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Effingham council approves multiple ordinances and union contract; hears grant, transit requests

City Council of Effingham · August 5, 2025
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The Effingham City Council approved several ordinances and resolutions—including updates to carnival rules, enterprise zone boundary changes and a police union agreement—authorized payment of bills and recessed to executive session. Council discussed a proposed $300,000 convention‑center grant and a county request for municipal transit match funds.

Effingham's city council on Monday approved a slate of routine and substantive measures and spent substantial time discussing a proposed $300,000 grant for convention‑center improvements and a county request for municipal support of expanded public transit.

On procedural business, the council adopted the evening's Omniscient Vote Agenda after a motion by Commissioner Mohler and a second from Commissioner Meisenheimer. The body then approved a string of items by voice vote, including an update to the city's ordinance on circuses and carnivals, and Ordinance No. 57‑2025 to modify the Effingham County Enterprise Zone boundary. Economic development staff said the county had already approved its portion of the enterprise‑zone application and the city's…

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