By: Diane Benjamin Documentation for the 7:00 pm meeting is 648 pages: http://www.cityblm.org/Home/ShowDocument?id=16030 The 5:00 pm meeting is only 35 pages: http://www.cityblm.org/Home/ShowDocument?id=16026 This item is on the agenda for discussion at the 5:00 meeting: Another City employee complete with benefits and pension! Then it gets funny because approval is on the Consent Agenda for the 7:00 […]
By: Diane Benjamin Aldermen Diana Hauman and Kimberly Bray were both absent Monday night. Bray participated by phone, Hauman wasn’t allowed because she was supposedly on vacation. The City Code says absent alderman can only participate if sick or on business travel. I believe, based on the last time the Towanda-Barnes/ Ireland Grove intersection was […]
By: Diane Benjamin One item on Monday’ agenda is going to have Scott Black’s panties in a wad: PDF page 239 http://www.cityblm.org/Home/ShowDocument?id=15814 The last time this joint project was mentioned Scott threw a hissy fit. Diana Hauman and Mboka Mwilambe had to remind him people actually live on the east side of town and pay taxes. […]
By: Diane Benjamin I could have predicted what would happen last night with sharing expenses to redesign the Towanda-Barnes/Ireland Grove intersection. $900,000 is a lot of money, but I bet this Council won’t even approve spending far less. The proposal was for the County to pay half and the City half. That intersection is: Not […]
By: Diane Benjamin Council meetings are pretty boring now that no one is looking out for citizens. It is fun to see big government types spin their wheels trying to justify their overreach to control the people, especially if you don’t live in Bloomington. The Transportation Committee, supposedly to increase transparency, will get approved at […]
