Category: Legal Weekly Activity

Kraft continues to pay City under Settlement Agreement and Annexation Agreement

The City received a check for $191,797.49 from Kraft Foods on November 10, 2011. This check represents one in a series of annual payments that Kraft was obligated to make as the result of the settlement of a 1987 annexation lawsuit. The City negotiated the settlement for a continuing escalating payment (1.5% each year) based…
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IAHPC Conference Presentation

On Friday, June 3, 2011, Joe Hooker traveled to the beautiful campus of Lewis and Clark Community College in Godfrey, Illinois to give a presentation at the 2011 Statewide Preservation Conference. The conference was sponsored by the Illinois Association of Historic Preservation Commissions. Joe’s presentation focused on how to protect the integrity of the historic…
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