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Carlinville council approves routine minutes, event closures and several contract and personnel items
Summary
At its Aug. 18 meeting the City of Carlinville Council approved previous minutes and bills, authorized road closures for a Halloween Merchant Night, accepted a police commissioner’s resignation, approved event and contract bids and authorized a park-district OSLAD grant application.
The City of Carlinville City Council approved routine business and several formal actions at its Aug. 18, 2025 meeting.
The council unanimously approved the previous meeting minutes after a motion by Alderman Ober, seconded by Alderman Reichmann, and then unanimously approved the city bills on a motion by Alderman LeVora, seconded by Alderman Ober. The council also approved road closures for the Halloween Merchant Night around the square set for Oct. 23, 2025, on a motion by Alderman Reese, seconded by Alderman Link.
The council accepted the resignation of Police Commissioner John L. Howard after a motion from Alderman Reichmann, seconded by Alderman LeVora. The meeting record shows the resignation was accepted by unanimous vote, 8-0.
A motion by Alderman Ober to approve Elks Lodge #1412’s “Sucker Drive” fundraiser at the town square intersections on Sept. 13, 2025, 9 a.m.–12 p.m., carried with one recorded abstention from Alderman Link (vote recorded as 7 yes, 0 no, 1 abstain).
Personnel and hiring items on the agenda included a motion by Alderman LeVora, seconded by Alderman Link, to accept Nick Lancaster as a part-time dispatcher; that motion passed unanimously. Police Chief Derek Graham reported that the Carlinville Police Commissioners hired Hayden Bellm as a full-time police officer; the record states Bellm has left for the academy and is expected to graduate at the end of December (no council vote on the academy hire was recorded in the minutes provided).
The council authorized the Carlinville Park Board District to apply for an OSLAD (Open Space Land Acquisition and Development) grant this year on a motion by Alderman Ober, seconded by Alderman Brockmeier; the motion passed unanimously. The council also accepted Loellke Plumbing, Inc.’s final invoice for the Carlinville wastewater treatment plant trickle-filter rehabilitation in the amount of $20,743.38 (motion by Alderman Brockmeier, seconded by Alderman Gracey; unanimous). A bid from Emmons Tree Service for removal of a tree at 835 Johnson Street for $1,350 was accepted on a motion by Alderman Ober, seconded by Alderman Reichmann (unanimous).
The meeting adjourned at 6:40 p.m. following a motion by Alderman Reichmann, seconded by Alderman Ober.
