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Posted by First Reading 2 years ago.
The release of the mayor’s proposed spending plan for the next fiscal year dominated the news last night.
Here’s what else happened at the Springfield committee of the whole meeting:
A proposal that would allow nine Walgreens in Springfield to...
Posted by First Reading 2 years ago.
Rochester Village President Dave Armstrong Monday night appointed four people to a newly formed Complete Count/Citizen Corps Committee.
Complete Count Committees have been assembled in communities throughout the area with the aim of getting maximum parti...
Posted by First Reading 2 years ago.
Springfield aldermen have a full committee of the whole agenda tonight.
Among the highlights:
*Budget. Mayor Tim Davlin is expected to present his recommended spending plan for the next budget year, which begins March 1. His administration has been tight-...
Posted by First Reading 2 years ago.
Today’s State Journal-Register features a story about photography student Adam Reynolds, who took free portraits of about 10 local families at Contact Ministries on Christmas Day.
Reynolds, a 23-year-old Chatham native, is the son of Chatham Truste...
Posted by First Reading 2 years ago.
The Chatham Village Board’s administrative and public works committees will meet Tuesday at 6 p.m.
The meetings were rescheduled from the first week of January since Trustee Chuck Herr, chair of the public works committee, will be out of town.
Posted by First Reading 2 years ago.
Springfield aldermen will meet one last time Tuesday night, as a committee of the whole.
Topping the agenda: The appointment of a new police chief.
Mayor Tim Davlin nominated Robert Williams to succeed Ralph Caldwell, who took a job as director the Metro ...
Posted by First Reading 2 years ago.
During his president’s report during Tuesday night’s village board meeting, Chatham Village President Tom Gray asked village attorney John Myers for his take on potential Open Meetings Act violations in Buffalo Grove. Here’s how the exch...
Posted by First Reading 2 years ago.
Ward 5 Ald. Sam Cahnman faces a three-count complaint that could lead to his disbarment.
The complaint alleges he made false statements to the court in 2008, solicited a sexual act from undercover police officers earlier this year, and brought the legal p...
Posted by First Reading 2 years ago.
Children play near the pond in Rochester Community Park last summer in this SJ-R file photo.
A committee charged with developing an arboretum in Rochester Community Park is getting to work, Village Manager Dale Laningham said.
The committee was appointed ...
Posted by First Reading 2 years ago.
Chatham Police Chief John Holm says he and Deputy Chief Vern Foli are making efforts to network with other law enforcement agencies and organizations.“I just want to get our names out there. Hopefully, that will help us with grants later on,” ...
Posted by First Reading 2 years ago.
Soggy weather this fall has led Sherman Village President Trevor Clatfelter to extend the number of days when landscape waste may be burned.For the remainder of the year, burning will be allowed Wednesday as well as Dec. 16, 19 and 20, according to a noti...
Posted by First Reading 2 years ago.
On tap for city-hall news this week: Taxes, trains and a trial.
A special city council meeting has been called for 5:15 p.m. Tuesday to discuss two ordinances related to high-speed rail.
After that meeting, aldermen will meet as the committee of the whol...
Posted by First Reading 2 years ago.
Springfield aldermen tonight killed a measure that would have allowed police to impound a vehicle the first time a driver was caught blaring the stereo too loud.
Minutes later, they also voted down a proposal that would have allowed police to tow a vehicl...
Posted by First Reading 2 years ago.
Springfield aldermen tonight killed a measure that would have allowed police to impound a vehicle the first time a driver was caught blaring the stereo too loud.
Minutes later, they also voted down a proposal that would have allowed police to tow a vehicl...
Posted by First Reading 2 years ago.
December is a one-meeting month for the Chatham Village Board.
Typically, the board meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m.
Because of the Christmas holiday, the full board will meet only once on Dec. 15.
The administrative and pu...
Posted by First Reading 2 years ago.
The Chatham Village Board Tuesday night approved a resolution declaring November as Adoption Awareness Month.Trustee Joe Schatteman told the board the resolution was inspired by he and his wife’s own desire to adopt.
“My wife and I were going ...
Posted by First Reading 2 years ago.
City government offices around the area will be closed Thursday and Friday in observance of Thanksgiving.
On Tuesday, Springfield aldermen will sign off on next year’s holiday schedule.
City workers are slated to get 12 holidays off in 2010.
They in...
Posted by First Reading 2 years ago.
Starting Jan. 1, all companies or individuals performing contracting work in Jerome must register with the village.
The application has a $20 fee and must be renewed each year. It requires a copy of a contractor’s appropriate license and certificate...
Posted by First Reading 2 years ago.
Springfield aldermen tonight will debate whether to allow police to impound vehicles the first time it’s stopped for having music blaring too loud.
Ward 6 Ald. Mark Mahoney is sponsoring an ordinance that calls for a first-strike-and-you’re-towed ...
Posted by First Reading 2 years ago.
Tuesday’s council meeting didn’t provide family-friendly viewing – as one upset resident dropped the F-bomb during public comment with the cameras rolling.
Longtime viewers of council meetings say they’d never heard that word utter...
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