County Administrator Cassy Taylor salary

By: Diane Benjamin Evidently your McLean County representatives don’t want you to know how much Cassy Taylor is paid. A salary increase was approved last Thursday with no mention of how much it was. The agenda said: A. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE – Elizabeth Johnston The only transparency here is the County answered my FOIA request within […]

Normal playing loose with the law: Monday

By: Diane Benjamin This item is on the Omnibus Agenda. In case you forgot, those items are routine and don’t need to be discussed unless a Trustee pulls one. Since Stan Nord was elected the Council does pull items, mostly not to object, but more to praise staff for the great job putting it together. […]

Pam Reece employment contract

By:  Diane Benjamin The current contract Pam Reece has to be Normal’s City Manager is dated March 15, 2018.  Expect a review and wage increase soon.  It will be discussed in Executive Session but MUST be voted on at a Council meeting. See the contract here;  Reece Contract Excerpts:  

Gleason needs to sign a CORRECTED contract

By:  Diane Benjamin h/t a reader! There is a typo in this paragraph that would make it impossible to enforce in a court.  The entire contract needs proofread, fixed and resigned! More needs changed to MORAL.