Announcements

B-and-B ordinance to go to council

[MARCH 29, 2001]  The questions have been answered, and the ordinance regulating bed-and-breakfast establishments in Lincoln will be on the agenda at next Monday’s City Council meeting, where it will come up for a final vote.

"What I want is an ordinance that will be user-friendly and accepted by everyone. I want to see this passed," said Glenn Shelton, chairman of the ordinance committee. The committee met before the council’s work session on Tuesday to iron out the remaining problems and send the ordinance to the full council.

If approved, the ordinance will exempt bed and breakfasts from having to meet off-street parking requirements of one parking space for every sleeping room. One of the homes being considered for a bed and breakfast is on a corner lot and would not be able to provide the required parking spaces, Shelton said.

An appeals process was also added to the ordinance, allowing potential bed-and-breakfast owners to go before the council if the building code enforcement office turns down their applications.

The committee also agreed to amend the city code to make a bed-and-breakfast establishment a permitted use in an R-2 (residential) district.

 

City Attorney Jonathan Wright told the committee that according to state statutes only two people may sleep in one room, no matter how many beds the room has. This would mean a couple with a child could not allow the child to share their room. However, he added, most bed and breakfasts are intended for couples, not for families.

At its work session, the council heard a request from Paul Smith, owner of T-N-T Truck Repair Service, 1760 W. Fifth St., to be included in the city’s enterprise zone. Smith repairs tractors, trucks and semi-trailers and is planning to install a state truck inspection lane. The inspection lane will require about $240,000 worth of computerized equipment which will be used to weigh vehicles, check the braking distances and check the wheel alignments for up to eight axles.

Smith’s business is adjacent to and across the street from an enterprise zone, according to Robert Menzes, Logan County regional planning commissioner, and Smith wants the zone extended to include his repair shop. Inclusion in an enterprise zone provides tax relief for a business.

 

Alderman William Melton said he was glad to see this type of business coming to Lincoln, noting that state inspections have never been available in Logan County. Smith currently provides federal inspections, but commercial vehicles must go out of Logan County for state inspections.

 

 

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Menzes said that Smith has letters of support from farmers and businesses in the community and from Lincoln Street Superintendent Donnie Osborne. Smith has three employees now and plans to add two or three more when he opens the state inspection line.

Smith must go before both the Logan County Plan Commission and the Lincoln Plan Commission and must have his request approved by both the County Board and the City Council.

Chief Ken Ebelherr of the Lincoln Fire Department reported that the bids have been opened on the department’s new rescue-pumper and that Pierce of Appleton, Wis., has made the best offer.

"They gave us the firetruck we asked for," he said, and the firm can have the truck built 6 1/2 to 7 1/2 months after the paperwork is finished.

Pierce quoted a price of $255,095 but will allow up to $5,700 in deductions if the department pays for the truck as it is being built. This will be possible, Ebelherr said, because the department already has a fund of $238,000 for equipment purchases, and he expects the council to add another $70,000 to the fund at the beginning of the fiscal year in May.

 

"We have the money now because we began putting it away several years ago," Ebelherr said. "We have a yearly set-aside fund of $70,000 which we use for the specific purpose of purchasing apparatus."

Along with the pre-pay discount, the Pierce company will give the fire department a guaranteed trade-in value for two vehicles, a pumper and a rescue vehicle, which the new truck will replace. He said the company will assist the fire department with trying to sell the old trucks, and if they cannot be sold will accept them on a trade-in.

"When we factor in the trade-in and the deductions, Pierce offered us the best total package," Ebelherr told the council. The council will vote on the purchase at its regular meeting April 2.

[Joan Crabb]

 

Proposed new subdivision
would add affordable housing

[MARCH 28, 2001]  A plan for a 16-lot subdivision that would add affordable homes to Lincoln’s housing mix would be a "win-win" situation for everyone, according to developer Rodney White.

It would provide home lots for under $10,000 and homes for $80,000 to $100,000, give work to local builders, add $1.5 million worth of new real estate within the city, benefit the local economy and school districts, and provide for expansion within the city limits in the future, White said.

 

In return, White would like the city to upgrade Sherman Street, which the 16 new homes would face, widening the street and adding curbs and gutters from the 900 to the 1200 block, sometime within the next three to four years. Cost of the street upgrade would be about $230,000, according to Street Superintendent Donnie Osborne.

White made his proposal Monday night to members of the streets and alleys and sewers and drainage committees of the council, asking for some kind of commitment before putting in the rest of the infrastructure. A sewer line runs along Sherman Street, but White will have to put in a water line and provide gas, electrical and telephone service.

Although the streets and sewer committees cannot formally guarantee a commitment to White at this time, the consensus of the eight council members present appeared to be favorable.

Alderman Gerald Dehner asked if upgrading Sherman Street was on the list of priorities the city has for its street improvement program. Alderman George Mitchell, chairman of the streets and alleys committee, said putting the upgrade on the schedule three or four years down the road would not be a problem. Osborne agreed that "work is warranted on Sherman Street. We were looking to make some improvements on it anyway."

 

White noted that he is not asking the city to upgrade Sherman Street until most of the 16 lots have been sold.

City Attorney Jonathan Wright pointed out that before any formal steps can be taken, the plan commission must approve the plat. Other requirements include a public hearing and a vote by the full council.

However, as an initial step, aldermen directed Wright to "put language together" to deal with the financial aspects of the agreement so they could study the plan, particularly the money issues.

White’s proposal for 16 lots is phase one of a possible subdivision between Burlington and Sherman streets on Lincoln’s east side, in the same location as the East Park subdivision proposed in 1997 by Steve Bock. That subdivision was finally approved by the council but was never developed. The original plan called for 57 homes, but White emphasized that at this time he is planning to develop only the first 16 lots. He also noted that, unlike the previous developer, he is not planning for any multi-family housing.

 

 

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White submitted a packet to the council, outlining his plan and including the plat of the former East Park subdivision. The packet also included letters of recommendation from Fred Plesé, superintendent of Lincoln Community High School; Cindy Olmstead, director of Lincolnland Technical Education Center; Robert Kidd, superintendent of Elementary School District 27; Mark Smith, director of economic development; Norman Newhouse of Mitchell-Newhouse Lumber Co.; and Rod Greathouse of Alexander Lumber Co.

White said he intended to use all local builders and all local materials so the money will stay in the community. Several local builders have asked him if lots would become available, he added.

He also said he would donate one lot to the Lincoln Community High School vocational program so students in the building trades program could build a home on it for next year’s project. Plese, who attended the meeting, said the school district would be interested in purchasing at least two more lots for future building projects. He said building lots, especially lots close to the school, are becoming hard to find.

 

Another lot will be dedicated for a roadway in case the rest of the subdivision is developed in future, White said. He also said that he has been approached by Lincoln Christian College about running a water line through his property. If the college decides to locate the line on his property, he will allow them to do so free of charge.

White said he wants to make his subdivision plan "create positive growth and benefit all who participate, but everybody needs to be on the same team."

"I think it’s an excellent plan. I don’t know of anybody on the council who is outright against this," Mitchell said.

White, a farmer and a longtime member of the Logan County Board and chairman of the board’s finance committee, lives in New Holland. He said he and his wife, Paula, have owned the Lincoln property for about a year.

[Joan Crabb]

Census reveals ups and downs

[MARCH 27, 2001]  The population of Lincoln is down by 49 people, and Alderman Glenn Shelton is sorry he said it wasn’t so. Alderman Michael Montcalm, on the other hand, is sorry Shelton wasn’t right.

"Several months ago, I spoke out against a statement made by Alderman Montcalm," Shelton told the council Monday night. "I thought it was true, and I owe him an apology. He said the population of Lincoln was going down, and I said that was not so. I was wrong. He was right."

Montcalm, however, didn’t want an apology. Instead, he said he wished he had been wrong and Shelton had been right.

According to the latest census figures, the population of the city dropped from 15,419 to 15,369. While this is not a large drop, it will lower revenue the city receives based on population.

Revenues received on a per capita basis include motor fuel tax funds, income tax receipts from the state, the state use tax collected on purchases of personal property from out-of-state retailers, and the local share of the photo processing sales tax, according to City Clerk Juanita Josserand.

Josserand estimated that the city will lose a little less than $2,000 in motor fuel tax funds, which are used for road repairs, and more than $3,000 from state income tax receipts.

 

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"It won’t make a major impact on us, but that money could pay a couple of bills," she said. "Every time people move out of town, it does affect our revenue."

For example, if state income tax receipts are refunded at $78.50 per person, as they are in 2001, with a population of 15,418 the city would have received $1,210,313. The same refund with a population of 15,369 will bring $1,206,466.50, or $3,846.50 less in revenue. The same principle applies to all other receipts based on population, Josserand pointed out.

"It’s everybody’s business how many people live in Lincoln," she said.

Although population is down in Lincoln, census figures for Logan County show an increase of 385 people, from 30,798 to 31,183 in the year 2000. The county also receives some revenue based on population of the unincorporated areas, including the state use tax and state income tax receipts, according to Treasurer Mary Ellen Bruns.

[Joan Crabb]

Elkhart’s making their future happen

[MARCH 26, 2001]  The residents of Elkhart do not want to just wait and see how their town will progress in the next five, 10 or 50 years. The residents prefer to shape their town’s future. They invited the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs (IIRA) of Western Illinois University to guide them along their journey.

Western Illinois University developed the IIRA to serve as an "ongoing source of information, research, education, and technical assistants regarding a variety of issues affecting the future well-being of rural Illinois." The institute has several divisions: The Rural Transit Assistance Center, The Small Business Assistance Center, The Rural Economic Technical Assistance Center, The Business & Industry Data/GIS Center, The Center for Competitive Government, and Mapping the Future of Your Community.

 


[Elkhart’s four high-priority goals center around population, K-12 education, business environment and community.]


[Mayor Eldridge expects that this MAPPING process will yield community-improving projects for the next three to five years, at least.]

Elkhart Mayor Dayle Eldridge contacted the MAPPING branch of IIRA. MAPPING stands for Management And Planning Projects Involving Nonmetropolitan Groups. Eldridge said that since becoming mayor, she has noticed a growing interest among residents to improve and expand their community.

The mayor thought of two community-improvement resources: hired planners and IIRA’s MAPPING. She did not like the idea of hiring a planner. Besides the great expense, planners come in, give suggestions and leave. Eldridge was concerned that this approach would not spur a lot of community involvement and willingness to work.

Eldridge had heard of MAPPING through her job at Healthy Communities Partnership, and she appreciated the program’s methods. MAPPING representatives facilitate town-planning sessions, but residents plan and execute their own project suggestions. Eldridge commented that the town may hire planners later for individual projects, but long after the community has already begun to work.

 

MAPPING "enhances local decision making processes by providing accurate information, effective forums for public dialogue and problem solving, and knowledge of innovative practices that are consistent with a community’s vision for growth and change." The whole planning process takes 12 to 16 weeks. Even after the planning is completed, MAPPING representatives still help communities by connecting them to the resources they need for their projects.

 

 

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[MAPPING process map - Click to enlarge]

Thursday, March 22, was the third of the visioning sessions. It began with a PowerPoint presentation on Elkhart, but the bulk of the meeting was brainstorming. The attendees broke into four different planning groups—one for each of the town’s four high-priority goals. Every 20 minutes, the groups rotated to a new goal. They brainstormed brand-new ideas and projects or enhanced previously suggested projects. At the end of the goal rotation, the groups were dissolved, and the entire body worked on consolidating and prioritizing projects. Different individuals volunteered to focus on specific projects.

Elkhart’s four high-priority goals are to "Increase the Population," "Maintain & Continue Developing K-12 Education," "Strengthen & Sustain the Business Environment," and "Develop & Sustain a Highly Competitive, Convenient Community."

 

The next session, called Action Planning, will be Thursday, April 5, from 8 a.m. to noon. Committees concerned with individual projects will plan to present their ideas at the Town Meeting. They will also decide on the time, location and format of the community meeting. During the Town Meeting, committees of resident planners will unveil their high-priority goals and project ideas to the entire community.

Mayor Eldridge expects that this MAPPING process will yield community-improving projects for the next three to five years, at least.

Although IIRA’s fee is not as great as an independent planner’s fee, there is still a cost. Mayor Eldridge would like to thank the following Logan County businesses and organizations for donating the funds to pay for Elkhart’s MAPPING project: Corn Belt Energy, Needs and Goals, Illini Bank, CCA Online, Welch’s Agri-Business, Blue Moon, Myers Rabin & Hanken Association, Gwen Rosenfeld, Elkhart Christian Church, Lincoln Christian College, Elkhart Public Library, Talk of the Town, Davis Truck Services Inc., Elkhart Grain, STS Consultants, Village of Elkhart, Elkhart Homecoming Association, and Johnson & Johnson.

If you are from a small rural town in Illinois, and are interested in learning more about MAPPING, contact Nancy Richman or Steven Kline at (309) 298-2237 or (800) 526-9943. They have served communities of 300 residents to towns with over 15,000 residents.

[Jean Ann Carnley]

[MAPPING process map - Click to enlarge]

ESDA prepares for
potential biohazard disasters

[MARCH 24, 2001]  Nobody wants to think it can happen here. But if it does, we need to be prepared.

The newest threat to the safety of average, everyday Americans is terrorism, more specifically bio-terrorism, according to state and federal preparedness agencies, and local groups like Logan County Emergency Services and Disaster Agency (ESDA) are working on plans to cope with it.

The threat of terrorism was one of the topics discussed at the March 21 meeting of the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC), an organization of which ESDA is a member. LEPC is a group that will serve as liaisons to spearhead a community response to any incident involving hazardous materials, including an incident of bio-terrorism. Every county nationwide is required to have an LEPC.

Dan Fulscher, ESDA chairman, pointed out that terrorists are not always from other nations, but can be groups from within the United States "that have established goals to do something destructive to prove a political point." Examples are the Americans responsible for the April 19, 1995, bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City or the so-called "eco-terrorists" who destroy expensive new homes and building equipment to protest destruction of the environment.

"Before Oklahoma City these acts would have been looked [at] as criminal acts, but now they are seen as more of a political statement," Fulscher said.

After the Oklahoma City bombing, the federal government realized it was essential to develop a plan and train local emergency response groups to respond to weapons of mass destruction, Fulscher explained.

"They went into big cities first, 27 metropolitan areas. They trained big-city fire departments. Now it’s trickling down to smaller areas. The closest bio-terrorist response unit we have now is the Chicago or St. Louis Fire Department. However, the state of Illinois, with the Department of Public Health, is working to establish three response units in the state, but the plan is still in its infancy."

State agencies that oversee ESDA and LEPC want these local agencies to add a response to bio-terrorism to their planning, according to Terry Storer, assistant ESDA director, and that is the new project for the Lincoln ESDA this year. Bio-terrorism is the use of either chemical or biological agents to create physical and economic harm in a community.

At a recent eight-hour training session on hazardous materials presented for firefighters, health department representatives and ESDA volunteers, one hour of the class was devoted to a response to bio-terrorism, Storer said. A refresher class given by ESDA to the Lincoln Rural Fire Department also included a unit on bio-terrorism. Other projects for teaching the community to respond to this threat are in the planning stages.

 

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"A lot of the response to a chemical spill is the same as the response to bio-terrorism," Storer pointed out, "but with a chemical spill, you know what substance you have to clean up and who spilled it. With an act of bio-terrorism, you have to find out what you are dealing with first. Also, the equipment to deal with bio-terrorism is expensive. A protective suit can cost as much as $5,000 to $6,000."

Storer also said that a great deal needs to be learned about protecting children. "Bio-terrorism planning now is not geared to pediatrics. The anthrax vaccine has never been tested on children, and some of the antibiotics used are contraindicated for children. A lot of research needs to be done."

The Logan County LEPC also elected delegates and officers at its March 21 meeting. The delegate from a local environmental group is Jerry Johnson, with Warren Wendland as the pre-designated alternate. Law enforcement delegate is Police Chief Richard Ludolph, with Harley Mullins as alternate. Local government ESDA delegate is Dan Fulscher, with Terry Storer as alternate; hospital representative is Barb Kline, with Sally Gosda as alternate. Transportation delegate is Kathy Dale, with Brian Hinds alternate, and fire-fighting delegate is Mike Patridge, with Fire Chief Ken Ebelherr alternate. Broadcast/print/electronic media delegate is Jan Youngquist, with Joan Crabb as alternate, and First Aid/EMS delegate is Tawney Forehand, with Tom Martin alternate. Community groups delegate is Don Begolka, with Mary Elston alternate; health delegate is Kathy Waldo, with Lloyd Evans alternate; and industry representative delegate is Celeste Rogers, with Sheila Nelson alternate. Pending his agreement, Lincoln Alderman William Melton will be the delegate for state and local officials, with Mayor Bill Martin of Atlanta alternate.

LEPC committee appointments are Dan Fulscher, community awareness; Celeste Rogers, community resources; Kathy Waldo, health services; Tawney Forehand and Barb Kline, response and preparedness; Mike Patridge, training; and Dan Fulscher and all committee chairmen, hazard analysis.

Officers for the coming year are Dan Fulscher, chairman, serving his second year of a two-year term; Barb Kline, vice chairman; and Terry Storer, secretary.

[Joan Crabb]

Looking for Lincoln group hears reports

Thanks to volunteers, Postville site is open on five days each week

[MARCH 22, 2001]  Thressia Usherwood reported to the local Looking for Lincoln committee on Wednesday, March 21, that there is a state meeting scheduled with the executive director on March 28. The committees will discuss the use of the new website and the need to request additional funding.

Shirley Bartelmay, chairman of the Postville volunteers, reported that Richard Schachtsiek, site manager, has involved the volunteers, and the Postville Courthouse is now open on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in addition to Saturday and Sunday. It is expected that the number of visitors to the Postville site will increase when the warm weather arrives. Local residents are encouraged to visit the courthouse and learn more about Lincoln history. The Postville Cluster is also seeking signage for the courthouse and the Lincoln well across from the courthouse.

The Downtown Cluster, chairmaned by Wendy Bell, is organized to promote the downtown as a historic area, giving tourists the opportunity to walk where Lincoln walked and acting as a link between Postville Courthouse and Lincoln College. The group is looking for funding to produce a brochure listing areas to visit and tours that will be offered. Plans are being made to print Lincoln postcards and sell other souvenir items.

 

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The Elkhart Historic Society is making plans for a chautauqua in Elkhart on Saturday, May 5, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Gillette Ransom reported that there will be bluegrass music, and Fritz Kline and other re-enactors will be there on horseback with a cavalry escort. In addition, plans are being made to have a Lincoln look-alike contest. The society will advertise for Elkhart on Saturday, May 5, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Gillette Ransom reported that there will be bluegrass music, and Fritz Kline and other re-enactors will be there on horseback with a cavalry escort. In addition, plans are being made to have a Lincoln look-alike contest. The society will advertise and seek contestants to participate in the contest.

The next meeting of the Looking for Lincoln committee will be Tuesday, April 24, at 7 p.m. in the Union Planters Conference Room.

[Kathleen McCullough]

CCA Wireless Internet service
takes giant step up

[MARCH 22, 2001]  You might think it’s the springlike weather that is driving the completion of Lincoln’s newest tower, but you would be in error in that thinking. Computer Consulting Associates owners Jim Youngquist and Curt Schleich of have awaited the arrival of this day for nearly two years now, and it couldn’t have come any sooner. "I can hardly believe the tower will finally be up," said Youngquist.

Schleich, who manages the CCAonline Internet services for Computer Consulting, realized the need for an improved means to provide better quality high-speed Internet access. Without the use of big-company equipment, area telephone lines cannot support DSL or cable modems that are used by other, larger communities. The only other option left was wireless.

CCA investigated "getting an antenna into the air using downtown buildings or current towers," says Schleich, but those choices proved to be either quality- or cost-prohibitive, or lacked a place for nearby equipment storage. It was soon recognized that a tower was the only option.

CCA found a company that has been building towers since 1949. Seims Welding of Danforth drew up the plans, and a Chicago engineer approved them. Ground core samples were taken to judge for stability capability for the 140-foot tower. In the meantime CCA gained approval from the city to erect the tower as one of several tower sites under the city’s new Telecommunications Tower Ordinance.

 

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The CCA tower is open to adding other antennas for other businesses. At this time the tower will sport two antennas. One will be for CCA Wireless, and another for Illinois Signal Paging is scheduled to go up later.

Schleich is excited about bringing this new technology to Lincoln. He could not say just how many users one antenna will support for the new wireless Internet service. As with their online business, he plans to "upgrade as necessary to maintain a high quality of service."

When asked about what this project has cost besides a lot of patience and planning, Schleich responds, "By the time we’re all done it will have cost between $20,000 and $25,000."

For more information about wireless technology you can log on to www.ccaonline.com. Schleich says you can also find cost and sign-up information there. So far there are about 70 sign-ups on the waiting list. The sign-ups will be notified via e-mail when service has been initialized. Then "sign-ups will be contacted in turn for site evaluation and equipment setup," he says.

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April 3 election notices

From the Logan County Clerk's Office

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ON APRIL 3, 2001 AT THE FOLLOWING POLLING PLACES:

Precinct

Lake Fork No. 1 

Lake Fork Township Hall, 260-200th Ave., Mt. Pulaski, IL

Laenna No. 1 

Latham Firehouse, Latham, IL

Aetna No. 1 

Chestnut Firehouse, Chestnut, IL

Oran No. 1 

Beason Firehouse, Beason, IL

Atlanta No. 1 

Atlanta Firehouse, 205 South East Vine St., Atlanta, IL

Atlanta No. 2 

Atlanta Township Office, 301 Arch St., Atlanta, IL

Atlanta No. 3 

Atlanta City Hall, 107 North East First St., Atlanta, IL

Mt. Pulaski No. 1 

American Legion Home, 104 Scroggin Ave., Mt. Pulaski, IL

Mt. Pulaski No. 2 

American Legion Home, 104 Scroggin Ave., Mt. Pulaski, IL

Mt. Pulaski No. 3 

Lake Fork Community Center, Lake Fork, IL

Mt. Pulaski No. 4 

American Legion Home, 104 Scroggin Ave., Mt. Pulaski, IL

Chester No. 1 

Chester Township Hall, 1197 1450th Ave., Lincoln, IL

East Lincoln No. 1 

Senior Citizens Center, 501 Pulaski St., Lincoln, IL

East Lincoln No. 2 

First United Presbyterian Church, 301 Pekin St., Lincoln, IL

East Lincoln No. 3*

 *Faith Assembly of God Church, 1225 Nicholson Rd., Lincoln, IL 

East Lincoln No. 4 

Elkins Garage, 211 N. Main, Lawndale, IL

East Lincoln No. 5 

Masonic Temple, 2022 N. Kickapoo St., Lincoln, IL

East Lincoln No. 6 

James Johnson Garage, 503 N. Sherman St., Lincoln, IL

East Lincoln No. 7 

Lincoln Christian Fellowship Ctr., 211 N. Hamilton, Lincoln, IL

East Lincoln No. 8* 

*Friendship Manor, 925 Primm Road, Lincoln, IL

East Lincoln No. 9 

Lincoln Christian College Chapel, 100 Campus View, Lincoln, IL

East Lincoln No. 10* 

*Faith Assembly of God Church, 1225 Nicholson Rd., Lincoln, IL

East Lincoln No. 11 

New Wine Fellowship, 1500 N. McLean, Lincoln, IL

East Lincoln No. 12 

Faith Lutheran Church, 2320 N. Kickapoo St., Lincoln, IL

Eminence No. 1 

Eminence Township Hall, 1450 2400th St., Atlanta, IL

Elkhart No. 1 

Elkhart Town Hall, 109 N. Bogardus, Elkhart, IL

Elkhart No. 2 

Cornland Firehouse, Cornland, IL

Broadwell No. 1 

Broadwell Town Hall, Broadwell, IL

West Lincoln No. 1 

Carroll Catholic School, 111 Fourth St., Lincoln, IL

West Lincoln No. 2 

Carroll Catholic School, 111 Fourth St., Lincoln, IL

West Lincoln No. 3 

Northwest School Gym, 506 Eleventh St., Lincoln, IL

West Lincoln No. 4 

Lincoln Rural Firehouse, 912 Woodlawn Road, Lincoln, IL

West Lincoln No. 5 

Northwest School Gym, 506 Eleventh St., Lincoln, IL

West Lincoln No. 6* 

*West Lincoln Township Shed, 651 Stringer, Lincoln, IL

West Lincoln No. 7 

West Lincoln-Broadwell School, 2695 Woodlawn Rd., Lincoln, IL

West Lincoln No. 8 

St. John's United Church of Christ, 204 Seventh St., Lincoln, IL

West Lincoln No. 9 

Logan County Housing Authority, 1028 N. College, Lincoln, IL

West Lincoln No. 10 

Lincoln Rural Firehouse, 912 Woodlawn Road, Lincoln, IL

Orvil No. 1 

Emden Village Hall, Emden, IL

Orvil No. 2 

Hartsburg Firehouse, Hartsburg, IL

Hurlbut No. 1 

Hurlbut Township Shed, Elkhart, IL

Corwin No. 1 

Corwin Township Hall, 100 N. Monroe, Middletown. IL

Sheridan No. 1 

New Holland Village Hall, New Holland, IL

Prairie Creek No. 1 

Blair Hoerbert's Garage, 2506 100th Ave., San Jose, IL

*Denotes polling place change

IN THE COUNTY OF LOGAN, STATE OF ILLINOIS AN ELECTION WILL BE HELD FOR:

MUNICIPAL OFFICERS: Mayor/President, Clerk, Treasurer, Alderman/Trustees of the following municipalities:

Elkhart, Broadwell, Lincoln, Mt. Pulaski, Atlanta, San Jose, Emden, Hartsburg, Latham, Middletown, and New Holland

TOWNSHIP OFFICERS: Supervisor, Clerk, Assessor/Multi-Township Assessor, Highway Commissioner, Trustees of the following townships:

Lake Fork, Laenna, Aetna, Oran, Atlanta, Mt. Pulaski, Chester, East Lincoln, Eminence, Elkhart, Broadwell, West Lincoln, Orvil, Hurlbut, Corwin, Sheridan, and Prairie Creek 

PARK DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS: for the following districts:

Emden, Chestnut-Beason, Atlanta, Armington, Mt. Pulaski, Lincoln, and San Jose

LIBRARY DISTRICTS: for the following districts:

Elkhart, Barclay, Mt. Pulaski, Ayer, Lincoln, and Atlanta

EDUCATION OFFICERS: for the following districts:

Regional Board of School Trustees for Macon and Piatt; Dewitt, Livingston, McLean; Logan, Mason, Menard; Sangamon; Tazewell. School Board Members and Community College Board Trustees of the following districts: Olympia School District #16, Hartsburg-Emden School District #21, Mt. Pulaski CUSD #23, Clinton School District #15, Williamsville School District #15, Illini Central CUSD #189, Greenview School District #200, Athens School District #404, Delavan School District #703, Lincoln Grade School District #27, Chester-East Lincoln School District #61, New Holland-Middletown School District #88, West Lincoln-Broadwell District #92, Warrensburg-Latham School District #11, Illinois Central Community College #514, Lincoln Land Community College, Richland Community College #537, Heartland Community College #540

FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT TRUSTEES: for the following district:

Mt. Pulaski Rural Fire Department

REFERENDA: for the County of Logan and Williamsville School District #15

THE POLLS OF SAID ELECTION WILL BE OPENED AT SIX O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, AND CLOSE AT SEVEN O'CLOCK OF THAT DAY.

DATED: March 4, 2001

Sally J. Litterly
Election Authority

LOGAN COUNTY, ILLINOIS

SHALL LOGAN COUNTY BE DIVIDED INTO DISTRICTS EQUAL IN POPULATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF ELECTING COUNTY BOARD MEMBERS TO SERVE ON THE LOGAN COUNTY BOARD COMMENCING IN THE YEAR 2002?

Yes 293 à

No 294 à

WILLIAMSVILLE COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT #15

PROPOSITION TO ISSUE $7,800,000 SCHOOL BUILDING BONDS

SHALL THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF WILLIAMSVILLE COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER 15, SANGAMON, LOGAN, AND MENARD COUNTIES, ILLINOIS, BUILD AND EQUIP ADDITIONS TO AND IMPROVE THE SITES OF THE SHERMAN ELEMENTARY AND WILLIAMSVILLE JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL BUILDINGS, ALTER, REPAIR, AND EQUIP ALL SCHOOL BUILDINGS OF SAID DISTRICT AND ISSUE BONDS OF SAID SCHOOL DISTRICT TO THE AMOUNT OF $7,800,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COSTS THEREOF?

WILLIAMSVILLE COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER 15, SANGAMON, LOGAN, AND MENARD COUNTIES, ILLINOIS, HAS RECEIVED A GRANT ENTITLEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,277,703 FROM THE ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION PURSUANT TO THE SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION LAW FOR THE SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT TO BE FINANCED IN PART WITH PROCEEDS OF THE BONDS.

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No 231 à

ABSENTEE NOTICE

FOR CONSOLIDATED ELECTION

(April 3, 2001)

Registered voters expecting to be absent from the county on the April 3, 2001 Consolidated Election may now vote in person at the Logan County Clerk’s Office, 2nd floor Courthouse, Room 20, Lincoln, Illinois from now until April 2, 2001.

Registered voters expecting to be absent from the county on election day or those who are permanently disabled to incapacitated, may now make application by mail to vote absentee. Applications will be received by the County Clerk until March 29, 2001. No ballots will be sent by mail after March 29, 2001 as provided by law.

Sally J. Litterly
Logan County Clerk

NOTICE

The polling place for East Lincoln #3 and East Lincoln #10 has been moved to Faith Assembly of God Church located at 1225 Nicholson Road, Lincoln, IL.

Sally J. Litterly
Logan County Clerk

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