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Staff reports progress on 2023 strategic plan; PFAS monitoring shows no detections in finished water

5751918 · August 19, 2025
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City staff presented a status update on the town’s 2023 strategic plan—28 goals across four priority areas—with 4 goals complete, 13 in progress, 4 not started and 7 ongoing; staff also reported that UCMR 5 PFAS testing results from 2024 showed no detections in the finished drinking water.

City staff on Aug. 18 briefed the Normal Town Council on the status of the town’s 2023 strategic plan and plans for a 2026 update with the Center for Governmental Studies at Northern Illinois University. Jacob Smith, a staff member who presented the update, said the plan contains four strategic priority areas—innovative economic growth; infrastructure and core services; organizational effectiveness; and community engagement and development—and 28 goals in total. Smith reported that, to date, four goals are complete, 13 are in progress, four have not started and seven are ongoing.

Smith told…

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