Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Board awarded the custom farming contract to Kenny Compton during last week's special meeting as covered in this article. We received a copy of the 6 bids received which can be downloaded at this link or viewed below. While the full...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Board held a special meeting at 10 AM on the 21st of this month for the purpose of awarding a custom farming contract and approving the annual audit. Kenney Compton was the low bidder of the 6 bids received...
Dewitt Co. (ECWd) - We first exposed the illegal credit card charges totaling over $27,000.00 by the former Wapella Road District Highway Commissioner Eldon Cusey in this article. According to the Dewitt County Sheriffs' investigation, Cusey was altering receipts to cover up his personal purchases while leaving...
Will Co. (ECWd) - The Will County Veterans Assistance Commission, ("VAC") received a Freedom of Information Act request for specific records related to expenditures by Hey G Consulting which received $495,000.00 from the VAC to perform certain services under an agreed contract. The requester pointed to the...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The city of Shelbyville requested proposals for ambulance service by providing the RFP found at this link. Of interest within the RFP is the following requirement from the city: For emergency/911 calls only, the City of Shelbyville will require a minimum of two (2)...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Board attempted to approve the audit of the county financials during their last meeting. However, due to the fact the auditor could not be heard due to the presentation being done over a ZOOM connection, the approval was delayed....
Coles Co. (ECWd) - Let's assume you were charged with a crime and the court appointed your defense attorney. Your attorney then negotiates a plea agreement with the prosecuting Assistant State's Attorney assigned to the case, in which you plead guilty and get sentenced to two...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Board approved the custom farming contract and steps to be taken to receive sealed bids and award the contract for next year's wheat and bean crop. For those interested in bidding on the custom farming of the Shelby County farm...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Board voted to rescind the "Ambulance Standard of Care" ordinance that was adopted during last month's meeting. We covered its passage and explained all the reasons it needed to be rescinded in articles here and here. We were pleased to...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Farm Committee met to finalize the steps required to move forward with their custom farming operation. To our surprise, Chairman Coffman implied they would not have to bid out certain inputs because those inputs would be below the $30,000.00 threshold...
