Several Glendale Heights trustees moved to hit Glenbard High School District 87 where it hurts most Thursday night - the pocketbook.
Trustee Charles Wheeler proposed eliminating impact fees owners of the Hartz development would pay District 87. The fees are designed to offset the costs associated with future students from the proposed subdivision who would attend Glenbard high schools.
His move was stalled, however, after tempering words from Village President Ben Fajardo and a motion to table the issue by Trustee Linda Jackson.
"I know we are at odds with District 87, but I would advise the board to be cautious about this," Fajardo said. "I think what we'd hurt is not the district itself. I think this impact fee is really for the benefit of the students."
Wheeler, however, said the village is involved in a fight for the community against District 87 and should scrutinize the agreement with Hartz dealing the high school district.
District 87 officials propose spending more than $30 million to expand four existing high schools. Village trustees flatly oppose the plan, and want the district, instead, to build a fifth high school and to build it in Glendale Heights. They've vowed to work at defeating a District 87 referendum on the expansion plan.
Trustee Kevin Williams suggested looking at all impact fee agreements with the village that involve District 87 and change the wording so the money would go for a high school within the corporate boundaries of Glendale Heights.
In the proposed Hartz development, which is south of North Avenue, builders would pay District 87 $363.55 for each unit built. The plans call for 92 single-family homes and 96 town houses. That means the high school district could receive $68,347 in impact fees.
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