Rolling Meadows candidates welcome ChicagoBears as neighbor but fear strain on CityofRM1 services dhelection
Incumbent Ward 5 Alderman Jon Bisesi and challenger Stefanie Boucher agree that the Bears' redevelopment of the shuttered Arlington Park racetrack would overall be a benefit to their town. But they also worry about the strain on city services on gamedays and emphasized the need to be prepared for what may come.
In the past, Arlington Heights gave Rolling Meadows some financial support for police who worked traffic control on busy race days, and Bisesi said that intergovernmental cooperation would be important going forward. "We need to come up with creative ways of being able to fund additional police, fire and public works support to accommodate it. But as long as we're ahead of the curve and trying to understand and knock down the various issues as we're going through this process, I think it will definitely be overall a good thing for our community."
"I think that needs to be a big push for the city council going forward so we don't become a drive-through community," Boucher said."So, my concern as a resident is we're going to take on the police costs, we're going to take on the fire costs, we're going to take on the traffic control, and we're going to bring nothing in business-wise because there will be nothing for people to stop at.
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