Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to reflect the extension is already completed and to clarify what the resolution was passed for.

ELBURN – A resolution approving a bond concerning the already-completed Anderson Road extension unanimously was passed at the Elburn Village Board meeting Jan. 4.

Appropriated in the sum of $305,508, the Illinois Department of Transportation Rebuild Illinois bond was used for the construction of 600 feet of new roadway. Construction plans also consisted of an exclusive left-turn lane on westbound Keslinger Road, a right-turn lane on eastbound Keslinger Road and the modernization of traffic signals.

In a follow-up email to the Chronicle on Jan. 6, village president Jeff Walter clarified the resolution “was to use those dollars to pay for a part of the Village’s portion of the total cost.”

“In talking with both [village administrator] John Nevenhoven and staff, we find that this is probably the best place to be putting the money,” village superintendent of public works Phil VanBogaert said.

The board also unanimously approved a resolution adopting 10 shared principles developed between the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police to “create a partnership ensuring the safety, dignity and justice for all citizens and police officers alike.”

The 10 agreed upon principles, which can be read in full here, include “[valuing] the life of every person and [considering] life to be the highest value”, among others.

The principles were widely discussed at a previous Committee of the Whole meeting, and it was agreed upon at that time to move the resolution to the village board at a later meeting.

“Many communities have adopted this and the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police is asking all communities to consider adopting [it]. These are things the Elburn Police Department is already doing,” notes from the Dec. 21 meeting state.

The village board also is likely to move forward on developing a process to nominate and name an Elburn “Citizen of the Year.” Village President Jeff Walter received an email from a resident inquiring about wanting to nominate a Citizen of the Year, but the village currently does not have that award.

“[It’s] the first time it’s ever come up that I can remember,” Walter said. “But I thought it was a good idea.”