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Pinckneyville council approves parade, festival funding and memorial placement
Summary
The council authorized $1,500 from the Hotel/Motel Fund for Mardi Gras advertising and approved multiple community events — the high‑school homecoming parade, Knights of Columbus collection, Taps and Vine 'Touch the Truck' event — and approved placement of a Blue Star Memorial Marker in City Park.
The Pinckneyville City Council on Aug. 26 approved requests enabling several community events and a memorial marker.
Betti Mucha, president, and Dana Carney, executive director, of the Pinckneyville Chamber of Commerce requested $1,500 from the Hotel/Motel Fund to assist with advertising for Mardi Gras events, street closures for a children’s parade and night parade (closing streets at 6 p.m.), vendor fair and business trick-or-treat, traffic control and post-event clean-up. The council voted unanimously to grant the funding and the operational requests.
The council also approved a request from Pinckneyville Community High School to hold its homecoming parade on Sept. 27, 2024 at 2:00 p.m.; a Knights of Columbus request to collect at the 4‑way stop on Oct. 26 to benefit District #50 and the Special Olympics; and a request from Taps and Vine, LLC to use the city parking lot at 9 W. Jackson St. for a free “Touch the Truck” event on Oct. 19, 2024, which owner Lauren Moore said will include a fire truck, bucket truck, ambulance and an ARCH helicopter for public viewing. The council approved each request by unanimous roll call.
Sandy Sweeney, April Welch and Karen Heisner of the Pinckneyville Garden Club requested placement of a Blue Star Memorial Marker along the City Park walking path near the existing veterans memorial; Sweeney said the club has received a donation toward the marker and plans continued fundraising for a Gold Star memorial in the same location. The council approved placement unanimously.
During public comment, Jeff Egbert of the Weekly Press asked where the ARCH helicopter referenced for the Touch the Truck event would land; Lauren Moore said landing arrangements were still being worked out and commissioners suggested the empty grass lot as a likely site. The meeting record does not include any final landing plan or FAA coordination details.
