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Council hears RISE grant award, EV charging station plan and mutual‑aid MOU with Lakeland College

Effingham City Council · October 7, 2025
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Summary

Staff reported a RISE implementation grant to buy roughly 2.68 acres for residential development, described grant-funded EV charging station plans at the former fire station site (revised cost $62,199.39) and previewed a mutual‑aid agreement with Lakeland College Police Department to be returned with indemnification language.

City staff told council the city had been approved for a RISE implementation grant from the Illinois DCEO to purchase about 2.68 acres from HSHS on the north side of Heritage for future residential development; staff said the parcel could yield an estimated 14–17 lots once platting and zoning are complete. The original numeric string in the staff presentation was unclear; a…

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