Shelby Co. (ECWd) - It appears Shelby County is slow on the uptake of information provided to them. As outlined in a recent article (here), the County Government is not permitted to hire private legal counsel without express statutory authority. In the case of Shelby County,...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - We outlined a legal bill in our last article that represents there were discussions about an employee and pro ration of paid compensation time and resignation in lieu of official misconduct. The billing indicates that the conversation was December 9th, 2018. Anyone who...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Over the last several weeks we have been requesting key records as it relates to payroll and how such payroll records are kept. The results are shocking. According to the Sheriff, he had not read the FOP contract prior to signing it. When...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Sheriff's Committee of Shelby County met this morning for a routine committee meeting at the Sheriff's Office. The Chairman of that committee, Kay Kearney did the right thing when presented with a situation that pointed to the meeting not being properly noticed. ...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) Our recent article on Shelby County dealt with the improper hiring of legal counsel by the County board and can be read at this link. We routinely find local reporting following our exposure of local matters. In this case, the reporting speaks volumes...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - We attended the Shelby County Board meeting this week after several requests from concerned citizens and several elected officials. In our brief inquiry into a few things, it became clear there were several concerns that needed to be addressed. Below you can see...
SHELBYVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Shelby Township, the underlying reason for HB1896, just completed printing checks, stuffing envelopes, and mailing out those rebate checks to its approximately 2800 property parcel owners. The total amount rebated by the Township was $735,461.94. This is an average of $262.66 per property parcel. State...
SHELBYVILLE TOWNSHIP, IL. (ECWd) - The Shelbyville Township board of trustees held its regular meeting on Monday evening, June 5, 2017. During the meeting they went into executive session to discuss an appointment to the vacant seat of Township Supervisor. It was vacant because former supervisor Steve...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - In yet another example of poor legal input, the Township Board appointed a replacement Supervisor to serve the remainder of Steve Shoaff's term, which is a whopping 14 days, and it went downhill from there. In order for a person to enter upon...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The May 1, 2017 regular meeting of the Shelbyville Township board was met with multiple resignations from office. We covered the attorney/FOIA officer resignation in this article. Under new business, the current Township Supervisor, Steve Shoaff, tendered not one, but two resignations. He resigned...
