Oak Parkers have to bag leaves starting in fall 2024
In a 5-2 vote Tuesday night, Oak Park’s Village Board of Trustees approved requiring residents to bag leaves starting in fall 2024.
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In a 5-2 vote Tuesday night, Oak Park’s Village Board of Trustees approved requiring residents to bag leaves starting in fall 2024.
In a 5-2 vote Thursday night, Oak Park’s Village Board of Trustees approved an additional $100,000 to be allocated to Community of Congregations to help resettle 17 migrants staying at Euclid Avenue United Methodist Church.
Oak Park’s village board indicated it is supportive of an alternative leaf collection program that would allow residents to place an unlimited number of bags of leaves in their parkway, or the area between the sidewalk and street, for collection on a designated day, rather than collecting big piles of leaves in the street.
Oak Park’s village board approved a measure to increase taxes on transient occupancy rental units such as Airbnb to support affordable housing.
The new shelter will be operational from Feb. 26 until June 30, according to the village. Migrants staying at the West Cook YMCA and The Carleton of Oak Park Hotel will be able to transition to St. Edmund between Feb. 26 and Feb. 29.