Hinsdale Approves Waiver for Purchase of Two Additional Platform Tennis Courts

The village of Hinsdale has approved the waiver for the purchase of to be added to KLM. Premier Platform Tennis won the bidding process with a bid amount of $148,000 for the purchase and installation of the courts.

In April, the village of Burr Ridge approved a resolution adopting an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) between the the Village of Hinsdale and the Village of Burr Ridge for the installation of two additional platfrom tennis courts at Katherine Legge Memorial park.

The park itself is in Hinsdale, but Burr Ridge residents on nearby Laurie Lane have said the courts plauge them with light, sound and drainage problems and asked for limitations when two additional courts were first proposed. The details of the agreement were discussed at a  in January.

Hinsdale Platform Tennis Association member Charlie Usher was at the meeting Tuesday night and said he felt the board really needed to move forward with the process.

“This is the end of the line to get this done this year,” Usher said. “We were here last year in June and thought it would be done [before the past season]. I think we are where we need to be to get it done for this year."

Cauley agreed it was time to move forward, but said he wanted a verbal agreement that the HPTA would reimburse the village for the costs, which has been part of the proposal all along.

“This is the best deal for the paddle courts and I'm here to commit the resources of the HPTA to get this project done,” Cauley said.

Burr Ridge Patch will have more on this story later today.