Politics & Government

July 11 Storm Expected to Cost Village $96,000

Libertyville officials will not know how the storm impacted budget until next April.

The July 11 storm, which Commonwealth Edison called “one of the worst in 10 years,” is expected to cost the village of Libertyville about $96,000.

The estimate includes costs between labor and equipment on storm cleanup. The majority of the cleanup occurred between July 11 to 22, village officials said.

At the peak of the storm, more than were without power. Trees and traffic lights also were down around Lake County. The worst tree damage in Libertyville was in the older areas of town, where the more established trees are: from Route 137 to Rockland Road, and from the Des Plaines River on the east to Butterfield Road on the west.

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The village does not budget for storms but tries to absorb the cost of storms as best as it can, according to Libertyville Public Works Director John Heinz.

“We will not know how it will impact our budget until the end of the budget year, which is next April,” Heinz wrote in an email.

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Thanks to six entities that are part of the Illinois Public Works Mutual Aid Network, Libertyville received free assistance in the form of manpower and equipment.

“By virtue of the network, we do not have to reimburse them for the crews and equipment, but we hope to return the favor when they are in need,” Heinz said. “So that saved us some significant dollars and time.”

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