Marion council approves budget boost from unexpected revenue
Marion city government adds 767 166.50 to a 13 million budget thanks to nearly 770000 in unanticipated sales tax funds. Funds fund sewer line work fire trucks and potential High School Road project while other costs include windstorm cleanup legal fees and reservoir chemical cost increases. Memorial Day observed May 25 auxiliary police officer named and council meeting extends.
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Cathy A. Monroe
Marion
Illinois Pollution Control Board
Water Department
Joyner
Marion High School
South Carbon Street
Illinois 37
Connell
Crab Orchard Creek
Roger L. Newlin
HUD
Vic Koenig
Koenig
Randall Richter
Sycamore St
Carbondale Towers
Mill St
National Corporation For Housing Partnerships
Unwanted animals turned in at New Burnside drive
Johnson County Animal Warden Ray Ben reported three dogs and two cats turned in during a four hour registration and collection session in New Burnside. About 22 people purchased dog tags and a rabies vaccination clinic inquiry count reached a dozen as Breeden praised the effort.
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Burnside
Johnson County
Ray Ben
Breeden
Herrin Council Rejects Two Year Contract With Union
Herrin city council votes 5 to 3 against a proposed two year contract for 20 unionized employees and plans a one year offer with quarterly cost of living raises. Union leaders threaten possible strike after the rejection and discuss next steps with an attorney.
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Theresa Churchill
Southern Illinoisan
Herrin
Sonny Jim Smith
St. Louis
Harold Gruenberg
Smith
Herman Garavalla
Edward Quaglia
Adrian Chamness
Laborers International Union Local 372
Donald Swinford
Swinford
Theodore Bollmann
Bollmann
Garavalla
Mario
Moochie
Ottolini
Herrin Hospital
Benton police and firefighters to vote on offer
Benton police and firefighters set to vote Wednesday on a city council contract offer 1 percent below their demands. After a three hour council meeting, the union sought 11 percent for police radio dispatchers versus a 10 percent offer. Pickets lined City Hall Monday during shifts changes after dispatcher Ron Gerardi’s resignation, with Chief Mark Drake defending 24 hour emergency operations and arguing for hours changes to avoid overtime. The council aims for a balanced figure citing finances, with negotiations extending to other departments whose contracts expire May 1.
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O.R. Walley
Benton
Mark Drake
Ron Gerardi
Drake
Leland Brown
Public Safety
John Seymour
Gerardi
Seymour
Carl Moore
Ternational
Edward Smith
International Council
Brown
Smith
Walter Anderson
Marion union resumes wage talks with city leaders
Marion officials and Laborers International Union Local 577 begin negotiations after employees rejected a 50 cent per hour wage offer, with water department aide Sam ples warning the mayor won t budge beyond the present proposal. Mayor Butler says deficits limit affordability as talks with police and firefighters continue.
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Cathy A. Monroe
Marion
Water Department
Jack Samples
Laborers International Union Local 577
Carbondale awaits 3 million dollar HUD grant decision
City officials expect by July 21 to learn if Carbondale’s final application for a $3 million federal grant survives competition and Reagan administration budget cuts. The council approved a three year Community Development Block Grant application after an informal meeting and a public hearing with no input. The application is basically the same as planned.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Emma C. Hayes Center
Donald Monty
Monty
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
HUD
Brigham Named Area's Citizen of the Year
James R. Brigham was honored as the Gof frey Hughes Southern Illinois Citizen of the Year at the Southern Illinois Inc annual dinner at SIU Carbondale. Brigham, president of Diagraph Bradley, employs 170 at Ordill site with over $20 million in last year sales. He is a St Louis native and SIU alumnus who began with IBM and joined the family business in 1948. He became president in 1965.
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James R. Brigham
Southern Illinois Inc
Goffrey Hughes
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Brigham
Diagraph Bradley
St. Louis
Washington University
IBM
David Cullen
National Federation of Independent Businesses
Rend Lake board to set new water rates this year
Rend Lake Conservancy District trustees report rising production costs due to higher electric and chemical prices. Small towns on one year contracts pay 0.435 dollars per 1,000 gallons, while larger towns on five year contracts face rates set to change by May with 1,000 gallons costing about 0.60 dollars at the plant.
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O.R. Walley
Southern Illinoisan
Rend Lake Conservancy District
Charles Toler
Toler
Murphysboro plans hold the line budget for 1981 82
Murphysboro city officials expect expenditures to rise about 419000 for 1981 82 while revenues should grow about 451000 enabling a balanced budget. A public hearing is set for 7 30 p m today at city hall with City Clerk Kie Taylor calling it a hold the line budget and noting limited property tax capacity amid rising reliance on sales tax revenues.
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Murphysboro
Kie Taylor
Taylor
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Aurelia Drive
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Herrin Council
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Police and Fire Merit Board
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Rend Lake Board
George Heidenreich
Lawrence Lipe and Associates
Lipe
Kevin Davis
Larry Foster
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