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Council approves minutes, bills, property bids and several equipment purchases

City Council of Lawrenceville, Illinois · January 8, 2026
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Summary

At its Jan. 8 meeting, the Lawrenceville City Council approved meeting minutes, accepted sealed bids on city parcels, approved paying department bills and authorized purchases including cemetery equipment and well repairs; vote tallies were recorded on roll calls where noted.

The Lawrenceville City Council voted on a set of routine and nonroutine items at its Jan. 8 meeting, approving administrative minutes, accepting sealed bids for city parcels and authorizing several purchases.

Ald. Dunn moved to approve the December meeting minutes; Ald. Goins seconded and the motion passed on a voice vote. The Council then approved paying department bills after a motion by Ald. Brewer and a second from Ald. Greene; the roll-call vote was 7-0 with yeas recorded as Waldrop, Volkman, Greene, Goins, Fritch, Dunn and Brewer. (The meeting record references both December and November when describing the bill packet and the motion.)

The Mayor opened sealed bids on three parcels. Melissa Edgin bid $10,000 for 902 12th Street and Heather Vencil bid $1,510.23 for 1510 13th Street; Ald. Brewer moved to accept the bids and Ald. Waldrop seconded. The motion passed on a roll-call vote, 7-0.

Other approved actions included authorizing ADG of Mt. Carmel to advertise for Armory roof repairs (proposed bid date Feb. 10, 2026), and approving a $43,080.83 purchase of excavating equipment for the cemetery with funds to come from the Cemetery Perpetual Fund. Several of those items passed on roll-call votes recorded as 7-0; others passed on voice votes as noted by the clerk.

The meeting record lists the motions and outcomes above; the Council took no final vote on a proposed used jet truck during the session.