New bids for city construction were accepted and a grant to purchase new TASER devices for the police department was approved at the Charleston City Council meeting on Tuesday.  The City Council accepted...

The Charleston City Council accepted a $500,000 grant from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for improvements to the wastewater treatment plant at its meeting on Tuesday.  The...

Approving the City Budget for the Fiscal Year beginning May 1, 2023, and ending April 30, 2024. City Council met Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. and approved 18 items that were on the agenda. The engineering...

City Council has approved to close down the street during Unofficial. With the Unofficial/ St. Patrick’s Day Celebration, the Charleston City Council has approved to closing down the street 200 ft....

The Charleston City Council voted 4-0 in favor of the $189,468 ozone generator rebuild at the water treatment plant during Tuesday night’s meeting. The old generator has served the plant for more...

Charleston City Council voted in favor 4-0 of a $99,237 bid award for street maintenance materials during Tuesday night’s meeting. The award was given to three companies: Ne-Co Asphalt, Mid-Illinois...

The Charleston City Council unanimously approved an item rejecting all bids for the Sister City Phase II Maintenance Building Project. Charleston Mayor Brandon Combs said there was one bid for the project,...

Charleston City Council members will vote on the annual tax levy ordinance that will total $5,151,092. The largest amounts levied are $1,721,444 for police pension, $1,715,557 for fire pension and $412,604...

Charleston City Council approved a bid for 35 new self-contained-breathing apparatus (SCBA) equipment for the fire department Tuesday evening. The total cost for the new SCBAs is $247,450 but the fire...

Charleston City Council approved a bid for a company to provide landscape waste tub grinding for the city. “Tub grinding” is a process where vegetative waste, especially wood, is thrown into a tub-shaped...

Charleston’s City Council will vote on awarding a bid to a company to perform landscape waste tub grinding for the city. The lowest bidder for the project was R&R Services, Inc. from Argenta,...

The Charleston City Council approved engineering companies for the $7.4 million The Wastewater Treatment Plant Nutrient Removal Project Tuesday night.   Mayor Brandon Combs said the project is...