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Notice
Many residents may not be aware that one of
the major costs of operations at the Village is the processing
of sanitary wastewater.
Interestingly, the Village actually processes more
wastewater than the potable water we produce!
This means water from other places is infiltrating the
Village systems.
One of the most common ways that this occurs is when
residents hook up their sump pumps to the Village sanitary
systems. Sump pump
water does not need to be treated and should not go
through the wastewater treatment system.
In fact, it is ILLEGAL to hook your sump pump into the
sanitary system and has been since, at least, 1987.
So, in an effort to reduce unnecessary and
expensive treatment of water, the Village will be contacting
residents and businesses that have sump pump connections into
the sanitary systems and require that these be disconnected.
Village staff will explain alternate methods of dealing
with sump pump discharges.
If you own one of these homes or businesses, we urge you
now, to begin to change over your system.
Please contact Joe Moore, Public Works Supervisor at
815-286-3285 for any questions on how to do this. Beginning in
the month of
September, any sump pump systems still connected will be
required to be taken off the wastewater system.
As always, the Village appreciates everyone’s efforts to
control costs (that we all must otherwise absorb).
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The Village of Hinckley has available upon
request this year’s Consumer Confidence Report (CCR). The
CCR includes basic information on the source(s) of your drinking
water, the levels of any contaminants that were detected in the
water during 2009, and compliance with other drinking water
rules, as well as some educational materials. To obtain a
free copy of the report, please call Dawn Grivetti at
815-286-3836 or you may pick up a copy at Village Hall, 720
James St., Hinckley, IL.
Sincerely,
Dan P. Godhardt
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Village President
The village Board is working diligently with
the property owners of Royal Estates Subdivision to ensure
proper maintenance of their property to the standards of the
village ordinances with regard to overgrown vegetation in the
area.
Sincerely,
Dan P. Godhardt-Village President
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The weather is nice and the solicitors are
out. Some solicitors are legitimate and others are not.
If someone comes to your door soliciting products or services,
ask them to show you their license to solicit issued by the
Village of Hinckley and signed by the Village President (Dan
Godhardt) and Office Manager (Dawn Grivetti). If they do
not show you their license, call the Village Police Department
at 815-286-7282 and provide an officer with a description of
both the solicitor and any vehicle they may be associated with.
Please share this information with your
neighbors and any senior citizens you know.
Sincerely, Dawn Grivetti-Office Manager
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Please take the time to look around the site and let us know
what you think. If you have any ideas for the web site or
missing information, please let us know by emailing us at
questions@hinckleyil.com.
Additionally, if you have pictures of the Village and or from
Community Events, and would like to see them on the site, please
email them with a brief note describing the picture and event to
questions@hinckleyil.com.
If you have any questions about the Village, please call us
at 815.286.3836.
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