By: Diane Benjamin Agenda: https://d3n9y02raazwpg.cloudfront.net/cityblm/f7304a01-5bbe-11ee-ae13-0050569183fa-791fe512-602c-4d20-98c8-ecdbbed39134-1729802445.pdf These items will take a lot of time before Public Comment: A few fun items that won’t be discussed unless an alderman pulls them from the Consent Agenda: It looks like a grant will cover this cost. Solar and LED are fine if they stay on all night. It will […]
By: Diane Benjamin Proving yet again everything is Normal is fixed before Council meetings take place: The Town is going to pass the budget and then raise Water Rates! What is the Water Rate increase doesn’t pass? Won’t that affect the budget Normal? It is guaranteed to pass, Koos and Reece counted noses and they […]
By: Diane Benjamin (I’m not having a good day and tomorrow won’t be any better!) Water Rate documentation for tonight: PDF page 72: http://www.normal.org/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/3230 Back when Normal wasn’t afraid of transparency, they posted the history of rates citizens pay for essential services. Luckily, I copied them: https://blnnews.com/2012/05/30/normal-il-what-is-up-with-the-debt/ Water rates in 2009 were: $4.95 per 1000 […]
