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Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Tuscola City Council purchases police truck

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The Tuscola City Council met Dec. 12 to purchase a police truck.

Here are the meeting's minutes, as provided by the council:

Roll call

Pledge of allegiance

Public comment

Consent agenda

- Minutes of previous meeting: November 28, 2016

- Financial report: None

- Payment of bills: $299,069.75

- Pay requests: Owen Tucker for retaining wall materials for Doris subdivision - $15,286.14

- Requests to conduct fundraising: None

- Community building lease with alcohol: None

- Other: Cub Scouts Days Camp at Wimple Park on June 15-17, 2016

Requested time on the agenda: None

Reports

- Mayor

- City Clerk

- City treasurer TIF Delinquency report

- City attorney

- City administrator

- Other

Matters for council attention

Ordinances

- An ordinance for the Levy and assessment of taxes for the fiscal year beginning May 1, 2016 and ending April 30, 2017 of the City of Tuscola, Douglas County, Illinois

- An ordinance establishing the Douglas county enterprise zone

- Possible executive session to review prior executive session minutes and for pending litigation

- A resolution concerning the review and release of executive session minutes and the destruction of executive session audio recordings

Contracts and agreements

- Douglas county enterprise zone intergovernmental agreement

- 2017 Ford police F350 from Ford of Tuscolo - $36,210.00

Requests for TIF assistance

- TIF Grant up to $5,000 for architectural services at 100-104 W. Sale St.

Tabled discussion topics

Other

- Proposals for purchase of Old North Ward School site

- Travel ordinance

- Nuisance properties/ Inoperable vehicles ordinances

- Disposition of personal property in possession of Tuscola Police department

New business

Next meeting: Tuesday, December 27, 2016

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