County
Board votes to buy bank property for additional space
[OCT.
31, 2000]
The
Logan County Board, in two separate motions, voted unanimously Monday night to
purchase the Union Planters Bank building at the corner of Pulaski and McLean
streets.
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The
$99,000 purchase price represents 22 percent of the current market value of
$455,010 and 16 percent of the last selling price of $615,926.89 in June of
1997, according to Rod White, chairman of the Finance Committee.
Dick
Hurley, chairman of the Building and Grounds Committee, worked with
representatives of Union Planters’ management in order to finalize
arrangements.
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The
board had made an initial proposal of $75,000 to the bank and was given the
counter offer of $99,000 to purchase the bank "as is."
Hurley
told board members that a survey of the building did not reveal any structural
problems or any major maintenance problems with the existing equipment.
The
second vote taken by the board was to transfer $70,000 of unused contingency
funds to the building and grounds budget in order to make necessary arrangements
to open the building.
The
board for some time has been exploring different solutions to a growing space
shortage in order to accommodate services of various county functions, including
space for the coroner's office.
The
property also has drive-up windows that would allow the public easier access in
order to pay various fees.
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article]
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The
vaults would be used to provide a secure location for records generated and
money that would be collected.
White
estimated that the 5,000-square-foot structure, with 2,500 square feet upstairs
and 2,500 square feet downstairs, would probably cost in the area of $10,000 to
$14,000 per year for maintenance. Since records aren't currently available for
past utility bills, the estimate was based on similar buildings and their
maintenance costs.
The
property also contains a parking lot that is in good condition, according to
Hurley, and would accommodate 27 off-street parking spaces.
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In
the past the board has been confronted with inadequate parking for the public
and employees, and this purchase would also help alleviate that problem, said
other board members during the discussion session.
The board's
next job, according to member Doug Dutz, is to determine which offices will be
housed in the building and who will occupy the space made available by those
moves.
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Campaign
rally announced
[OCT.
30, 2000]
Vice
presidential candidate Dick Cheney and the rest of the Illinois
Republican team will be at the Gateway Building at the Peoria River
Front tomorrow evening for a campaign rally. The Gateway Building is
located at 200 NE Water St. The gates open at 4 p.m. Please call
(217) 862-1000 if you have questions, or go to www.georgewbush.com.
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School
buildings declared eligible for nomination to National Register of Historical
Places
[OCT.
30, 2000]
The
Central and Lincoln Junior High School buildings have been accepted for
nomination to the National Register of Historic Places, according to information
sent by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency to the Save Our Schools
Citizens’ Committee.
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Tracey
A. Sculle, Assistant National Register Coordinator in Illinois, reported that
both buildings "would make good candidates for listing in the National
Register of Historic Places," which is the official list of cultural
resources worthy of preservation.
The
criterion Sculle references in of support eligibility are the buildings’
contribution to the educational development of the community of Lincoln and the
growth of the local school system.
The
schools, however, will be demolished if the District 27 tax referendum on the
Nov. 7 ballot is successful. That referendum states that these buildings will be
bulldozed in order to build two new buildings on the same sites.
The Save Our
Schools Citizens’ Committee supports a NO vote on the referendum, asking
instead that the district renovate the buildings to state-of-the-art educational
facilities as has been successfully accomplished at the Feitshans/Edison School
in Springfield and nearly 500 schools in the Chicago Public Schools system since
1996.
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State
funds are available for renovation of the schools.
"This
national recognition of the value of Central and Lincoln Junior High Schools
should make Lincoln residents think very critically about what will be destroyed
if the Nov. 7 referendum is approved," said R. James Johnson, a
spokesperson for the Save Our Schools group and Professor in Architecture at
Lincoln Land Community College. Johnson assisted with the research documentation
on both buildings used in the determination of their eligibility.
"Saving
the nation’s heritage is a country-wide effort that should be embraced and
cherished, " Johnson stated.
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Save Our Schools Citizens' Committee]
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Notice
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by Fire Department
Open Burning
code for the City of Lincoln
BOCA National
Fire Prevention Code 1996 Chapter 4 City Code Book Fire Regulations Chapter 3
BOCA
F-403.4.3 OPEN
BURNING PROHIBITED: The code official shall prohibit open burning that will
be offensive or objectionable due to smoke or odor emissions when atmospheric
conditions or local circumstances make such fires hazardous. The code official
shall order the extinguishments, by the land owner or the fire department, of
any open burning that creates or adds to a hazardous or objectionable situation.
F-403.5
LOCATION OF OPEN BURNING: Shall not be less than 50 feet from any structure.
F-403.7
ATTENDANCE: Any open burning shall be constantly attended until the fire is
extinguished. A water supply such as buckets of water or a connected and charged
garden hose shall be available for immediate utilization.
CITY CODE BOOK
Chapter 3 Fire regulations
5-3-2 FIRE ON
PAVEMENTS: Fires are not allowed on blacktop streets, alleys or concrete
sidewalks ($25 fine)
5-3-4 BURNING
IN THE CITY: E-1 recreational fires shall contact the Lincoln Fire
Department and notify them of the date and time of the wiener roast. No garbage
shall be burned and burning must be consistent with other laws.
E-2: From
October 2 through May 31 between 7:00 A.M . and 5: 00 P.M. residents are
allowed to burn landscape waste only. (Leaves, trees, tree trimmings, branches,
stumps, brush, weeds, grass, grass and yard trimmings only)
Fines for
violations of the following codes are a minimum of $15 issued by fire crews
handling complaints and illegal fires.
Persons
complaining about fires must sign a complaint with the Fire Department before
extinguishments of legal fires is carried out. No fines will be issued to
persons burning with in the boundaries of the code. The persons burning will be
advised of the signed complaint and asked to extinguish the fire or the Fire
Department will extinguish the fire.
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Landfill
to be open extended hours for leaf disposal
[OCT.
11, 2000]
Beginning
Monday, Oct. 16, the Lincoln City Landfill will be open extended hours to allow
residents to dispose of leaves and yard waste, according to Donnie Osborne,
street superintendent. The landfill will open at 8 a.m. and remain open until 4
p.m. seven days a week, probably until mid-December, he said. Residents may
bring in leaves any way they like —
in bags, boxes or pickup trucks —
but they must take the leaves out of the containers and take the containers back
home with them.
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Public
notice
Filing dates for
nomination petitions for city offices
[OCT.
10, 2000]
The
office of the city clerk in Lincoln will be open for filing petitions for
nomination for the Feb. 27, 2001, consolidated primary election, with petitions
accepted from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the following dates: Dec. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
and 18.
Petitions
will be accepted for the following city offices:
- Mayor
- City treasurer
- City clerk
- Alderman Ward 1
- Alderman Ward 2
- Alderman Ward 3
- Alderman Ward 4
-
Alderman
Ward 5
No
petitions will be accepted before 9 a.m. or after 5 p.m.
[Juanita
Josserand, city clerk]
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Notice
to absentee voters
[OCT.
9, 2000]
Registered
voters expecting to be absent from the county on the Nov. 7 election day may
vote in person at the Logan County Clerk’s Office, second floor, Courthouse,
Room 20, Lincoln, from now until Nov. 6.
Registered
voters expecting to be absent from the county on election day or those who are
permanently disabled or incapacitated may now make application by mail to vote
absentee. Applications will be received by the county clerk until Nov. 2. No
ballots will be sent by mail after Nov. 2, as provided by law.
Sally
J. Litterly
Logan
County Clerk
Election
Authority
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