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Trustee Brooke Rider Submits Resignation in August; Special Meeting Set for September 29
The Omaha Village board was again held by teleconference on Monday, September 14, and President Bob Lambert made a statement to the board regarding the recent resignation of Brooke Rider from her seat. [Read more...]
The nomination of Brandy Vickers by Omaha President Bob Lambert to replace James Doyle on the Omaha Village Board was given approval by all the trustees last week at the August regular monthly meeting. Vickers was given the oath of office over the phone and seated for the remainder of the meeting. [Read more...]
Some confusion transpired at the June 17th special meeting of the Omaha Village board as members met to vote to move forward with the storm sewer project. During the June regular board meeting it had been stated that a “Rebuild Illinois” grant needed to be finished by June 30, and the special meeting would be called to vote on that, but when the agenda for the special meeting came out, the “Rebuild Illinois” grant was nowhere on it. [Read more...]
The Omaha July meeting is via conference call due to a rise in Covid Cases in Gallatin Co.
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The Conference Code is 65124924 [Read more...]
The storm sewer project was again on the agenda Monday night at the Omaha Village Board meeting as President Bob Lambert introduced Matt Wiggins of Clarida Engineering to speak to the board via teleconference. Board members Jon Davis and Scott Sauls maintained the board had not been consulted about details of the plan after Clarida moved forward on it following the grant approval. At issue was the scope of the project. The plan to repair a collapsed storm sewer below and between First and Second Streets in the downtown area had been initiated some time ago, but in the interim, it turned into a project that extended all the way to the creek, according to board members. [Read more...]