Changes are coming to the clubhouse at Flagg Creek Golf Course.
The Countryside City Council at its Dec. 10 meeting unanimously approved two agreements regarding renovation of the clubhouse.
The city will pay $13,500 to Timothy J. Trompeter Architect for completion of the design to remodel the clubhouse and $196,477 to Herman & McCarrin Construction, Inc., for the actual renovation work.
“Will they have this done by March 7 (in time) for the St. Patrick’s Day Parade?” Mayor McDermott asked
“That’s what they’re saying,” replied Ald. Tom Frohlich (1st), who chairs the council’s Flagg Creek Advisory Board.
“Hold their feet to the fire on that,” McDermott said.
The parade is near and dear to McDermott’s heart, given his Irish heritage.
The clubhouse is usually used to host a parade-related event. And, if the weather is good enough, it will be busy with golfers paying for tee times.
In other news, Countryside’s annual holiday party was a success, said Ald. Scott Musillami (3rd), who chairs the councils’ special events committee.
About 180 children and their families attended the event at Premier Catering & Events, 6240 Joliet Road, he said.
Children will benefit from another item that was on the city council’s agenda.
While the city council unanimously approved paying $124,697 to Schwartz Construction Group Inc, based in Countryside, for work on the Larry Robb Park, don’t expect it will make payment quickly.
That’s because the city is disappointed that construction, which was to have been completed in November, is not finished.
City Administrator Gail Paul told the council of the delay and said she has requested a work schedule from Schwartz.
“The work was supposed to have been completed by Nov. 30. I suggest maybe holding the payment until we get that (schedule) and we have a plan on how this park is going to be created,” she said.
The council agreed with her suggestion.
The park will be built on the north side of 5th Avenue Cut-off just east of condo buildings that are along Willow Springs Road.
In other business, the city council approved a variance request from a resident for a wood privacy fence at 9925 W. 57th St. A variance increases the height from the usual three feet to six.
The council went along with the variance approval recommended by the city’s plan commission and zoning board of appeals.
One neighbor opposed the extra height at the commission meeting, city attorney Erik Peck said, but that wasn’t enough to prevent the taller fence from getting the needed variance.