Village of Coal City could float bonds to address flood issues

COAL CITY - Awash in complaints after a rainfall measuring in the double digits a week ago, the community is eyeing a $5.2 million referendum to go toward infrastructure drainage improvements. “We'll put the referendum forward,” noted Trustee Joe Phillips during Monday evening's Coal City Village Council meeting. “People have to mark the ballot box. If it doesn't pass, we'll do what we can.” The referendum is one of several recommendations the council advanced during the meeting specifically called to discuss the rainfall, which began Friday, Sept. 12, and ended late Sunday, Sept. 14, pushing 3.5 million gallons of water through the sanitary sewer system at the peak of the storm. The weather was partly the fallout from Hurricane Ike, which