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By Robyn L. Kirsch
PROGRESS STAFF WRITER
Construction makes
headway in the Village of
Shiloh with various proj-
ects like demolitions, side-
walk installations and
asphalt street repair work,
according to Norm Etling,
village engineer.
Illinois Department of
Transportation weighed in
on the bidding process,
according to emails from
Jon Schaller, IDOT local
roads field engineer, to
Etling.
“The federal participa-
tion is 75 percent of the
construction costs with the
village picking up the bal-
ance,” Etling said. “Our
portion is being funded out
of Motor Fuel portion of
the budget. The contractor
gave us a very competitive
bid and is doing a great
job.”
According to Etling, the
bids received from six
companies were below the
estimated cost of
$547,045.99 for phase III
of Shiloh Station Road
Improvements project,
with the lowest from
Baxmeyer Construction
Inc. at $369,813.08.
Other bidders from low-
est to highest included
Hank’s Excavating and
Landscaping Inc, The
Killian Corporation, DMS
Contracting Inc., Keller
Construction Inc and
Rooter’s American
Maintenance Inc.
“This work is weather
dependent and any adverse
conditions will affect the
schedule,” Etling added.
Phase IV of Shiloh
Station Road
Improvements project is
under design currently.
Last week, the village
began working on the
Shiloh Station and Johnson
Road Intersection, begin-
ning with sidewalk installa-
tions and backfilling of
sidewalks and curbs. This
week, the village crews and
contractors are continuing
work on roadway grading,
asphalt preparation and
base course asphalt work
on Shiloh Station Road.
Next week, the village
and contractor will wrap up
construction work for the
Shiloh Station Road and
Johnson Road intersection
with focus on completion
of sidewalk installations
and completion of backfill-
ing and grading, Etling
said.
In other construction
news, a vacant building
located at 121 Main Street
was demolished Tuesday,
Sept. 30.
“The home being demol-
ished was a MT single fam-
ily residential building in a
B-3 Zone District. The
contractor is working for
the property owner (for
demolishment), not the vil-
lage, so we don’t know the
cost (involved),” Etling
explained. “The contractor
is Klopmeyer Excavating,
located at 3211 K and K
Ln. in Shiloh.”
Following a public hear-
ing, Planning Commission
meeting and the Board of
Trustees meetings, the fol-
lowing project was unanan-
imously passed in June
2014 and finally began
work this week. The
Cottages at Cedarhurst
Phase II rezoning and spe-
cial use applications to
move the current B-3
Highway Business zoning
area for 105 W. Julie St. to
an R-3 Single Family zon-
ing district.
The changeover is in
connection with the adjoin-
ing Cedarhurst at Shiloh
facility construction which
was granted March 10,
2008, for 106 W. Julie St.
According to Etling
these applications are a
mere standard procedure,
but will be no different than
the previous construction
to add new single family
units to the Cedarhurst at
Shiloh facility complex.
“It’s a mirror image of
the work that’s already
been done across the street
at 106 W. Julie St., but this
is just the process,” Etling
added.
According to
Commissioner Vince
Kwiatkowski, the already
constructed cottages at 106
W. Julie St. are easy on the
eyes.
“From what I’ve seen,
the facility is very nice and
professional looking and
appropriate for our com-
munity,” Kwiatkowski
said. “I think the appear-
ance is important because
we really don’t want a
hodgepodge of construc-
tion in that main area of
town.”
President of Impact
Strategies Mark Hinrichs
and President of Elkott
Engineering P.C. said con-
sistency, aesthetically and
structurally, is key to the
project goals.
According to the project
narrative submitted for
review by the commission
members in early June, the
permit would cover con-
struction of four independ-
ent, assisted senior living
units totaling 17,620 sq. ft.
approximately.
“These age-restricted
units will function and
serve the same purpose as
living units in the adjoining
Cedarhurst of Shiloh facili-
ty and will be identical to
the units previously permit-
ted by the village across the
street,” Hinrichs stated.
For more information
visit www.shilohil.org or
call the village at 632-
1022.
rkirsch@bnd.com
FOR THE PROGRESS
The next meeting of the
National Active and
Retired Federal Employees
(NARFE) Chapter 1019
will be Wednesday, Oct. 8,
in the meeting room at the
Golden Corral, 3360 Green
Mount Crossing Road,
Shiloh.
Buffet opens at 11 a.m.
and the meeting begins at
noon. Guests are always
welcome. The program this
month will be The Stephen
Ministry presented by
Carol Beeman. The annual
Open Season is from
Monday, Nov. 10, through
Monday, Dec. 8.
The Health Benefits Fair
will be from 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 5, at the
Scott Club.
The NARFE Service
Center is located in
Building 50, 201 E.
Winters St., Scott Air Force
Base—10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Tuesdays. Members are
available to assist with per-
tinent paperwork and to
accept memberships, (618)
256-9350.
Feel free to leave a mes-
sage. For more info or to
join NARFE visit
www.narfe.com or call
(800) 627-3394 from 8
a.m.-5 p.m. EST Monday
through Friday. People also
may call President Deane
Richter at (618) 526-7932
or visit
www.narfe.org/chap-
ter1019 for more details.
NARFE meeting scheduled Oct. 8
Construction progressing in Shiloh
From what I’ve seen, the facility is
very nice and professional looking
and appropriate for our community.
I think the appearance is important
because we really don’t want a
hodgepodge of construction in that
main area of town.
‘
’Vince Kwiatkowski
COMMISSIONER
By Mark Raeber
PROGRESS STAFF WRITER
The Board of Education
of O’Fallon Township High
School District 203 has
appointed Brandt L. House
of O’Fallon to complete the
term of Debora Trainor of
Shiloh, who resigned from
her school board position
in August.
He will be sworn in to
his new position during the
school board’s next meet-
ing at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct.
23, in the Instructional
Media Center on the
school’s Smiley Campus.
The retired U.S. Air
Force Lt. Colonel was one
of four candidates consid-
ered for the open board
seat.
House, who has a 7-year-
old daughter Bailey, earned
his undergraduate degree in
general engineering at the
U.S. Air Force Academy.
He earned a master’s
degree in aviation business
management from the
E m b r y - R i d d l e
Aeronautical University in
Daytona Beach, Fla. And
he is currently working on
a master’s degree in busi-
ness administration at
Washington University in
St. Louis.
In a Sept. 25 news release
announcing the appoint-
ment, Superintendent
D a r c y
B e n w a y ,
Ed.D., said,
“Mr. House
is a charac-
t e r - d r i v e n
father, veter-
an and com-
m u n i t y -
focused citi-
zen who val-
ues the devel-
opment of
S T E M
(Science, Technology,
Engineering and Math)
aptitudes in today’s stu-
dents. He is committed to
continuing the tradition of
excellence in education for
which OTHS is known.”
Discussing his reason for
seeking the board seat,
House said, “For me, edu-
cation is a passion and the
success of kids is a pas-
sion.”
He then added, “I have
been a part of something
bigger than myself for all
of my adult life and this is a
way to continue that and
make a positive influence.”
House is currently
involved in several mentor-
ing initiatives for school-
aged children in St. Clair
County.
He also has worked with
the University of the
District of Columbia’s
Saturday Academy
Program, which is focused
on developing math and
engineering aptitude for
students in grades 5
through 12.
A former Air Force pilot,
who has been awarded the
Distinguished Flying Cross
and completed 14 deploy-
ments to the Middle East
since Sept. 2011, he is
chairman of the Metro-East
Area Communities for
Empowerment Board and
he is a member of the Scott
Air Force Base Tuskegee
Airman Chapter. He also
has coached in the
O’Fallon Little Panthers
football program.
Trainor cited personal
reasons when she told the
Dist. 203 school board dur-
ing its Aug. 28 meeting she
would be relinquishing her
seat.
She was elected to a two-
year position on the board
in 2013, defeating Al
Keeler, who had been
appointed to fill the seat of
Ronald Thouvenot, D.D.S.,
on his death in June 2011.
She would have had to
stand for election for a full-
term on the board in April
2015.
In order to retain the
seat, House will have to
seek a full-term on the
board during the April 7,
2015, consolidated elec-
tions.
Brandt
House
Dist. 203 school board
now has a full House