Neri Brothers Construction v. Village of Evergreen Park

PRESIDING JUSTICE HOFFMAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal by the plaintiff, Neri Brothers Construction (Neri), from an order of the circuit court of Cook County which confirmed a decision of a hearing officer employed by the Village of Evergreen Park (Village) imposing a fine and assessing remedial costs against Neri pursuant to the Village’s “spiller-pays” ordinance. For the reasons that follow, we affirm in part and reverse in part.

The record reflects that the parties entered into stipulations during the course of the administrative proceedings and, as a consequence, the…