Morris council votes for park referendum and bonds
The Morris City Council after an executive session scheduled a referendum for the Oct 16 mayoral primary to approve Borens property purchase for a community park with total price 120000 and a 300000 general obligation bonds plan to fund recreational facilities. The vote also set water and sewage rate changes and annexations around Anderson property.
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Morris City
George St
Lynwood
Newton Drives
Newton and
Borens
Fourth Ward
Jerry Borens
Kenneth
Joan) Davenport
Mary Berens
Park Committee
Elmo Ray Younger
First Ward
del Linn
Sewer and Water Committee
Coal City considers civil service status for police force
The Coal City Village Board received a petition backed by about 20 percent of registered voters to place the police on civil service. The board will set a date for an election on the matter after reviewing the petition and consulting the attorney. The panel also weighed an Illinois Bell proposal to raise municipal lines from five to 10, with five free lines and future growth, and will act only after city attorney review.
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Coal City
Joseph Phillips
James Crupi
Morris
Illinois Bell Telephone
Phillips
Crups
Board of Coal City
Illinois Bell
John Zerboglio
Coal City board approves purchases and staffing changes
The Coal City Community Unit No. 1 Board met for 100 minutes and approved hiring Mrs. Jo Marquart to teach business education and Mrs. Lorraine Ruffatti as crossing guard. They discussed extra pay for staff, a Xerox copier rental, and potential new crossing guard. plans included a 10 cent lunch price increase and 8 cent milk pricing if allowed. The meeting also covered transportation, enrollment data, and an executive session on nurse and secretarial hiring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coal City Community Unit No. 1 Board of Education
Jo Marquart
Kankakee
James Micetich
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Marquart
Randall Highsmith
Dave Potts
Melvin Smith
George Dave Jr
James N. Purgatorio
Oak Brook
Lorraine Ruffatti
Coal City
Third St
Broadway
Supt. Highsmith
Office of Public Instruction
Grundy County
Jury Indicts Four Men On Arson Burglary Charges
The Grundy County Grand Jury meeting Monday in the Grundy County Courthouse indicted four men on charges of arson burglary aggravated battery and theft. The panel named John B. Smith 26 of 197 Main St Seneca and Gerald Bitner 26 of 175 Church St Coal City among those charged.
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Grundy County
John B. Smith
Main St
Seneca
Gerald Bitner
Church St
Coal City
Weather and indictments mark July crime news in Grundy County
Mostly sunny today with highs near 75 and cooler tonight in the Grundy area. Indictments include two burglary arson cases at Boodlers Drive-in west of Coal City and Southeast Grundy Medical Center in Gardner, plus armed robbery and battery charges against Rassmussen and Ferro.
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Dresden Island
Morris
Boodlers Drive-in
Coal City
Grundy Medical Center
Gardner
Bitner
Smith
Charles Ingram
Grundy County
William Button
Boodlers
Gardner Medical Center
Robert Wren
Library contract awarded for Morris children’s room
The Morris Public Library Board approved Narvick Brothers General Contractors to complete the new children's room project for 25 294 after a revised bid cut 5 150 from the original. The outside walls and certain construction items were dropped. The board also announced an open house for teachers and parents tonight from 7 to 8 30 p m and noted upcoming story hours and policy changes for children's book checkouts.
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Morris Public Library Board
Robert Macdonald
Macdonald
Robert Narvick
Narvick Brothers General Contractors
Morris
Madonald
Ethel Gregg
Carol Wilken
Gregg
Miss Wilken
Illinois ethics law struck down in Will County ruling
Circuit Judge Victor Cardosi ruled a provision of the Illinois Ethics Law unconstitutional. The decision dissolves the ethics disclosure requirement for county and local officeholders in Will County and is unlikely to affect statewide law without an appeal. The state's attorney plans no appeal, while officials warn of election cost if not overturned.
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Springfield, Ill
Illinois
State Supreme Court
Will County
Victor Cardosi
General Assembly
Judge Cardosi
Kankakee
Joliet
Cardosi
State Senate
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Morris Public Works
Marjorie Warren
Herald
Anderson
Uss. 6
Anderson Land
U.S. 6
Phillip Ortiz
Charles Greenway
Nettle Creek
Robert Cohenour
Robert Washburn
John Anderson
James Peacock
Harold Rosefsky
Ed Connor
Joseph Murphy
Jerry
Highsmith
Ottawa
Frank Anselmo
James Hines
Wayne Neal
Elvin Wills
Myron Vestal
Eugene Peterson
A.J. Dearth
Morris Grade School District No. 54 Board of Education
Franklin School
Harold Rassmussen
Raymond Ferro
Rassmussen
Ferro
Chicago
Phillip Hollis
Braceville
Hollis
Susan Decker
Valerie Gutzman
Kenneth Wright
John Ely
Grundy
Raymond Grieff
Rte. 1
Mazon
Tim Neary
Sylvan C. Boys
Rte. 5
Illinois River Bridge
Daniel A. Beal
Verona
William B. Ransley
Barbara S. Taylor
Donald Sterritt Jr
Catherine Waters
Betty L. Holman
Darlene L. Lutz
Mary Provance
Arden L. Humbert
William S. Wharrie
Larry B. Reader
Margaret Dell
Lynn A. Enger
George M. Franks
Lois Kindelspire
Kenneth W. Morris
Lovina M. Peterson
Alice Sullivan
Janice Frosch
Phillip Troyk
Russell J. Girot
Mary B. Wilt
Cleo K. Gagliardo
Robert Griffy
Minooka
Meso
Ver
North States Oil CO
Rte
Morris Daily Herald
Illinois Board Association
Sheraton O'Hare
Hinsdale
Indians
Kiersted St
Eugene Krapf
Kiersted
Atty
Martin Rudman
Daniel Kennedy
Richard B. Ogilvie
George Lindberg
Illinois House
Lindberg
Rudman
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