City Gives Away Cash For Christmas Gifts –
…$37,950 in the three years prior Sangamon Valley Water District canceled their $3,200 Christmas gift card give-a-away after we published an article on it in 2022 NECAS gave away $10,000…
Watchdogs in 2020 – Some of our highlights:
…civil rights violations, and FOIA and Open Meetings violations (here) Convictions of Local Union 395 Iron Workers (here) NECAS’ $10k in Christmas gifts while crying about being broke, and employee…
NECAS sees accusations of physical abuse, property damage, guns against EMT David Craig –
Chrisman, IL. (ECWd) – In looking at the Northern Edgar County Ambulance Service (“NECAS”) over the past week, we gathered information relating to accusations of physical abuse on more than…
NECAS’s $10,000+ Christmas bonus lists paid with public funds –
…for the last 5 years of improper Christmas gifts. Metcalf’s payments to NECAS since 2015 total $7,098.56 and Christmas bonuses paid out by NECAS total more than $10,000. As we…
Northern Edgar County Ambulance Service illegally gave away free money –
Chrisman, IL. (ECWd) – The Northern Edgar County Ambulance Service (NECAS) is on the edge of insolvency. They have been telling us as much for the past year or so….
Northern Edgar County Ambulance Service could form its own Special Service Area –
CHRISMAN, IL. (ECWd) – For the majority of this year, we have heard about the Northern Edgar County Ambulance Service (“NECAS”), a product of an Intergovernmental Agreement, needing additional funds…
Employment agreements with NECAS employees
CHRISMAN, IL. (ECWd) – Below are the employment agreements for the Northern Edgar County Ambulance Service, NECAS, which were signed at the last meeting without the issue ever being placed…
NECAS coming into compliance with Open Meetings Act –
…may not have complied with the law. After the August 2018 meeting, I filed three complaints with the Attorney General’s Public Access Counselor, and later agreed the complaints against NECAS…
NECAS admits to holding illegal closed meetings –
…meetings were legitimately closed, unless, as in the case of the NECAS, they place the items improperly discussed in their meeting minutes. UPDATED for clarity: Independent of any discussions held…
NECAS – Failure to meet appropriate medical standard -major deviation from current ILS care
…our reporting, NECAS is still operating at an Intermediate level of service (ILS). Looking at the options provided in the letter by Carle Hospital, it would appear NECAS has taken…