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  Oglesby City Council approves Knoblesdorff Enterprises proposal. Written by Tom
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  Collins This article is being read by an automated voice, brought to
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  you by Everlit. The Oglesby City Council cleared the way Monday for
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  Noblesdorf Enterprises to house and train second-chance hires. The council voted unanimously
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  to let Noblesdorf Enterprises move forward with a program to train workers
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  to install large solar systems and to board the in a forthcoming
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  750,000 facility the proposal roused some concerns because the candidates may include
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  some with criminal records, though not violent offenders or sex offenders. Mayor
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  Jason Curran said he favored the proposal because constructing the facility would
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  boost the city’s tax base. A supervised facility, he said, ensured more
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  security than if the trainees fanned out into local hotels. Commissioner Hilary
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  Moyle said the police department had been in regular contact with KE
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  and hashed out the city's concerns. This isn't going to get out
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  of hand, Moyle said, because our police department is on top of
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  it. As previously reported, Noblesdorf Enterprises cleared the first hurdle recently when
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  the Oglesby Plan Commission voted 4-2, with two abstentions, to permit development
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  of a boarding facility. Noblesdorf Enterprises is working with The Evolve Foundation
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  to identify trainees and board them. The proposal is to develop a
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  32 bedroom boarding facility for multi-week stays on KE property in the
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  300 block of Lewis Avenue. The city adopted the Plan Commission's conditions.
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  The city approved a special use permit good for two years, after
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  which the council would have to vote on an extension. Boarding is
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  limited to trainees and staff.