Downers Grove Village Manager Riccardo Ginex doesn’t want to dismiss a proposed $28 million backup generator project just yet.
Downers Grove officials at their Tuesday board meeting talked about the project, which would provide clean drinking water during a catastrophic power outage.
The proposal was discussed during a discussion among area village managers this week.
Naperville nixed the plan, saying that an event of that magnitude was virtually impossible, but Ginex pointed to 2003 outages in Cleveland that affected the water supply.
Downers Grove Mayor Brian Krajewski asked Ginex to talk to other municipalities to gauge their opinion.
Also Tuesday, Ginex thanked both the Police Department and Lombard’s Police Chief Ray Byrne for opening a cold-case file that brought Billy Lee Warren, 53, to justice for the 1978 murders of Glenn and Betty Schulz.
Trustees also declined to commit $10,000 to the Prairie State Games, Illinois’ largest amateur sports festival, which is expected to take place in the area June 23-26.
