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Two new police officers appointed,
three citizens appointed to various city commissions
[September 04, 2025]
Due to the Labor Day holiday,
the Lincoln City Council hosted its first voting session meeting for
September on Tuesday, September 2nd. Seven of the eight aldermen
were present with Ward 2 alderman David Sanders being absent for the
evening.
After roll call was the Pledge of
Allegiance and an invitation for public participation, of which
there was none. Two new police officers were sworn into duty by city
attorney John Hoblit. Austin O’Donohue and Antonino Dominquez De La
Cruz were welcomed into service to the city by Lincoln Mayor Tracy
Welch, the aldermen, Police Chief Joe Meister and Assistant Police
Chief Matt Comstock.
During the voting portion of the meeting, aldermen approved by
unanimous vote a Resolution for Improvement Under the Illinois
Highway Code, Section No. 09-00094-00-RS for 2009. This goes back to
a discussion held earlier this year in council regarding the state
catching up with paperwork and does not mean the city will have to
pay any additional funds, nor will it receive any additional money
from the state.
The council next approved the bid 2025 Chip and Oil Projects as
proposed by Street Superintendent Walt Landers. Two bids had been
presented for the 2025 projects, one from Illinois Valley Paving and
the second from P.H. Boughton & Sons. The Boughton bid was the
lowest at $337,583.02. Landers recommended the lowest bid and the
council approved by unanimous vote.
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An Economic
Development Grant for facade improvements was awarded to Sam
Redding for the downtown property at 123 N. Kickapoo Street in
the amount of $6,500. The award will go toward the cost of tuck
pointing for the brick storefront.
Three mayoral appointments were
approved. By unanimous vote, Kathie Williams was appointed to the
Economic Development Commission, Richard Hoefle to the city Liquor
Commission and Hannah Meece to the Historic Preservation Commission.
The council approved the recommendation of city treasurer Chuck
Conzo to renew the Certificate of Deposit at United Community Bank
for six months at an interest rate of 4.10 percent.
During announcements, Landers reported
at the 500 block of Broadway Street downtown will be closed off for
sewer work with the reopening date depending upon how long the work
will take.
Mayor Tracy Welch said that the Monarch Youth Center, a juvenile
detention center under the jurisdiction of the Illinois Department
of Juvenile Justice will open this week. There will be an invitation
only event hosted by IDOJJ on Thursday.
Welch also reminded aldermen that the second annual Touch a Truck
will be coming up on September 13th.
With all business concluded, the approximately 12-minute meeting was
called to an end with a motion to adjourn and unanimous consent by
all aldermen present.
The next meeting of the city council will be the Committee of the
Whole meeting held on Tuesday, September 9, 2025, commencing at 6
p.m.
[Nila Smith]
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