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Davis-Kavelman cites her reasons for
getting back into the political ring as a need to help her City work
towards implementing a more efficient, professional, fair, safe, and
quality community for its Citizens.
--City Fiscal stability, including the Employees’ Pension Funds
deficit. Monies need to be tracked better and each Aldermen and
Alderwomen, the Mayor, and City Treasurer will receive a monthly
electronic update of the current budget to utilize in their own
committees, as well as to monitor the City’s spending from month to
month. The City is required to have a balanced budget every
fiscal year, and reinstating this monthly report to the City Council
will allow more efficiency and maximum transparency for everyone.
--With the entire City Council Alderwomen and Aldermen, set up a
ten-year Work Plan to focus on improving more streets, alleys,
sidewalks, and sewer infrastructures each year. This Plan
includes completing the Fifth Street Road Project, of which Beth has
three-decades, in various capacities with both the City Council and
Logan County Board, involvement with the project
since 1996.
--Work on continued grant writing for sewer, streets, and other
important City needs, such as the American Rescue Plan Act grant
funds Beth secured for the City prior to leaving her City
Administrator position in April, 2020.
--Increase Economic Development within our City and projects with
the Logan County Board. Work closely with the Lincoln/Logan County
Tourism Bureau and host more Annual Events and Festivals, such as
the ten-day Lincoln Sesquicentennial (150 years anniversary) held in
2003 where all the County Municipalities were invited to participate
demonstrating their individual
histories and Communities’ attributes within the County. Work on
expanding trade missions and economic growth opportunities for our
City/County. Work closely with the Greater Peoria Economic
Development Council (GPEDC) and the Logan County Board and other
surrounding Cities to increase our commerce to lower our Citizens’
tax base.
--Bring back Honesty, Integrity, and Respect for the Office and our
City Council, and increase the interaction between the City Council
and our Citizens and Business Owners.
--Follow the City Ordinances and work with the Department Heads in
areas requiring clarification and/or improvement; and strictly
follow “Robert’s Rules of Order” in City Council Meetings
--Re-establish the Aldermanic Form of Government, which was
administered fairly and effectively for all the City Council, Staff,
Citizens, and Business Owners During Beth’s administration and for
decades prior. The City Council will have eight (8) Committees, with
each Alderman serving as a Committee Chair, a Vice-Chair, and a
Committee Member of two (2) City Committees.
--Continue working on improving blighted areas within Lincoln and
allow Owners of those Commercial Properties to apply for a Lincoln
Economic Development Grant Commission
(LEDGC) grant of $7,500.00 to assist with the expenses of improving
their buildings’ structures. I created this Grant and its
application and rules while serving as City Administrator in 2020,
and the grant has been working well so far; many Businesses have
improved their properties.
--Ensure a Mayor Pro-tempore change once each year effective the
first day of May – to give all the City Aldermen and Alderwomen a
chance to be appointed to the position.
--Curtail the selective enforcement and decisions by the current
Mayor to expend taxpayers’ monies without a documented City Council
vote of the Aldermen.
In following our City of Lincoln, IL’s Forefathers established
ordinance that the City embrace an Aldermanic Form of Government --
whereby the Aldermen and Alderwomen control the City, and
the Mayor’s duty is to preside over the City Council Meetings and
break a tie vote if required. Let’s bring our City back to a
transparent, open, and friendly body of government where all our
Aldermen and Alderwomen are allowed to utilize their powers as
elected or appointed to their positions, and require full
participation in all City Council meetings, Committee Meetings, and
Workshop Meetings, with full transparency to the Citizens the City
Council represents. Returning to an Aldermanic form of government,
there will be improved responsiveness to the Citizens and decrease
the micro-management/autocratic government style currently in place.
Let’s bring Lincoln back to what it used to be and reinstate pride
for our wonderful City. I am saying this because of my extensive
municipal, state, and federal government experience. I began my
affiliation with City Government:
--Contractual, part-time City Council Recorder in June of 1982 to
Nov. 30, 1998.
--Elected County-wide Logan County Board Member Dec. 1, 1998 to
April, 2001.
--Elected Mayor to the City of Lincoln May 1, 2001 through April 30,
2009.
(Serving the last four and one-half years as a Full-Time Mayor for
$12,000.00/year. Why do you ask I would work under the poverty level
four and-one-half years? Answer: I love my City and believe in its
people and our Community’s potential!)
--Served as City Administrator July 16, 2018 through April 30, 2021.
--Now running for election for Mayor of Lincoln effective May 1,
2025.
MY EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, AND CREDENTIALS:
EDUCATION
State of Illinois, Certified Remote Online Notary (RON) Signing
Agent, March, 2024 to Present
National Notary Association, Certified IL Notary Signing Agent (NSA),
November 3, 2021 to
Present
State of Illinois Certified IL Assessing Officer (CIAO) –Supervisor
of Assessments Designation
John A. Logan College – Carterville, Illinois
Nationally Registered Health Information Technologist (RHIT) (Seven
Domains) – RHIT, #210535
Associate of Applied Science Degree in Health Information Technology
(HIT)
US Dept. of Veterans’ Affairs, Marion, Illinois – Medical and legal
coursework, two medical practicums
Hospital and Southern IL Healthcare, Herrin, IL
Hospital and Southern IL Healthcare Cancer Registrar’s Office,
Cancer Institute, Carterville, IL
JALC Medical Billing and Coding Certificate
Illinois Real Estate Academy, Springfield, Illinois
Former IL Licensed Real Estate Broker, License #475.113083
John A. Logan College – Carterville, Illinois
Associate of Applied Science Degree (two courses remained when the
program ended) in Real-time Judicial Court
Reporting Program, and attained Real-time Captioning Scopist
certificate
University of Illinois at Springfield – Springfield, Illinois
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Legal Studies, Political Studies (minor)
American Bar Association Accredited Legal Assistant, Paralegal
certificate Master of Arts Degree in Public Administration (hours
completed)
Lincoln College – Lincoln, Illinois
Associate of Applied Science Degree in Secretarial Science and
Business/Psychology
TECHNICAL SKILLS
• Certified Electronic Reporter (CER), Designation #1018, Digital
Professional Court Reporter
• Certified Professional Secretary (CPS)/Certified Administrative
Professional (CAP) (Six Domains, now known as: Certified
Administrative Professional)
• Florida Professional Reporter (FPR), Designation #742
• Registered Health Information Technologist (RHIT) (now Six
Domains: Data Content, Structure, and Information Governance;
Access, Disclosure, Privacy, and Security; Data Analytics and Use;
Revenue Cycle Management; Compliance; and Leadership),
Registration #210595
• NCRA Registered Professional Reporter (RPR), passed written
knowledge portion
• NVRA Certified Verbatim Reporter (CVR), passed written knowledge
portion
• Realtime voice writing court reporting via Dragon Speech
Professional Individual 15 C Total Eclipse C Case CATalyst
professional court reporting CAT software for legal C medical
transcript production.
• Trained via Voice Writing Solutions, Inc., Diane Gaffoglio, CVR,
CVR-CM, RBC, RCP, RVR
• Trained via Realtime Voice Academy, Inc., Dessa Van Schuyver, CCR-GA
• Illinois Remote Online Notary, and Illinois Notary Public,
#935859; My Commission Expires 07.21.2025 (This includes two times
passed national background checks), have
$100,000.00 errors and omissions coverage and hold a $30,000.00
notary bond.
• National Notary Association (NNA) Notary Signing Agent, November
3, 2021 to Present
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
State of Illinois, Springfield and Lincoln, Illinois – 2C½ years’
full-time career
Executive 2/Social Security Liaison & SSDI-SSI Coord. (full-time),
IL Dept. of Human Services, Ofc. of Rehab. Services
• SSA Reimbursement Liaison; Manager of the SSDI-SSI Office where my
team and I brought in over
$40 million in reimbursement to assist IL’s individuals
w/disabilities attain substantial employment; led the US for 4
consecutive quarters in total number of cases reimbursed Cdollars
reimbursed by an individual state agency
• Wrote white papers on supportive employment for the Illinois
Office of the Governor
• Testified for US Congressional Record, Denver, CO for supportive
employment C individuals with disabilities
• Served on Governor’s steering committee taskforce for One-Stop
Shopping among state and federal agencies to assist with digital
data interfacing, optimum services and savings to our citizens and
taxpayers
• Served on the agency’s Illinois Gift Ban Act Committee dealing
with Ethics Focus and employee compliance
Clerk Stenographer 3, Secretary 1 and 2; Accountant Supervisor
(full-time), Executive Secretary 3, Administrative Assistant 1 and
2, and Executive 1 and 2 (full-time), Executive 2/Budget Analyst
(all full-time) IL Dept. of Mental Health C Dev. Disabilities, IL
Dept. of Rehabilitation Services, Fiscal Operations Bureau,
Accounting Division; Budget Division; IL Dept. of Transportation,
Office of Public Affairs; IL Dept. of Corrections, Business Ofc., &
IL Dept. of Human Services, Ofc. of Rehabilitation Services, Budget
Division Illinois Lobbyist, ID
#8333, CY 2018, for IL; President and Founder of IL Verbatim
Reporters Association (ILVRA) [to
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City of Lincoln, Illinois
City Administrator, 07.1C.2018 – 04.30.2021 (full-time)
• Chief Executive with multiple duties managing day-to-day
operations; reported to Mayor and City Aldermen and Alderwomen.
• City’s Economic Development Coordinator; worked w/City and County,
LEAD Group, Vendors, and Citizens to promote economic growth and
assist our Residents and Business Owners; Co-Creator
C Charter Member of the Lincoln Economic Development Grant
Commission (LEDGC)
• Grant writing and coordination w/$4.6 million in COVID received
and pending grant dollars as of 04.30.2021
• Fifth Street Road Coordinator; closed 17 of 18 remaining land
parcels for then 25-year-old Street/Road Project
City Mayor, 2001-2003 (part-time paid but full-time active)
• Chief Executive Officer - served as such full-time for 5½ years as
City Mayor and City Administrator
• Board Member, Logan County Economic Development Council (eight
years), President three years
• Board Member for 10½ years, Logan County Regional Planning
Commission (8 years + 2½ years on Logan County Board) and co-author
of the Logan County Comprehensive Plan still in effect.
• Created the Mayor’s Commission on Disabilities, Minorities,
Seniors, Veterans, and Youth.
• Established the City of Lincoln Historic Homes and Buildings
Commission – held historic home tours and created the oval plaque
Citizens and Businesses could place on their historic structures.
• Created the Sesquicentennial Committee for our ten-day
celebration.
• Created the Heritage Days Event for annual festivities in the
downtown streets and parks, utilizing the remaining funds from the
Lincoln Sesquicentennial Celebration.
City Council Recorder, 1382-1338 (part-time)
Illinois Real Estate Broker, License #475.113083
County of Logan, Illinois
Zoning Officer, Economic Development Director, County Broadband
Grant Writer, Zoning Board of Appeals Executive Director, and County
Enterprise Zone Administrator, 03.16.2022 - 07.31.2023
Logan County Regional Planning Commission Member, Served 10½ Years
while Mayor of Lincoln eight years and two and-one-half years as a
Logan County Board Member. Co-author of the currently used
Logan County Comprehensive Plan.
Elected Logan County Board Member, 1GG8-2001 (part-time)
CURRENT EXPERIENCE
• Certified Notary Signing Agent/Loan Signer s Paralegal Services;
11.03.2021 – Present (freelance LLC)
• Illinois Remote Online Notary (RON) (freelance LLC)
• Legal Assistant/Paralegal - an ABA-Accredited Paralegal
(freelance)
• Certified Electronic Court Reporter (CER), Voice Writing Court
Reporter,
• Certified Illinois Assessing Officer (CIAO), (for Supervisor of
Assessments)
• Registered Health Information Technologist (RHIT),
• General, Legal, and Medical Transcriptionist (freelance LLC)
• Computer-Aided Transcription (CAT) Real-time Scopist/Editor, and
Proofreader (freelance LLC)
VOLUNTEERISM – Current and Past
• Current President and Founder of the Re-chartered Logan County
Republican Women Club
• Illinois Verbatim Reporters Association (ILVRA), President
(present)
• Illinois Municipal League, Legislative Committee Member (five
years)
• St. Jude’s, American Heart Association, American Cancer Society of
IL, March of Dimes, IL Chapter
• Lincoln Area YMCA Soccer Coach, 7½ years
• Lincoln University (Lincoln College)’s First Women’s Soccer Coach
• Three Terms President of Logan County Republican Women and
Currently Acting President and Founder of Recharted Club
• President of the former We’re Investing Now (WIN) Investment
Group, Springfield, IL
• Co-Coordinator for US President George W. Bush’s Whistle Stop
Amtrak Rally in Lincoln, IL
• Elected two terms as East Lincoln 2 Precinct Committeeperson
• Elected District 4, Logan County Board Member in 2022
• Past Member of the Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital Healthy
Community Collaborative Board
• Past Member of the Heartland Community College Advisory Board
• Three Consecutive Years President of the Logan County Economic
Development Council
• Ten and One-Half Years Member of the Logan County Regional
Planning Commission and Co-author of the County’s current Logan
County Comprehensive Plan document.
• Paralegal Member of the American Bar Association
• Member of the Lincoln Woman’s Club
• Member of the Lincoln K of C’s Women’s Auxiliary.
• Former Member of Carrier Mills, IL’s American Legion Auxiliary.
Projects the Lincoln City Council, Logan County Board, and I
brought to Lincoln during my two terms as Mayor:
• SYSCO
• Two (2) Dollar General Stores
• Dollar Tree Store and its building complex
• Clothing Stores
• Further Woodlawn Road development to the west with new cross
streets for increased business expansion
• Russell Stover candy store
• Hampton Inn
• $750,000.00 US grant to improve our City’s Sewerage Treatment
Plant operations
• Retail Stores
• Initial Start of Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital
• Worked on Establishing the Logan County Paramedics Association
While on the Logan County Board
• Many Other Projects – All completed with the hard work and
cooperation of our Community
• Lincoln Sesquicentennial (150th Year Anniversary) ten-day
• Lincoln Heritage Days Annual Event (created with remaining Lincoln
Sesquicentennial Celebration funds in 2003) and held through 2009.
• Established the 4th of July Children’s Parade and Fun time with
Volunteers, Lincoln Park District, and City and Community
Coordination
• Music Entertainment with Festivals Held on the City Streets and in
Parks
• Created the City’s Information Technology (IT) Committee and sat
on that committee.
• Grant Writer for the County-wide Broadband Project and sat on that
committee.
PERSONAL
• Beth is the daughter of the late Grant William Young Johnson of
Atlanta, IL and Mildred Elizabeth Wiggers Johnson of Hartsburg, IL.
Beth is married to Thomas S. Kavelman of Hartsburg, IL. Beth has
three adult children and three step adult children, five
grandchildren and six step-grandchildren.
• She is a member of Holy Family Roman Catholic Church in Lincoln.
PERSONAL NOTE:
I want to complete/finalize as soon
as possible the City’s portion of the long- standing Fifth Street
Road Project planned with the Logan County Board in 1996 to meet the
County’s implemented reconstruction portion. (I worked on the Fifth
Street Road Project, in
various capacities, from its inception while Lincoln City Council
Recorder in 1996, to serving as an elected County Board Member for
two-and-one-half (2½) years in 1998-2001, Mayor of Lincoln for eight
(8) years (2001-2009), and City Administrator for two-and-one-half
(2½) years 2018-2021.
When I left the position of City Administrator in 2021, I had one
more property of the 18 remaining properties to obtain easements to
commence the City of Lincoln’s portion of the road.
It is now 2024/2025 and most of all the secured easements have
expired due to inaction/no follow-up by the current City Council.
IDOT Grant monies could or are probably lost and the City of Lincoln
restricted in its ability to obtain future grants for other,
much-needed projects. I am committed to
seeing this long-overdue project completed for our Citizens’ and
Businesses’ needs for continued economic development.
We’re better with Beth! Together, let’s get this City back in shape!
Please elect Beth Davis-Kavelman to a third term beginning May 1,
2025, so together we can have respect returned to our Aldermen and
Alderwomen in the important roles they play in our City, open the
lines of communication and restore transparency at City Hall --
return our City
Council to a democracy rather than continue its current autocratic
state.
Please call me or email me if you have any questions or comments.
Thank you!
ELIZABETH ANN DAVIS-KAVELMAN
515 Lincoln Avenue, Lincoln, IL 62656
bethkavelman.for.mayor@gmail.com | 217.816.0865 [Text from file received] |
