Happy New Year to all residents and business owners, hard to believe it’s already 2019. Let’s make sure we continue the successes in Thornton for all of 2019. Eve- ryone please be safe in this unpredictable weather! Thank you to Public Works for keeping our streets as safe as possible considering the weather conditions. I would like to give thanks and recognize Village staff, local businesses, and the entire Holiday Happenings Committee for another well planned Holiday Happen- ings Weekend. The weekend was filled with many activities and events, starting with the official Village Christmas Tree Lighting and Candy Cane Hunt. It was great to see the many families welcome Santa Claus as he arrived to sing Christ- mas Carols and kicked off the tree lighting countdown. At the conclusion of the tree lighting, everyone enjoyed the Fire Station’s hot chocolate, cookies and visit with Santa. It is always great to see the increased family participation in Holiday Happenings every year. I would like to highlight 2018 major improvements and accomplishments made possible by the Administrator, Dept. Heads, Staff, Committee Members, Volunteers and The Village Board: Bo Kaye, Joe Pisarzewski, Kim Atkinson, David Hudson, Debra Paris and Maxine Reynolds.: Jan 2 nd The Board approved the cash purchase of a new Fire Chief vehicle. Special thanks to Federal Signal and their donation of approx. $18,000.00 in parts and labor to equip the vehicle. March 19 th The Board approved the refinancing of our 2008 G.O. Bond. This saves all Thornton taxpayers over $140,000.00 for the duration of the bond. Apr 2 nd The Board recognized Wolcott Girls 8 th Grade Volleyball Team for their 4 th place finish in IL State Volleyball. Congratulation girls on a fantastic year! Apr 16 th The Board acknowledged students at the Wolcott Youth Night board meeting. Apr 22 nd held our first annual Earth Day Celebration. What a great turnout! Thank you to all the participants, sponsors and contributors. Special thanks to Trustee Maxine Reynolds and the Earth Day Committee for or- ganizing this event. Apr 23 rd The Board passed Fiscal Year 2019 budget. Thank you to Administra- tor Doug Beckman and Finance Chairman Bo Kaye for presenting The Board our 9 th consecutive balanced budget. Thank you to Recreation Dir. Sharlee Dunlop and Public Works Supt. Bryan Roberts and staff for restoring the north Tee Ball Field with a generous stone donation from Lehigh Hanson. May 25 th assembled our 4 th annual Memorial Day Veterans Breakfast at Jim- booo’s, with approximately 25 resident veterans in attendance. May 28 th recognized all of our fallen soldiers at our annual Memorial Day Pa- rade hosted by Commander Joe Gallagher of the Thornton American Le- gion. June 23 rd the Recreation Dept. held our first annual “Touch-A-Truck” event at Hubbard Park. Thanks to all who participated: Lehigh Hanson, Tri-State Disposal, Ray and Wally’s, Thornton Youth Baseball, Thornton Police, Fire, Public Works and TEMA. Continued on page 2 VILLAGE PRESIDENT, ROBERT “BOB” KOLOSH Village of Thornton Newsletter Village Hall 115 E Margaret Street Thornton, Illinois 60476 Phone (708) 877-4456 Fax (708) 877-4458 www.thornton60476.com Hours Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm Saturday 9am - 12pm VILLAGE PRESIDENT Robert “Bob” Kolosh BOARD OF TRUSTEES Ernest “Bo” Kaye 630-217-3968 Kim Atkinson 877-1097 Joseph Pisarzewski 877-8988 David Hudson 877-6598 Debra Paris 847-471-8357 Maxine Reynolds 877-2520 VILLAGE ADMINISTRATOR Doug Beckman CLERK/COLLECTOR Debbie Pisarzewski DEPUTY CLERK Patti Ott VILLAGE ATTORNEY Scott Dillner VILLAGE TREASURER Arlette Frye VILLAGE ENGINEER James Hus Robinson Engineering Visit us at www.thornton60476.com Meetings are open to the public. Village Committee Meetings are held on the first and third Mon- days of every month at 7:00pm. Village Board Meetings are imme- diately following at 7:30pm. The Planning and Development Commission Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of the month at 7:00pm. FEBRUARY 2019
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Happy New Year to all residents and business owners, hard to believe it’s already 2019. Let’s make sure we continue the successes in Thornton for all of 2019. Eve-ryone please be safe in this unpredictable weather! Thank you to Public Works for keeping our streets as safe as possible considering the weather conditions.
I would like to give thanks and recognize Village staff, local businesses, and the entire Holiday Happenings Committee for another well planned Holiday Happen-ings Weekend. The weekend was filled with many activities and events, starting with the official Village Christmas Tree Lighting and Candy Cane Hunt. It was great to see the many families welcome Santa Claus as he arrived to sing Christ-mas Carols and kicked off the tree lighting countdown. At the conclusion of the tree lighting, everyone enjoyed the Fire Station’s hot chocolate, cookies and visit with Santa. It is always great to see the increased family participation in Holiday Happenings every year.
I would like to highlight 2018 major improvements and accomplishments made possible by the Administrator, Dept. Heads, Staff, Committee Members, Volunteers and The Village Board: Bo Kaye, Joe Pisarzewski, Kim Atkinson, David Hudson, Debra Paris and Maxine Reynolds.:
Jan 2nd The Board approved the cash purchase of a new Fire Chief vehicle. Special thanks to Federal Signal and their donation of approx. $18,000.00 in parts and labor to equip the vehicle.
March 19th The Board approved the refinancing of our 2008 G.O. Bond. This saves all Thornton taxpayers over $140,000.00 for the duration of the bond.
Apr 2nd The Board recognized Wolcott Girls 8th Grade Volleyball Team for their 4th place finish in IL State Volleyball. Congratulation girls on a fantastic year!
Apr 16th The Board acknowledged students at the Wolcott Youth Night board meeting.
Apr 22nd held our first annual Earth Day Celebration. What a great turnout! Thank you to all the participants, sponsors and contributors. Special thanks to Trustee Maxine Reynolds and the Earth Day Committee for or-ganizing this event.
Apr 23rd The Board passed Fiscal Year 2019 budget. Thank you to Administra-tor Doug Beckman and Finance Chairman Bo Kaye for presenting The Board our 9th consecutive balanced budget.
Thank you to Recreation Dir. Sharlee Dunlop and Public Works Supt. Bryan Roberts and staff for restoring the north Tee Ball Field with a generous stone donation from Lehigh Hanson.
May 25th assembled our 4th annual Memorial Day Veterans Breakfast at Jim-booo’s, with approximately 25 resident veterans in attendance.
May 28th recognized all of our fallen soldiers at our annual Memorial Day Pa-rade hosted by Commander Joe Gallagher of the Thornton American Le-gion.
June 23rd the Recreation Dept. held our first annual “Touch-A-Truck” event at Hubbard Park. Thanks to all who participated: Lehigh Hanson, Tri-State Disposal, Ray and Wally’s, Thornton Youth Baseball, Thornton Police, Fire, Public Works and TEMA.
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VILLAGE PRESIDENT, ROBERT “BOB” KOLOSH
Village of Thornton Newsletter
Village Hall
115 E Margaret Street Thornton, Illinois 60476 Phone (708) 877-4456
Fax (708) 877-4458
www.thornton60476.com
Hours Monday - Friday
9am - 5pm Saturday
9am - 12pm
VILLAGE PRESIDENT Robert “Bob” Kolosh
BOARD OF TRUSTEES Ernest “Bo” Kaye
630-217-3968
Kim Atkinson 877-1097
Joseph Pisarzewski 877-8988
David Hudson 877-6598
Debra Paris 847-471-8357
Maxine Reynolds 877-2520
VILLAGE ADMINISTRATOR Doug Beckman
CLERK/COLLECTOR Debbie Pisarzewski
DEPUTY CLERK
Patti Ott
VILLAGE ATTORNEY Scott Dillner
VILLAGE TREASURER Arlette Frye
VILLAGE ENGINEER James Hus
Robinson Engineering
Visit us at www.thornton60476.com Meetings are open to the public.
Village Committee Meetings are
held on the first and third Mon-
days of every month at 7:00pm.
Village Board Meetings are imme-
diately following at 7:30pm.
The Planning and Development
Commission Meetings are held on
the second Wednesday of the
month at 7:00pm.
FEBRUARY 2019
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COMMUNITY
Earth Day Contest ART—ESSAY—POEM—SCIENCE—MUSIC
PROJECT
Ages 2-18 Use your creative minds and fol-low the Theme of Earth day, “Protect our
Species”.
Projects are due April 5 by 7:30pm
Projects will be displayed and winners will be announced at the Earth day Celebration
on April 14th.
For more information contact the Earth day committee 708-373-9936
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June 28th Charlie Gallagher and Family, from Gallagher Asphalt received the Big Shoes Award from the Chicago Southland Economic Development Corp. at the Calumet Country Club. This award is recog-nition of their commitment to local schools communities and jobs. Congratulations Charlie and all of Gallagher Asphalt, from the Village of Thornton!
July 16th The Board recognized Sean Zander for winning a Gold Medal at the 2018 Special Olympics. Congratulations Sean!
Aug 6th Thornton Police Officers Rick Wesolowski and Paul Moran were promoted to Sergeant. Aug 7th the Police Dept. implemented Thornton’s first annual “National Night Out”. Thank you to all
that attended. Sept 22nd The Village participated in the Illinois Bi-Centennial with multiple activities. Sept 24th in a special meeting, The Village Board awarded the contract, for the Blackstone parking lot,
to Gallagher Asphalt. Special thanks to Trustee Joe Pisarzewski. Oct 15th The Village Board approved a policy for the sale of Village owned property. Special thanks to
Trustee David Hudson. Oct 15th The Board approved the cash purchase of one Dodge Charger and the lease of one Dodge
Charger for our Police Dept. Police Chief Glenn Beckman and Deputy Chief Chuck Szabo, with Board approval, purchased two Solar
Speed Enforcement signs. Attorney Dillner completed the sale of two Village owned properties. We welcome two new business-
es: Original and Sons Plumbing and Jack CSI. Nov 5th The Board approved the purchase of a new software system from Civic Systems. Nov 5th the purchase of a new Handicap Lift for the Historical Society was approved. Thank you to the
Historical Society for funding 50% of the new lift. Nov 5th The Board approved the purchase of new park equipment to replace the aging structure at Na-
son Park. Thank you to Director Dunlop for securing grant funds. Nov 14th The Village hosted our 1st Business Appreciation Breakfast, at The Well at the Distillery. Thank
you to Clerk Debbie Pisarzewski and Deputy Clerk Patti Ott for coordinating this event. Nov 19th thank you to Administrator Doug Beckman and Finance Chairman Bo Kaye for presenting an
agreement with Thorncreek Senior Living to compensate for services with a 2% annual increase. Nov 30th-Dec 2nd Annual Holiday Happenings Weekend as mentioned above. Dec 3rd Auditing firm Lauterbach and Amen presented their review of Fiscal Year 18. They reported
that The Village had a fund balance of $1,603,391.00 and a surplus of $26,440.00. They also sub-mitted The Village of Thornton for the 7th year, the award of Achievement for Excellence in Finan-cial Reporting. Special thanks to Administrator Doug Beckman and Finance Chairman Bo Kaye for this recognition.
Dec 3rd The Board approved the sale of two parcels of Village owned property at 401 Ridge Rd. Dec 17th The Board approved the sale of six vacant Village owned lots and two houses.
In closing, I would also like to thank all our residents for making Thornton a great Village to call home. Best to all,
Maintenance tech is on call 24 hours, 7 days a week.
(708) 877-4462 (708) 877-1627 Fax
Yard Waste Reminder
Tri-State Disposal will resume yard waste pick up the first week of April. This service will continue through the end of November. Please keep in mind that all yard waste cans must be marked with yard waste stickers
available in the Village Hall at the Clerk’s Office.
Village ordinance Sec. 10-1-16 Snow onto streets: No property owner, occupant or other person shall move or permit to be moved snow or ice from private property onto the streets, highways , alleys or public ways within the Village.
Thornton Community PTA Flower sale April 1-18 pick up May 10th Mother’s day
weekend.
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TTHORNTON POLICE DEPARTMENT
Glenn Beckman, Chief of Police Charles Szabo, Deputy Chief
The Village of Thornton Memorial Brick Program is a great way to honor a loved one that has passed by engraving a brick with their name. Brick requests may be made all year however, brick placement will take place only twice per year; Spring and Fall. The standard 4″ x 8″ brick is attractively engraved with your message and placed in the Memorial Park Patio at the corner of Williams and Eleanor. Each brick cost $75.00 and includes three lines of content. Each line only allows for 13 characters, including spaces, and other punctuation.
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U.S. Postage
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Permit No. 8
POSTAL CUSTOMER
THORNTON, ILLINOIS 60476
Thornton Historical Society
The Thornton Histori-cal Society meets at 7 p.m. on the 4th Monday of February, March, April, August, September and Octo-ber. The next meet-ing is February 25. Everyone is welcome to attend. The muse-um is open from 1-3
p.m. on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of February through April and every Satur-day from May through October.
See the latest issue of THE BLAST WINTER/SPRING 2019 at the rede-signed website: www.thorntonilhistory.com
