Chicago's blitzkrieg response to last month's four-day heatemergency cost $1.25 million, officials said Monday. Preliminaryestimates include $800,000 spent by the city, $150,000 by the ChicagoHousing Authority and $75,000 by the Chicago Park District. The CTAhas pegged its costs at $100,000. That figure includes the cost ofbuying generators and supplying cooling buses as well as revenueslost when stations had to be left open because fare card readers lostpower. Only expenses directly related to power outages will bebilled to Commonwealth Edison, a city spokeswoman said. In 1995, thecity spent $3.3 million responding to a 10-day heat emergency thatcontributed to the deaths of more than 700 people. Aunt identifiesteen who was found unconscious A 14-year-old boy who apparentlysuffered a severe blow on the head and was brought unconscious to theUniversity of Chicago Hospitals on Aug. 5 was identified Monday. Theboy's aunt spoke to police and hospital officials after seeing theyoung man's picture on television. Police would not identify the boybut said his aunt told authorities she filed a missing person reportover the weekend. The teen was found unconscious in an alley behinda public housing parking lot at 61st and Michigan. He had noidentification and has been unable to talk to hospital workers.Hospital officials said his injuries could not have occurred in afall. Charter school ruling postponed The DuPage County Board'sdevelopment committee may decide next week whether to recommend thatthe Thomas Jefferson Charter School be allowed to open this fall onunincorporated residential property near Itasca. The ruling waspostponed after a presentation and public input session before thecommittee Monday morning. The county zoning board ruled last weekto deny the school's request.
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