December 14, 2023

THE LAKE COUNTY QUIET ZONE WILL BE REINSTATED IN APPROXIMATELY ONE WEEK! The communities within the Lake County Quiet Zone were notified by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) that all crossings are compliant with the new federal quiet zone regulations, and the quiet zone suspension is being lifted. Routine train horn sounding should be silenced at crossings within seven days of the notice, received December 13.

The Lake County Quiet Zone runs along the CN/Metra rail line with 59 rail crossings throughout the 10 communities (from Wheeling to Antioch). Following recent inspections, 45 crossings across the 10 communities required improvements including 13 median upgrades, 27 signage needs and five speed waivers.

A temporary suspension of the quiet zone went into effect October 11, while the communities worked strategically and aggressively to complete the improvements as quickly as possible. The quiet zone is treated as a whole, so until the entirety of improvements was complete, trains have continued sounding horns at crossings in all communities within the quiet zone.

Work has been completed on the 45 crossings over the past several months, followed by a reinspection by the FRA to ensure compliance.



While routine horn sounding at crossings will be silenced, it is not uncommon to hear horns from time to time. Train engineers have the discretion to do so for safety purposes.

Are you a homeowner that has turned 65? Have you applied for your senior homestead exemption? This is a significant savings on your property tax bill.

Questions? Call my office at 847 223-2846.

For other exemption information click here.

Thank you for your patience during our front entrance project. The railings are finally in!

We will be sorting food donations on Wednesday December 27 at 9 am in the lower level of our building.

If you are donating food at Jewel in the donation box or to the township, please make sure the food is not expired. Thank you! We appreciate your donations. Sometimes there are free items on the Jewel App. We are happy to take those items if you don't need them.

We recycle thousands of pairs of shoes a year. If you are dropping off shoes to be recycled, please tie or rubber band them together. The shoes have to be pared and I am the shoe person here so I greatly appreciate your help.

Check out the active adult programs at the Mundelein Park District.

Click here for their schedule. They have fun events and trips that are planned.

The North Central O Gauge Model Railroad club is having their monthly open house on December 16th, 10 to 4 PM and the location is 428 N. Chicago Ave, Mundelein. ( the same building as the tool library). Come and see model trains decorated for Christmas. Hear the whistles blow and the engine puff smoke like the real trains. you can push a button and make a trolley run, a switchmen come out of his building and track signals changed to tell when a train is coming. It's free, it's fun and yes mom and dad, grandma and grandpa are welcome to come along.

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The local animal shelters are in need of sheets, towels, small throw rugs, and blankets The bin is in the back of the builiding at 22385 Route 60, Mundelein, No pillows! The donations get distributed to shelters. We also accept leashes, collars, toys, pet food etc. The bin is in the back of the building.

Please do not put any items in our cardboard recycling bin. People have been mistakenly putting garbage in there.

Our shoe bin is in the back parking lot of our building and we are accepting shoes to be recycled and reused. Please tie or rubberband the shoes together when you drop them off.

We accept yarn in our office.

We accept eyeglasses and hearing aids in our office.

We accept American Flags in our office.

The textile bin is also open and is located in our back parking lot.

Click here to see what we accept.

If you have comments for our board, and can't make our meetings, please email Chris McCann at clerk@fremonttownship.com with your comments.