I filed the following Freedom of Information Act request with the City of Crystal Lake:
“Under the FOIA I request all documents concerning HealthBridge within the last year.”
In reply, the city’s FOIA Officer Nick Hammonds wrote:
Pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, the original due date for a response by the City to Your Request is July 30, 2025.
1. Extension of Time to Respond
Pursuant to Section 3(e) of the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, 5 ILCS 140/3(e), the City hereby notifies you that the time to respond to Your Request is extended for five (5) Business Days as to all records identified in Section II below (the “Specified Records”).
Accordingly, the City will respond to Your Request as it relates to the Specified Records on or before August 6, 2025, a date that is not more than 10 Business Days after the date on which Your Request was originally received by the City.
2. Justification for Extension
This extension is necessary because:
The Specified Records have not been located in the course of routine search and additional efforts are being made to locate them; and,
The Specified Records require examination and evaluation by personnel having the necessary expertise and discretion to determine if they are exempt from disclosure under Sections 7 or 7.5 of the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, 5 ILCS 140/7 and 5 ILCS 140/7.5, or should be disclosed only with appropriate deletions.
Dated: 07/30/2025
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Considering Crystal Lake Park District Director Jason Herbster emailed me that the Park District is no longer considering the purchase of HealthBridge, City Council purchase of the complex seems to remain.
That is fine with me, a Lakewood resident.
And, just as Crystal Lake charges for non-residents to use the old Vulcan gravel pit (Three Oaks Recreation Area), I’m find with its charging non-residents to use whatever HealthBridge turns out to be under city ownership.
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