DANVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Remember that GIS bid? Well, we spoke up because the price was TOO HIGH! and it was a NO BID contract! "Incredulous" says that we are keeping down this GIS contract because the provider is not licensed? NO WAY! We are pointing out that...
DANVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Videos of this and other meetings are located (HERE) on the Vermilion County website. December 10th 2013. Vermilion County Board Meeting. The meeting was called to order on time and the agenda and minutes from last month’s meeting was approved. Absent were both District...
DANVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - During the December Vermilion County Board meeting, the agenda listed Mr. Mike Blazer, the attorney for Invenergy, as giving an update on the sound study they have been working on. What follows is a run-down on what he stated during over 40...
DANVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Last month I requested all records relating to the subject of GIS in an effort to determine if anyone besides us had complained of the no-bid so-called professional services contract for GIS service for Vermilion County. What I received was an incomplete response,...
VERMILION CO. (ECWd) - In a follow-up to this previous article, we received responses to our FOIA requests seeking information on the costs associated with the shoddy work performed in an attempt at connecting the Nursing Home sewage system into the City of Tilton system. We do...
DANVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - During a special Vermilion County Board meeting on November 20, 2013, the board voted and approved another no-bid contract. This one dealing with FIDLAR, a document scanning service for property records. It was for around $160,000.00. Once again, the board is claiming...
DANVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - On November 12, 2013, I attended a regularly scheduled Vermilion County Board meeting. During public session, the chairman invited all interested parties who wanted to talk about things other than wind farm issues to speak. I informed him that I had things...
VERMILION CO. (ECWd) - As reported in the North American Windpower Magazine: GE has begun investigating another blade break involving its 1.6-100 turbine and 48.7-meter blade, this time at Invenergy's California Ridge wind farm in Illinois. In addition, reports of other recent GE blade failures have surfaced,...
SARAH LAURIE, MD. (ECWd) - Waubra Foundation - Sarah Laurie, MD - November 25, 2013 US Justice Muse has just ruled [1] that two 1.65 VESTAS Wind Turbines in Falmouth cause “irreparable physical and psychological harm” to the health of neighbours. He has ordered that the turbines...
DANVILLE, IL (ECWd) - Vermilion County Board November 12, 2013 Meeting Prior to the November meeting, the October meeting was reconvened for the purpose of approving the 2013/2014 budget and the Annual Tax levy. Without approval at this time, the county would be shut down. The budget was...
