By: Diane Benjamin Normal’s maintenance of Sugar Creek has been an issue for years. Bloomington mows along the creek and spot sprays really obnoxious weeds: Normal used to mow, then they decided to create a habitat. This is what it did look like, neighbors reported increased mosquitoes, rats, skunk, and snakes in their backyards. The […]
By: Diane Benjamin This was on Normal’s agenda on 2/17/2020: https://normal.org/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/3553 This was on Normal’s agenda on 1/9/21: https://normal.org/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/3867 This is on the agenda for Monday: https://normal.org/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/3903 In about a year the cost of repairing this bridge almost tripled! According to the documentation, this bid is 16.1% higher than the engineers estimate. The engineer was […]
By: Diane Benjamin The Town held a Liquor Commission meeting that went way over time allotted. The regular meeting started 1/2 hour late. 35:40 – one public comment by Ron Ulmer. His comments were on recycling and contract employees being required to wear masks 38:00 Pam Reece reviewed some items on the Omnibus Agenda. Stan […]
By: Diane Benjamin I’m not going to comment on the financial statements and TIF reports last night until I can SEE the documents! PDF page 80: http://normal.org/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/3396 Buying this tiny property was on the agenda last night. Stan Nord was the only NO vote. There was no appraisal done. According to PDF page 92, the […]
