La Grange board approves code change to pay for lead service-line work from main to curb box
May 12, 2026 | La Grange, Cook County, Illinois
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The Village of La Grange Board of Trustees on May 11 approved an ordinance amending village code so the village will assume responsibility for the portion of lead water service lines between the water main and the curb box (b-box), reducing homeowners’ responsibility to the segment from the b-box to the water meter.
A trustee introducing the measure told the board the change reflects direction given at the April 27 meeting and aligns with the village’s lead service-line replacement program and anticipated loan provisions. "Staff is recommending that we approve the proposed ordinance amending section 3-7-25 of the code of ordinances," the trustee said.
Board members pressed staff for details about emergency repairs and elective replacements. A trustee asked whether the village would retain the contractor for emergency work from the main to the b-box and whether homeowners could complete elective repairs themselves. Village staff said the village would contract for the portion from the main to the b-box and give homeowners the option to contribute to or complete work on the portion from the b-box to the meter; if homeowners decline to contribute, they could sign a waiver or complete the work themselves within a set period.
Trustees were told staff does not anticipate unanticipated budgetary impacts associated with the code amendment because loan provisions in the village’s replacement program already contemplate village payment for the main-to-b-box segment. The ordinance received a unanimous roll-call vote and passed.
The board’s action formalizes who pays for which parts of lead-service-line replacements, but trustees asked staff to return with implementation details on permitting, contractor selection and homeowner notification, including how emergency repairs will be handled in practice. The measure now moves to whatever implementation steps the village’s utility and public-works staff set out under the replacement program.
A trustee introducing the measure told the board the change reflects direction given at the April 27 meeting and aligns with the village’s lead service-line replacement program and anticipated loan provisions. "Staff is recommending that we approve the proposed ordinance amending section 3-7-25 of the code of ordinances," the trustee said.
Board members pressed staff for details about emergency repairs and elective replacements. A trustee asked whether the village would retain the contractor for emergency work from the main to the b-box and whether homeowners could complete elective repairs themselves. Village staff said the village would contract for the portion from the main to the b-box and give homeowners the option to contribute to or complete work on the portion from the b-box to the meter; if homeowners decline to contribute, they could sign a waiver or complete the work themselves within a set period.
Trustees were told staff does not anticipate unanticipated budgetary impacts associated with the code amendment because loan provisions in the village’s replacement program already contemplate village payment for the main-to-b-box segment. The ordinance received a unanimous roll-call vote and passed.
The board’s action formalizes who pays for which parts of lead-service-line replacements, but trustees asked staff to return with implementation details on permitting, contractor selection and homeowner notification, including how emergency repairs will be handled in practice. The measure now moves to whatever implementation steps the village’s utility and public-works staff set out under the replacement program.
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