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Art
appreciation
There seemed to be a lot of company in
town this past weekend looking around at the new artwork created
throughout downtown, Alderman Jonie Tibbs said. The artists were
impressed with our town and really felt at home here. They liked the
way we take care of our downtown, she said.
Adam May coordinated the event. He and
a lot of volunteers did a great job, Tibbs said.
Stop sign
requests
Richard Sumrall and Jean Anderson have
requested that additional stop signs be placed at Pekin and McLean
streets.
Another request was made to replace
yield signs at Pekin and Sangamon streets with stop signs. Tibbs
said that the owner of Bode's Welding has witnessed numerous "almosts."
The police chief also confirmed that numerous tickets have been
written on that corner. Alderman Glenn Shelton said that, living on
that street, he has traveled it often, and in his personal
experience many times cars have forced him to have to yield when he
had the right of way.
Police Chief Rich Montcalm will perform
studies of these intersections and make a recommendation to the
council.
Beater
The city will be replacing a 1994
Caprice wagon that has engine problems. The vehicle has 63,000 miles
and is for the city engineer's use.
When it was questioned just how poorly
the car was running, a response was given with chuckles that the
city engineer usually hitches a ride with the streets department
superintendent.
Ward 2
representation
Mayor Beth Davis reported to the board
that she has been unable to find someone to take the seat of 2nd
Ward Alderman Steve Fuhrer, who stepped down recently. She asked the
aldermen to contact her with recommendations. The seat can be filled
in the next election, but it really needs someone sooner if anyone
from that ward is willing to take the position until then. It will
be an unfilled two-year seat.
Alderman Verl Prather serves as the
other 2nd Ward representative. His position opens in the next
election as the standard four-year seat.
Emergency
system gets a run
Alderman Shelton reported as E-911
board liaison that the new telecommunications room is going strong.
The training of the employees is going well. The new trainees are
catching on quickly, he said. They did especially well when we had
our recent blackout. The three-hour power outage began around
midnight. There were a lot of calls from elderly people, and some
people wanted to know if it could be a terrorist event. Some people
were very demanding, asking, "What are you going to do about it?
What is going on?" But the telecommunicators handled that response
very well, the Rev. Shelton said.
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Seniors
Senior Day at the Logan County Fair
will be Friday, Aug. 6. Activities are scheduled from 11:30 a.m.
through 6 p.m. Activities will start with bingo from 11:30 a.m. to 1
p.m. The Possum Holler Pickers will play from 1 to 2:30 p.m., and
there will be music by Ed Clark from 2:30 to 4 p.m.
It's a
doggy dog world
Some cats too. County animal control
liaison Jonie Tibbs said, "June, we're just shining like little
stars out there."
The county is planning to erect a few
signs around public areas because some people have not been "taking
proper control" of their dogs. A wedding in one of the parks had
problems because of the dog waste that had been left. Dog owners
need to be considerate of others who follow them. "There's nothing
to it. Just carry a little plastic bag with you and just take care
of business," Alderman Tibbs said.
City Ordinance 6221 stipulates a fine
of $25 for dog waste on public property.
Contamination control
Midwest Environmental Consulting and
Remediation Service presented a highway authority agreement to city
engineer Mark Mathon. The city will need to pass an additional
ordinance regulating water and soil activity at the service station
property at 511 Keokuk St. The site was found contaminated. Part of
the contamination plume runs under North Kankakee Street adjacent to
the site. The city must restrict groundwater as a potable water
source (no wells), and the city will limit access to the soil under
the right of way.
If anyone
must dig in this area, the former owner, Burwell's, is responsible
for removing contaminated soil.
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