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 […]

Benld City aldermen voted unanimously Monday night to approve a $172,000 contract with HMG Engineering for professional services associated with the design and bidding processes for a proposed water transmission line to bring water from the Litchfield Water Department to Benld. Justin Vander Haar, an engineer with HMG, said he presented details of the contract […]

Newly elected council members were sworn in Monday night during a meeting of the Gillespie City Council which also featured a discussion about the condition of the dam at Gillespie Lake and a commitment to a $380,000 solar energy project. City attorney Kevin Polo administered the oath of office to Ward 1 Ald. Dona Rauzi, […]

The Wilsonville Board of Trustees voted Tuesday night to take legal action against an alleged nuisance property and voted unanimously to hire a new part-time police officer. On a motion by Bob Carr, seconded by Dustin Calcari, the board voted unanimously to authorize Village Attorney Kevin Polo to file a complaint asking the court to […]

Benld aldermen voted unanimously to hire Carol Woods as a part-time clerical worker in the City Clerk’s office and to officially appoint her as Deputy City Clerk during the regular monthly meeting of the Benld city council Monday night. Benld Mayor Jim Kelly said Woods was selected from among 26 applicants, two of which were […]

Members of the Gillespie City Council on Monday night authorized Mayor John Hicks to sign off on a proposed contract regarding the sale of water to the city’s satellite customers—Benld, Sawyerville, Eagarville and Wilsonville. The action followed a meeting held this past Saturday with Gillespie city officials and officials from the satellite communities. Under terms […]

BenGil area voters on Tuesday re-elected three incumbent school board members and voted nearly two-to-one against a property tax increase that would have generated funding for the financially beleaguered Benld Police Department, according to consolidated election results released by the Macoupin County Clerk’s Election Office early Tuesday night. The unofficial results include only ballots that […]