Fire district begins eminent domain process for new station
“Trustees of the Fox River and Countryside Fire/Rescue District formally took action Friday to start the eminent domain process on a property they want for a station.
The approved ordinance lets the property’s owner, a private bank out of Chicago, know that the district is prepared to seek eminent domain for 6N330 Route 25, the former Wise-Hamlin Plastics site, district attorney Ken Shepro said.
The district took this action after the bank didn’t accept its offer for the 2-acre property, he said. The offer was made within the last 30 days.
The hope is to settle the case out of court because that likely would be an expensive process requiring experts such as appraisers, environmental experts and engineers, Shepro said. He noted such cases rarely go to trial.”
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Rhodebeck, Ashley. Kane County Chronicle 18 January 2013.