Du Quoin City Clerk Uses Computer to Manage Finances
Du Quoin City Clerk Cecil Daily, a former assistant since 1953, implemented a computer system to run water bills, parking tickets, and payroll. The setup allows instant accounting, greater investment earnings, and data-driven parking patterns, with plans to computerize council minutes. Daily notes one on one public interactions remain irreplaceable.
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du Quoin
Cecil
Daily
Illinois Investment Pool
Utility tax overpayments to be returned in 15 towns
Fifteen Southern Illinois communities may refund nearly $85,000 to utility users later this year if they approve an out-of-court settlement mirroring Carbondale. The deal covers 1978 to 1980 overcharges caused when taxes were calculated on gross receipts including the tax itself. Carbondale leads with a $59,901 share. other approved settlements include Cobden, De Soto, Grand Tower and Mound City.
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Southern Illinois
Carbondale
Cook County
Central Illinois Public Service Co
Illinois
Cobden
de Soto
Grand Tower
Mound City
Bush
Carterville
Crainville
Dowell
Energy
Freeman Spur
Johnston City
Pittsburg
Lesser
Valier
CIPS
Charles A. Getto
Reg Ankrom
Ankrom
Southern Division
Nora Somit Post to join SIU-C staff
Nora Somit Post, famed oboeist and wife of SIU Carbondale president Albert Somit, will start this August as a 12 month research specialist for the arts at SIU C. She will secure outside grants to fund applied and performing arts projects and work in the Research Development and Administration department under Michael Dingerson.
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Jean Ness
Southern
SIUC
Ben
Miss Post
Dingerson
Lucas Foss
Brooklyn Philharmonia
New York City
Carnegie Hall
Marion civil service office kept open after premature closing notice
The Illinois Department of Personnel announced a Marion regional office closure but local officials learned it would stay open. The Marion office administers tests for civil service applicants in counties from Centralia south and served over 4,000 applicants last year.
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Illinois Department of Personnel
State
Marion
Carol Holloway
Department
Department of Personnel
Louis J. Giordano
Illinois
Centralia
Anna
Holloway
Southern Illinois Civil Service
Springfield
Sparta principal on sick leave amid alcoholism fears
Sparta High School principal Don ald Outten, citing a worsening ulcer and risk of slipping back into alcoholism, requested sick leave through July 1. A medical report will determine return, surgery, or disability retirement. assistant principal Tom Bock serves as acting principal.
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Tony Stevens
Sparta High School
Donald Outten
Sparta Unit District 140
Outten
Raleigh Hills Hospital
St. Louis
St. Louis Hospital
District 140
Tom Bock
Mark Imhoff
Imhoff
Sparta
State May Stop Paying For Mental Health Drugs
A proposed Department of Public Aid rule would stop reimbursements for many mental health medications for Public Aid recipients starting in July, prompting warnings of relapse and a return to state facilities. Critics say it could affect about 500 long term patients in Franklin and Williamson counties, with most on anti psychotics. Officials defend cost controls and prior approvals, noting abuses and budget pressures.
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Bonnie Marx
Southern Illinois
Herrin
Department of Public Aid
David Melby
Franklin-Williamson
Melby
Thompson
Department of Public Aids
Franklin
Williamson
Illinois
David Gilbert
Johnetta Jordan
Public Aid
Springfield
Ms. Jordan
Mely
N. Davis
General Counsel’s Office
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H.B. Koplowitz
John McCutchen du
Tom Woolf
The
Southern Illinoisan
Nora Somit
Siu-C
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