With minimal discussion Gillespie City Council members quickly voted to accept a 40-year contract and intergovernmental agreement to supply water to the City of Benld during a special meeting of the council on Wednesday night. Additionally, the council agreed to offer the same terms to all of its satellite water customers. Those customers include the […]
City of Benld enters into 40-year water contract with Gillespie
Meeting in special session for about five minutes on Monday night, members of the Benld City Council voted unanimously to enter into a contract with the City of Gillespie to supply water for the next 40 years. A motion to accept the proposed contract was made of Ald. James Tilashalski, seconded by Ald. Mickey Robinson. […]
School Board approves $14.6 million budget for 2019-20
Members of the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education on Monday night approved a $14.6 million budget for the current fiscal year. In other action, approved a $51,000 software update and maintenance agreement for BenGil Elementary School heating and cooling system, and accepted notices of retirement from two veteran teachers. Approval of the […]
Ordinance violations, complaints take center stage in Wilsonville
The Wilsonville Board of Trustees on Tuesday night voted to install a new roof on an equipment building at the village’s sewage treatment lagoons, set hours for Trick or Treating and hired a new water meter reader. But the lion’s share of the meeting was devoted to dealing with ordinance violations and complaints about the […]
Benld Council eyes water contract, approves employee health insurance
Members of the Benld City Council met behind closed doors for 30 minutes Monday night to discuss a possible contract to supply water to the city but ultimately took no action on the issue. An open session agenda item calling for a vote later in the meeting was tabled. Mayor Jim Kelly and city aldermen […]
Council hears complaint about solar energy field construction, votes 4-2 to terminate Water Department employee
Accompanied by his attorney, a city resident vowed to fight the City of Gillespie’s solar energy field project “as far as I can” during the city council’s regular monthly meeting Monday night. The council also agreed to complete an application to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for a $318,000 Community Development and Assistance […]
School board recognizes MPACT’D, puts proposed budget on public view
The Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education on Monday night recognized the recent accomplishments of MPACT’D, a group of high school students devoted to promoting safe driving habits, voted to place this year’s proposed budget on public view and briefly discussed results of a state-mandated “Five Essentials” survey to measure individual school’s readiness […]
Benld Council learns about cultural tourism project
Members of the Benld City Council on Monday night learned details about a cultural heritage project spearheaded by the University of Illinois that ultimately could bring visitors to Benld and surrounding communities as part of a larger, regional effort. The council also took formal action to approve a maintenance contract for the city’s sewer system […]
Gillespie Council proposes payment schedule for East Gillespie, moves toward formal action to raise water rates
With Ald. Dave Tucker filling in as Mayor Pro-Tem in the absence of Mayor John Hicks, members of the Gillespie City Council on Monday nigh approved on a proposed payment schedule for the Village of East Gillespie to pay its share of a water infrastructure project currently underway, and directed City Attorney Kevin Polo to […]
School Board hires guidance counselor
With the start of the school year looming a week away, members of the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education voted unanimously during a special meeting Monday night to hire Jill Strole, Marine, as a high school/middle school guidance counselor. The action followed a 30-minute executive session to discuss personnel. Strole will step […]
GHS football field to be renamed in honor of Dobrino
The home field of the Gillespie Miners football team will be known as Don “Duke” Dobrino Field as the football program celebrates its centennial this year as a result of action taken Monday night by the Community Unit School District Board of Education. Renaming the field is a “well-deserved” honor for Dobrino, said board member, […]
Benld Council approves union contract
On a motion by Ald. Teressa Tucker, seconded by Ald. Mickey Robinson, the Benld City Council on Monday night approved a new three-year contract with Laborers Union Local 338 which represents three full-time police officers and two full-time maintenance workers. The new contract, which is retroactive to March 2, calls for a three percent annual […]
Wilsonville seeking bids to demolish fire-damaged residence
Following the lead of the City of Benld, Wilsonville Village trustees voted Tuesday night to advertise for bids to demolish a fire-damaged residence in the 300 block of Schmidt Street and remove the debris. Trustee Stanley Katich cited Benld’s recent action to raze the former Doggy’s Tavern, also damaged by fire, when he moved to […]
Resignation of Physical Education teacher sparks controversy
Macoupin County Federation of Teachers Local 528, the union representing Community Unit School District 7 teachers, alleged the board and administration precipitated the resignation of a long-time physical education teacher whose resignation was accepted during a special meeting of the School Board on Wednesday night. The board also ratified the sale of six city lots […]
Gillespie Council approves Black Diamond Days Labor Day Lake Bash
A somewhat reluctant Gillespie City Council on Monday night voted to permit the Black Diamond Days Committee to host a two-day Labor Day Bash over the Labor Day weekend at Gillespie Lake. Council members also approved the purchase of property from Community Unit School District 7 for construction of a solar panel field to power […]
Village of Wilsonville purchases insurance for July 4th fireworks display
For 24 years the Village of Wilsonville sponsored Independence Day fireworks displays without having purchased liability insurance. “Our insurance about had a fit when they saw that,” Village President Jeff Rhodes told village trustees during the regular monthly meeting of the board Tuesday night. Rhodes said he purchased a policy through the Illinois Municipal League’s […]
Benld Council approves $1.2 million appropriation, votes to demolish fire-damaged Doggy’s Tavern
The Benld City Council voted unanimously Monday night to approve an appropriation ordinance totaling $1,235,728 to govern city expenditures during the current fiscal year. The new appropriation authorizes up to $212, 266 in additional expenditures over last year’s appropriation of 1,023,462. Council members also voted to demolish the fire-damaged building that formerly housed Doggy’s Tavern […]
School board unanimously approves district’s first golf team program
After hearing a brief presentation from high school teacher Stuart Ringer, the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education on Monday night unanimously approved offering a golf program for high school men and women as a parent-sponsored activity starting with the coming school year. Ringer said CUSD 7 is the only school in the […]
Contentious school board approves project to remove “hairpin” drive
Despite vocal objections from at least two of its members, the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education on Monday night voted 4-2 to move forward with a $150,000 project to remove the “hairpin” drive in front of Gillespie Middle School and replace it with green space. The project also includes provisions to improve […]
Gillespie approves $17 million appropriation for current fiscal year
Members of the Gillespie City Council on Monday night voted unanimously to approve a $16.9 million appropriation ordinance setting spending limits for the current fiscal year, hired a full-time police officer and voted to impose a $2.50 per month surcharge for sewer system users in East Gillespie and Eagarville. The regular monthly meeting of the […]
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