Use of Champaign car wash causes a stir in Homer | News

HOMER — Where Homer’s police squad car will get a bath has prompted a stir, and Village President Jeremy Richards reported he desires to obvious the air.

Making it possible for Homer’s law enforcement cruiser to be operate through a car wash in Champaign has prompted remarks accusing the village of not supporting a community small business that opened earlier this year, Happ-y Daze Glow car wash, Richards mentioned.

Ahead of the village had a car wash of its very own, Homer Police Chief John Rouse would operate the cruiser as a result of a car clean in Champaign when it was pushed to Urbana for court docket appearances, Richards claimed.

If he experienced his way, Richards claimed, the squad car would now be washed at Happ-y Daze, but the village board opted last month to go on to allow for the aged arrangement to carry on — with the stipulation that the Homer car wash be utilized as substantially as achievable.

A spate of reviews on Fb arose after Happ-y Daze operator Don Happ complained at a village board assembly Monday, according to Richards. He stated Happ was also unhappy with a village board member’s characterization of the new car clean as just a stress washer.

Here’s wherever the situation stands now: Richards mentioned he’ll move to strike the yearly move ordered for the car wash in Champaign from the spending budget in the future fiscal calendar year.

“We want to aid our local companies as a lot as possible,” he explained.

He also pointed out that the village is previously supporting the new car clean with $20,000 per year from a tax increment funding district.