
She said ‘Yes’
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Maloney, of
Lockport, are pleased to announce the
engagement of their daughter, Megan
Maloney, to Dr. Nicholas Niemiec,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Terry Niemiec
of Lemont. Megan is a graduate of
Providence Catholic High School,
and earned her bachelor’s of science
degree in nursing from the University
of Illinois and is currently working in
Chicago as a registered nurse while
working on her master’s of science
in Nursing - Family Nurse Practitioner.
Nick is a graduate of Providence
Catholic High School and earned
both his undergraduate and doctor of
veterinary medicine degrees from the
University of Illinois and is currently
practicing in Chicago. They are planning
a July 2019 wedding.
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Ahli
The Talevski Family, of
Lockport
This is Ahli. He’s a
6-year-old Yorkie. Ahli
loves to eat. He likes
long walks and forest
trails. He greets all of us
as soon as we get home
and puts a smile on our
faces.
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as Pet of the Week, send a
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city
From Page 5
about going forward with
the project, and if the money
would be better spent on
roadwork in other parts of
the city, however Alderman
Darren Deskin and Streit successfully
defended the proposal.
“We’re $1.5 million under
budget on this project already,”
Deskin said. “We’re
not short-changing other
projects by doing this, we’re
getting it done cheaper now
than it will be in a year or
two.”
“Yes, but what if next
year everything is over budget?”
Alderman Jim Petrakos
asked Deskin.
“We don’t know about
next year,” Deskin said. “We
could all be hit by an asteroid
next year!”
Streit agreed that the project
should go forward, stating
that “the money was already
budgeted for this project.”
The city council will vote
for final approval of a contract
with D. Construction at
its August 15 meeting.
Other issues that are to also
appear on the agenda for the
Aug. 15 meeting include the
approval of a contract with
Greenberg Farrow for revising
the Lockport Bicycle and
Pedestrian master plan and
the purchase of new city vehicles.
The bike plan has not been
updated since 2003. The
$40,000 contract would revise
the plan to address developments
that have taken
place in the city as well as the
future work to the Veteran’s
Memorial Trail through the
Will County Forest Preserve.
The City will also be purchasing
five vehicles in the
near future, one Ford pick-up
truck for the Streets Department
at a cost of $34,950,
and four 2018 Ford Police
Interceptors for a total cost of
$120,000.
This will be the second
purchase of police vehicles
approved by the city this year.
While this is usually done
annually in spring, a second
order was needed by September
because of a retooling of
Ford’s assembly lines.
One item which will not
appear on the upcoming
agenda as anticipated is the
rezoning of the hotel property
at 14556 S. Archer Ave. Because
of a conflict between
the property’s current owner
and the Planning & Zoning
Commission over what
work needs to be done before
the property can be rezoned,
Streit and Benson deemed
it appropriate to table the issue
and meet with the owner,
a prospective buyer of the
property, and members of the
Planning & Zoning Commission
to clarify the intended
future use of the site before
moving forward with the
process.