OLIVER, IL. (ECWd) - The Clark-Edgar Rural Water District has set its 2017 regular board meeting dates as listed below: CERWD - 2017 Meeting Schedule January 16, 2017 7:00 pm February 20, 2017 7:00 pm March 20, 2017 7:30 pm April 17, 2017 7:30 pm May 15, 2017* 7:30 pm June...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - At a meeting held December 19, 2016, the Edgar County Airport Zoning Commission voted to recommend an Airport Zoning Ordinance to the Edgar County Board for their approval. This, despite opposition from nearly every person attending the meeting, and a promise from the...
EDGAR CO., IL. (ECWd) - The list of candidates who filed their petitions for Clark-Edgar Rural Water Commissioner, prior to the end of the filing period, are as follows: Sandra O'Neal Lisa Thomas Seth Thompson Charles Warfel Brad Adams Phil Adams...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - Here is a link to their Municipal Minute article (click here). . Court Interprets "Public Recital" Requirement of OMA Prior to Final Action . We don't get a lot of guidance from Illinois courts on compliance with the Open Meetings Act (OMA) (most of our guidance...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - The Edgar County Board held its organizational meeting this morning and elected Jeff Voigt as chairman for another two years. Mr. Luddington and Mr. Chittick are the two newly elected county board members who were sworn in prior to this meeting. Karl Farnham Jr....
EDGAR CO., IL. (ECWd) - Earlier this week the Edgar County Board published a draft Airport Zoning Ordinance - which has yet to be recommended by the Airport Zoning Commission - who had promised at the previous hearing to have another public hearing to receive input on this...
EDGAR CO., IL. (ECWd) - Great News! From today's County Board meeting: Edgar County Board has confirmed that taxes paid via the Hotel/Motel Tax don't come from taxpayers and are not taxpayer funds. Yes, they actually said that. Yes, they are wrong. However, taxpayer funds from the Hotel/Motel Fund were properly...
OLIVER, IL. (ECWd) - We have written about this unethical and unlawful situation in Clark and Edgar Counties before but thought it time to remind all those still interested that there has been no legitimate effort to rectify this problem. In fact, the Clark-Edgar Rural Water District...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - The Better Government Association (BGA) wrote an article spotlighting the Freedom Of Information Act and the Attorney General's role in assuring compliance with the act. One issue they highlight is our difficulty in obtaining information from the Illinois State Police in reference to the...
OLIVER, IL. (ECWd) - That's right. The Clark-Edgar Rural Water District (CERWD) has "written off" more than $40,000.00 in uncollected debt for water service. That's $40,000 that could have been used to connect others, pay wages, or to pay down its massive debt. If you know any of...
