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The City of Decatur is now offering Electronic Billing for your Municipal Utilities bill.  This new convenience allows you the option of receiving your bill via e-mail instead of receiving a paper bill through the mail.  Each month you’ll receive an e-mail letting you know your Municipal Utilities Bill is attached and ready to view.  Your paperless bill will be identical to the paper bill you’re currently receiving.

To sign-up you can visit www.decaturil.gov/ebill

If you would like to sign-up in person, please visit Utility Customer Service inside the Decatur Civic Center located at 1 Gary K. Anderson Plaza between the hours of 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. For more information click on link: ebill_flyer

For more information regarding Electronic Billing please contact Utility Customer Service at 217-424-2841.

 

The Decatur City Council on Monday approved agreements that members hope will strengthen future funding requests for Brush College Road corridor improvements, part of a region where significant travel and access barriers hamper current travel and future growth possibilities.

Members approved an agreement with Crawford, Murphy and Tilly to perform land acquisition services for the project and authorized a second agreement with the State of Illinois to use Illinois Jobs Now grant funds to help pay for the acquisition costs. The Brush College Road project is made up of multiple phases with the acquisition work approved on Monday associated with planned construction of a Fairies Parkway and Norfolk Southern Railroad overpass and interchange.

In April 2016, the City applied for $20 million in funding through the federal TIGER VII Grant program to design and build the Brush College Road/Faries Parkway Grade Separation and Improvement Project. Upon learning that its application was not selected, the City asked for feedback to learn how to improve funding applications going forward. The most significant short-coming listed was that the City was not far enough along on the project and representatives were advised that one of the ways to move forward was through acquisition of needed right away.

Contact Billy Tyus at 217-424-2727 for more information.

On Tuesday, August 1^st, the City of Decatur is inviting all residents to join us for the 34^th Annual National Night Out (NNO) crime and drug prevention event at HESS PARK from 5-8 pm.

As part of the event, local officials will participate in a fund raiser for the Coalition of Neighborhood Organizations.

A dunk tank event will take place throughout the evening where residents and children will have the opportunity to “dunk” some of our favorite community leaders.

5:30-5:45 pm — Jay Scott, Macon County States Attorney

6:00-6:15 pm — Chief Jeff Abbott, Decatur Fire Department

6:30-6:45 pm — Lt. Antonio Brown, NNO Committee/Macon Co. Sheriff’s office

7:00-7:15 pm — Chief Jim Getz, Decatur Police Department

7:30-7:45 pm — Deputy City Manager, Billy Tyus

Tickets can be purchased for kids 12 and under, 2 balls for $1, while adults can purchase 6 balls for $5.

All proceeds go to the Coalition of Neighborhood Organizations for future neighborhood activities and events.

The NNO campaign involves local government officials, not-for-profit organizations, citizens, law enforcement agencies, civic groups, businesses and neighborhood organizations. Over 16,000 cities around the U.S. will host block parties, cookouts, parades, flashlight walks, contests, and youth activities.  In all, over 38.3 million people are expected to participate in “America’s Night Out against Crime”.

For more information contact Richelle D. Irons at 424-2864.

 

The City of Decatur in conjunction with other community partners will hold its first Economic Development Forum from 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday, July 27 in the City Council Chamber of the Decatur Civic Center.

The forum is being held to discuss current economic development activities and opportunities within the Decatur community, to provide information related to job training possibilities and employer needs and to address community questions about local economic development. The goal is to provide a broad overview of the local development process and the state of our local economy and to give residents information about resources that are available to help persons seeking employment.

The Decatur Civic Center is located at 1 Gary K. Anderson Plaza. Contact Billy Tyus at 217-424-2727 for more information.