BROOKFIELD Township trustees voted 2-1 Monday to extend the contract of police Chief Dan Faustino by six months, which they say will give them time to find
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BROOKFIELD Township officials are reviewing options on whether to add a new pavilion and a recreational walking trail for the township park.
Road supervisor Jamie Fredenburg told the board at a recent trustees meeting about seeking available state grants for a new 30-by-50-foot open pavilion at a cost of $70,000.
He said two options are being considered for a recreational trail. One would cost $153,000 for a 3,300-foot-long, 10-foot-wide trail from the parking lot to the north end of the park property line and back through the woods.
The second option is a trail going around the perimeter of the park above playing field one, at 5,330 feet long and $245,000.
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BROOKFIELD Trustee Dan Suttles said when he learned a snow plow truck mirror was broken off after it hit a basketball hoop by the road, he thought it must be an isolated incident until he learned 19 locations in the township had hoops at the side of or on the road.
Suttles told trustees at their year-end meeting Monday that the snow plow drivers are having issues getting around the basketball hoops when they plow.
“The mirror on one truck was damaged because the mirror lines up right where the hoop is. Residents need to remove them from the road or at least turn them around so the hoops are not at the street side,” Suttles said. “I really thought there was one or two places where this was a problem until they told me there were 19. I didn’t realize there were that many in the township.”