NOTICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE VILLAGE OF TOLONO
Beginning September 22, 2020, you may begin circulating petitions for Village Board seats open in the April 6, 2021, Consolidated Election. The seats that will be open for election are the Village President and 4 Trustees. You may pick up information at the Village Hall, located at 507 W. Strong St., Tolono, IL 61880, beginning September 22, 2020, at 8:00AM.
The filing period will be December 14-21, 2020.
The Village is not making everyone switch to Republic for trash service. There was a presentation at the Village Board meeting on January 21, 2020, by a representative from Republic as to how a Franchise Agreement would work. He spoke under the Public Comments portion of the meeting, like anyone else can. On Facebook, you can go back and watch the replay of the Board meetings.
If the Board started looking further into a Franchise Agreement, there would be a Public Hearing to gather the thoughts of the residents surrounding the matter before we would proceed. If we did proceed, we could not just call Republic and give them the contract. We would have to compose a bid document with everything we want in a contract, and companies would have to send in their bid for service.
If you have questions, we urge you to call the Village Hall or watch the February 4, 2020, Board meeting on Facebook live replay for clarification from the Board and not rely on what is being put out by other groups and social media.
The Consumer Confidence Report Provides you with important information about your drinking water and the efforts made by the water system to provide safe drinking water for the period of January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018. You may see it here or obtain a printed copy at Village Hall.
We have been investigating the leak at the corner of Austin and Cory Streets, we are unsure if this was the result of the construction of the new water main, but Friday November 2nd we are going to have Illinois Rural Water Association try and pinpoint a leak and repair it if there is a leak. If there isn’t a leak, we are looking into installing a new storm sewer line to alleviate the standing water at this intersection. We realize this is an inconvenience but please be patient.
Thanks,
Village of Tolono Public Works
There will be 2 Fire hydrant replacements. One at the corners of Linden and Galloway which will affect Linden Street residents between Galloway and Whitehead Streets.
The second Fire hydrant replacement will be at the corners of Elizabeth and Marshall which will affect Marshall Street Residents between Elizabeth and Calhoun Streets.
