By: Diane Benjamin The Bloomington Council meeting was ridiculously long – over 3 hours. I left after about 1 1/2 hours and watched the rest on YouTube. Public Comment was still happening when I got home. My comment is at 26:13. The room started off packed. Many people were there to witness the introduction of […]
By: Diane Benjamin Since this Committee of the Whole wasn’t scheduled to set up future spending, the heavy hitters didn’t have to be there to cheerlead the agenda. The Police Department presented their annual report followed by the Fire Department. See the police presentation here: https://www.bloomingtonil.gov/home/showdocument?id=29357&t=638197614615245340 I did learn something new about guns. Criminals are […]
By: Diane Benjamin Police service used to be contracted with the Village of Danvers. In 2012, it was $5400 per month – $64,800 per year. In 2012 the Village of Stanford decided they couldn’t afford that anymore, so they terminated the agreement. Note: One of the McGrath lawyers was present, I wonder if he billed […]
