March Board Packet and Announcements

We all have seen the news regarding the upcoming vacancy in the office of U.S. Representative in the 18th District of Illinois.  In consultation with Chairman Zimmerman and County Clerk Christie Webb, we drafted a "letter to the editor" to make sure the public knew of the costs of the two special elections we may likely see (the primary and special election), and related issues.  To read the letter, click here.

This blog post is also to advise that this afternoon I received the board packet for the March 25, 2015, meeting of the Tazewell County Board.  Please click the "Board Packets" tab to review the information (including Accounts Payable).  

In addition, I recently received the following information that I wanted to share with you:

1) The 2014 Annual Report of the Fulton-Mason-Peoria-Tazewell Unit of the University of Illinois Extension (found here);

2) As reported by various sources, on March 11, 2015, the United States Environmental Protection Agency announced a decision to designate a portion of the Mahomet Aquifer system as a "sole source aquifer."  This designation means that the EPA believes contamination of the aquifer would create a "significant hard to public health and there are no physically available or economically feasible alternative sources of drinking water..."  This designation further authorizes the EPA to review projects which receive federal financial assistance and determine if it contaminates the aquifer.

The EPA has prepared a Responsiveness Summary which further addresses comments and answers questions.  This summary and other relevant documents will be available to the public at:

• EPA’s regional office, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago
• Champaign Public Library, 200 W. Green St., Champaign
• Bloomington Public Library, 205 E. Olive St., Bloomington
• Pekin Public Library, 301 S. Fourth St., Pekin
• Havana Public Library, 201 W. Adams St., Havana
• Watseka Public Library, 201 S. 4th St., Watseka

For more information, please see the USEPA's website.

For a detailed map to see how big of an impact the Mahomet Aquifer is on Tazewell County, please click here.