Plainfield Board to Consider Group Home, Vote on Tax Levy

Thanksgiving's over and it's back to work for the Plainfield village board, which meets Monday night to vote on the proposed 2013-14 tax levy.

While the dollar amount of the levy ($5.3 million) isn't expected to change, the tax rate could go up by about .05 percent; the change would cost the owner of a $250,000 home about $1.46 per month. The board will vote on the levy following a public hearing Monday.

Also on Monday's agenda is a proposal from Cornerstone Services, which is looking to open a group home at 15606 S. Indian Boundary Road. The board will vote on whether to direct the village attorney to draft an ordinance would allow the group home, which would be Plainfield's fourth.

Last summer, the board voted over objections from some neighbors to permit an Easter Seals group home in the Heritage Meadows subdivision; two other group homes operate in residential neighborhoods in Plainfield, according to the village. As approved, the Easter Seals home served six men between ages 34 and 57, all with varying degrees of cognitive disabilities.

The new proposal is from Cornerstone Services, a Joliet-based organization serving people with disabilities in Will County.

The meeting is at 7 p.m. Monday at Village Hall, 24401 W. Lockport St.

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