The Peoples Voice Party
Welcome to the blog of the People's Voice Party, our mission is to help lead Justice with a vision of prosperity, fiscal responsibility, government accountability and a continued commitment to maintaining safe neighborhoods and providing residents access to municipal services.
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Monday, November 5, 2012
Monday, July 16, 2012
Red Light Cameras Installed at Intersection of 79th St. & 88th Ave. Go Live on July 23, 2012
The Village of Justice has installed a red light camera at the intersection of 79th Street at 88th Avenue, monitoring eastbound and westbound traffic. The system will go “live” on July 23, 2012.
Be aware when driving.
Be aware when driving.
Monday, May 21, 2012
2012-2013 Village of Justice - Vehicle Sticker
Vehicle Stickers on Sale in the Village of Justice
Residents of the Village of Justice may purchase their 2012-13 Vehicle Stickers effective May 1, 2012. The new rate for a passenger vehicle is $35.00 and $40.00 for a pick-up truck.
Senior-citizens may now purchase more than one sticker at the discounted price of $10.00 as long as proof of senior status and a valid registration showing the vehicle is duly registered to a senior resident of the Village is provided.
Remember, the deadline to purchase the 2012-13 vehicle sticker is on or before June 30th.
Residents of the Village of Justice may purchase their 2012-13 Vehicle Stickers effective May 1, 2012. The new rate for a passenger vehicle is $35.00 and $40.00 for a pick-up truck.
Senior-citizens may now purchase more than one sticker at the discounted price of $10.00 as long as proof of senior status and a valid registration showing the vehicle is duly registered to a senior resident of the Village is provided.
Remember, the deadline to purchase the 2012-13 vehicle sticker is on or before June 30th.
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Monday, April 30, 2012
Mayor Wasowicz and 5 Village Board Members Pave the Way for Residents to Pay for Streets
At the April 23, 2012 Village Board meeting Trustee Sue Small made a motion to: "To approve the designation of Special Service
Areas for street reconstruction in the Village of Justice and to authorize the
Village Engineer and Village Attorney to provide the necessary evaluations to
determine the scope and cost estimates of the projects."
Trustee Rusch, Trustee Sparr, Trustee Symonds, Trustee Small and Trustee Kuban all voted yes to approve the motion. (Trustee Bartoszek was out of town and not in attendance.) The motion passed.
Passing this motion is the first step in a process that would allow the Village of Justice to contract for recontruction of residential streets in the Village and bill residents directly for the work on their property tax bill. The cost to each homeowner has yet to be determined. The resident would be billed for this cost for 10 to 15 years on his/hers property tax bill.
The Village has already divided most of the Village into 5 Special Service Areas. The Arbors of Justice, Roberts Park, Sunset Lake and The Oaks of Willow Hill neighborhoods are not part of the Special Service Areas. Streets in the Arbors of Justice were recently repaved using TIF funds and streets in Roberts Park were reconstructed using State funds. The residents of these 2 neighborhoods paid nothing to have their streets repaved or reconstructed.
Look at the maps below to see if your home is in one of the 5 Special Service Areas.
Click on map to enlarge it
Trustee Rusch, Trustee Sparr, Trustee Symonds, Trustee Small and Trustee Kuban all voted yes to approve the motion. (Trustee Bartoszek was out of town and not in attendance.) The motion passed.
Passing this motion is the first step in a process that would allow the Village of Justice to contract for recontruction of residential streets in the Village and bill residents directly for the work on their property tax bill. The cost to each homeowner has yet to be determined. The resident would be billed for this cost for 10 to 15 years on his/hers property tax bill.
The Village has already divided most of the Village into 5 Special Service Areas. The Arbors of Justice, Roberts Park, Sunset Lake and The Oaks of Willow Hill neighborhoods are not part of the Special Service Areas. Streets in the Arbors of Justice were recently repaved using TIF funds and streets in Roberts Park were reconstructed using State funds. The residents of these 2 neighborhoods paid nothing to have their streets repaved or reconstructed.
Look at the maps below to see if your home is in one of the 5 Special Service Areas.
Click on map to enlarge it
Click on map to enlarge it
Friday, April 27, 2012
No More Envelopes from the Justice Willow Springs Water Commission
Please note:
Effective immediately the Justice Willow Springs Water Commission will not be mailing their water bills in envelopes, the water bills will be in postcard format.
(as posted on the Village of Justice website on April 27, 2012)
Now that they are collecting more money for water they can't afford envelopes! Where is the money going?
Effective immediately the Justice Willow Springs Water Commission will not be mailing their water bills in envelopes, the water bills will be in postcard format.
(as posted on the Village of Justice website on April 27, 2012)
Now that they are collecting more money for water they can't afford envelopes! Where is the money going?
Mayor Wasowicz's solution for fixing streets: You pay for them!
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Mayor Wasowicz defends water rate increase
Dear Fellow Village of Justice Resident ,
Last week at the Village
Board Committee meeting I questioned Mayor Wasowicz about why our water bills
had been raised so drastically. Since he is 1 of 3 Commissioners on the Board
(he appointed himself to the Commission last Februaury) I thought he could give
us an explaination. He told me that he didn't understand why the bills had gone
up so much and hinted that it was the fault of Millenium (who is contracted to
do the billing for the Water Commission). He said "I will go to the Water
Commision tomorrow and find out what's going on". I attended the
Village Board meeting tonight to follow up and find out if the Mayor had found
out what was going on. I told him that the letter the Water Commission
sent out to Village residents only a week and a half before the new water rates
were billed was vague and inaccurate. I told him that residents bills had risen
far above what anyone expected and told him that I had done some calculations
and found out the following:
The old wholesale rate the City ofChicago
charged the Water Commission was $1.75 per 1,000 gallons. The new rate the City of Chicago will be charging
the Water Commission (assuming a 25% increase) is $2.19 per 1,000 gallons.
The old rate the Water Commission billed residents was $38.40 for the first 8,000 gallons ($4.80 per 1,000 gallons) and $6.08 for each additional 1,000 gallons.
The new rate the Water Commission is billing residents is $49.92 for the first 6,000 gallons ($8.32 per 1,000 gallons) and $7.90 for each additional 1,000 gallons.
The old wholesale rate the City of
The old rate the Water Commission billed residents was $38.40 for the first 8,000 gallons ($4.80 per 1,000 gallons) and $6.08 for each additional 1,000 gallons.
The new rate the Water Commission is billing residents is $49.92 for the first 6,000 gallons ($8.32 per 1,000 gallons) and $7.90 for each additional 1,000 gallons.
When the Water Commission
charged the old rates they were
"making" $3.05 per 1,000 gallons above the cost of the water
they purchased from the City of Chicago .
When the Water Commission
charges the new rate they are
"making" $6.13 per 1,000 gallons above the cost of the water
they purchased from the City of Chicago .
The Mayor's explaination was
that the Water Commission now has fewer employees, fewer vehicles than before.
He said that since he and the Mayor of Willow Springs appointed themselves over
a year ago to the Water Commission "things are getting done". He said
that many water mains in the Villages are 50 years old and that they have had
to deal with several water main breaks. He said that if people don't like the rate increase they should voice their
concerns at the Water Commission meeting. He never really answered my
question he just tried to justify the increase.
The Water Commission meets
the 4th Thursday of the month at 9:30am. The next meeting of the
Justice Willow Springs Water Commission will be on April 26, 2012 at 9:30 am. The meeting will be held in the Justice Village Hall at 7800 S. Archer Rd. (I will let you know if they change the date and
time of the meeting.) If you are able to attend the meeting, please take a
moment out of your day and voice your concerns about the water
increase. The role of the Water Commission is to provide
us with clean water at a fair price. The current rate that is being charged is
far from fair.
Please share this
information with your friends and neighbors.
Thank
you for your time.
Sincerely,
John Koslowski
Concerned Village of Justice Resident
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