Story by Rick Koshko and Steven Devine
LaSalle County Board Chairman Don Jensen still wants to work out a friendly solution with Ottawa City Hall on where to put a generator outside the downtown courthouse. It’s too big for the roof and the Ottawa Historic Preservation Commission thinks it’ll be too ugly for the courthouse lawn.
The board talked about the conflict yesterday. So did the commission.
Some County Board members say it’s time to do something and let the city fight the county in court. If it does, a judge would most likely have to weigh the county government’s need to conduct certain business and the city government’s right to manage appearances.
Images from the BCA architecture firm show what a generator with disguising landscaping and walls around it may look like at the downtown Ottawa LaSalle County courthouse.
BCA Architects, Ltd. image “1-stone with landscape” showing how a generator may look at the downtown Ottawa LaSalle County courthouse
BCA Architects, Ltd. image “5-stone with landscape” showing how a generator may look at the downtown Ottawa LaSalle County courthouse