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2010 Press Release: Mayor's State of the City Address to the Chamber
of Commerce & Industry
For immediate release
January 22, 2010
 Des Plaines Mayor Martin J.
Moylan presented the traditional State of the City
Address at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Breakfast, Thursday, January 21, 2010, at Manzo’s Banquets. Mayor
Moylan initiated the City’s Address which included presentations by
Director of Finance Dorothy Wisniewski, Director of Public Works and
Engineering Timothy Oakley, and Director of Community and Economic
Development Michael Conlan. Topics presented included the City’s
financial climate, developing the 2010 budget, flood prevention
initiatives, and the status of the City’s business environment. Some
developments that are expected to "change the face of the community
in the coming year" include the downtown façade rehabilitation
program, the Nippon Express Expansion on Touhy Avenue and the
development of the casino off River Road near the City’s southern
boundaries. (pictured above center) Des Plaines Mayor Martin J.
Moylan, former Des Plaines Mayor D. Michael Albrecht (to the right
of Mayor Moylan) and members of the business community listen as
Director of Public Works and Engineering Timothy Oakley (at the
podium) explains the acceleration of the City’s Storm Water Master
Plan from a 10-year plan to a 5-year plan. With the addition of a
sewer user fee, flood projects once anticipated to come into
fruition in 2017 will now be a reality by 2013.
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