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Spesia & Taylor wins appeal of Illinois Pollution Control Board’s siting decision

October 25, 2018

Spesia & Taylor attorney Michael Stiff, on behalf of the Village of Rockdale, prevailed in having the Illinois Pollution Control Board’s decision on siting a Transfer Station within the Village, affirmed by the Third District Appellate Court in Ottawa. In December 2014 Environmental Recycling & Disposal Service, Inc. (ERDS) filed an application for siting approval with the Village of Rockdale. The application sought approval from the ... Read More

Filed Under: Municipal Law, News & Cases

Construction Work Commences on Redevelopment Project in New Lenox

October 18, 2018

By: Christian G. Spesia CVS is nearing completion of the redevelopment project at the corner of Cedar Road and US Route 30 in New Lenox. Work is also underway for an adjacent commercial building that is being developed as part of the CVS project. The construction work is the result of four years of efforts by the Village of New Lenox, including the purchase of a gas station and three adjacent businesses and the environmental remediation of ... Read More

Filed Under: Municipal Law, Real Estate & Zoning

Construction Work Commences on Redevelopment Project in New Lenox

September 28, 2018

By: Christian G. Spesia CVS has started earth work on the redevelopment project at the corner of Cedar Road and US Route 30 in New Lenox. Work has also commenced for an adjacent commercial building that was developed as part of the CVS project. The construction work is the result of four years of efforts by the Village of New Lenox that included the purchase of a gas station and three adjacent businesses and the environmental ... Read More

Filed Under: Municipal Law, Real Estate & Zoning

Public-Sector Union Agency Fees Taken from Non-Union Members Without Their Consent Violates the First Amendment

August 28, 2018

On June 27, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in Janus v. AFSCME, Council 31, overturning what had been standing precedent for the last 41 years regarding the First Amendment rights of public sector employees who choose not to join a public-sector union and who fundamentally – or less than fundamentally – disagree with the union’s activities and positions. In 1977, with Justice Stewart delivering its opinion, the Supreme ... Read More

Filed Under: Employment & Civil Rights, Municipal Law, News & Cases

Annexation, Disconnection, and the Notorious “Sham.”

August 21, 2018

By: Christian G. Spesia and Michael A. Santschi It should come as no surprise to any sophisticated reader that, in the vast majority of cases, a municipality’s legal jurisdiction is limited to its “corporate boundaries.” In other words, a municipality cannot, with some important exceptions, exercise legal authority beyond the furthest reaches of the properties that have been annexed thereto. Thus, the only way for a municipality to grow and ... Read More

Filed Under: Municipal Law

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