Excerpts from Chicago.cbslocal.com:
A large crowd rallied outside Glenview Fire Station 13 Saturday in a last-ditch effort to keep it open. Neighbors said closing the fire station at 831 E. Lake Ave. in Glenview will jeopardize community safety. Firefighters and residents think they will have to wait longer when they pick up the phone to call 911 for a fire truck or an ambulance.
Glenview Village President Jim Patterson said a study found Fire Station 13 and its single engine are active about 30 minutes during a 24-hour shift – one of the slower stations in town. Firefighters there will be moved to other stations. That study also found that closing Station 13 comes with a savings of $1.25 million for the village. Patterson said he does not believe it will be that high.
The president of the Glenview Firefighters Association said the village has called for a special Board of Trustees meeting on Monday night to discuss the fate of the firehouse. If the closure is approved, it could happen as early as next month.
#1 by Bill Post on March 10, 2021 - 3:30 AM
Direct link to the recorded Special Meeting on March 8th in Glenview on the proposed closing of Fire Station 13. It is 3 hours and 18 minutes long.
https://glenview.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=2391
#2 by Bill Post on March 9, 2021 - 8:58 PM
Here is a link to the village board’s website. If you scroll down and open the 2021 meetings, at the top you will find special meeting for March the 8th. If you have the interest and patience, you can listen to the people who called in to give their opinions about closing down Fire Station 13.
https://www.glenview.il.us/government/Pages/Watch-Live.aspx?fbclid=IwAR2mxXghgtRrIfkK48MWcQYM5DXm4Dm1IX5XNTcASSNr4ZeuUupYLGqMoaQ
#3 by Bill Post on March 9, 2021 - 8:46 PM
That special meeting that the village trustees held was put on their website and it went for about three hours. The president of the board said that something like 53 people gave their opinions on Zoom. They seemed to all be against shutting down Engine 13’s house. I tuned into the meeting about 45 minutes into it, which was sometime after 8 pm and they were going until after 10:30pm