By: Diane Benjamin Remember 305 S. Linden? Without a vote by the Council Pam Reece declared this building surplus property and put it up for sale: Request for proposals: https://www.normal.org/bids.aspx?bidID=267 Since the property is in a TIF staff doesn’t need the approval of the Council according to Town code. Bidding ended in November. Waiting until […]
By: Diane Benjamin Numerous items Normal citizens need to know: Below is part of an email written by Stan Nord. The yellow is City Manager Pam Reece’s response to his email. Pam does not understand citizens saw Target being looted and the destruction to police vehicles while the police did nothing. They know Mayor Chris […]
By: Diane Benjamin It looks like this lease will not be coming back to the Council. The taxpayers of Normal deserve to know how this “friends and family” rate got on the agenda in the first place. Taxpayers dodged a huge bullet on this one. Details in this story from the last time this item […]
By: Diane Benjamin Make sure you read to the bottom! 1) Remember the deal Terri Ryburn got for the property at 305 Pine Street? Rent for her to live there is $120 a year Normal paid off her mortgage – $228,550.50 + another $5000 Normal bought the lot next door for $24,000 Terri gets to […]
By: Diane Benjamin http://www.normal.org/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/3322 Isaac Thorne from Connect Transit will do a presentation. He will tell you it’s your imagination the huge buses are empty. Have you noticed the newer buses have dark windows so it’s hard to tell? The rider numbers will be ridiculous, they either have no idea how many people use the […]
By: Diane Benjamin The Normal Town Council meeting last night was over TWO hours long. Not because there was heavy discussion of spending, it was tribute night for departing Jeff Fritzen and RC McBride. The election is still stinging the establishment! The are worried about “the plan” and should be. The $100 a month lease […]
By: Diane Benjamin This item is on the consent agenda, meaning unless it gets pulled there won’t be any discussion: http://www.normal.org/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/3274 This is the space the engineering department used before moving to the space in 1 Uptown Circle which costs the Town $35,248.77 a month now (See PDF page 10). Worse, the first floor […]
