Tuesday night was a great night for children in Ottawa.
Od Fellow of Illinois Lodge 41 in Ottawa and Deputy Grand Master of the previous Nobel Grand Master, Deputy Grand Master Ray Jackson presented a check to Ottawa City Council for $ 3,000, to repair, replace, or recurring his playground equipment to go to the city’s park program.
Since the beginning of the 1700s in England, the group has been working in its communities since the establishment, since the early 1700s, in the United States and in Ottawa since 1948.
Jackson said, “We cannot destroy evil because we are not Clarke Kent or Bruce Wayne, we are just strange fellows, raising the character of a person of mankind at a time,” Jackson said.
In addition, Commissioner Marla Pierceon announced that South Ottawa Township donated $ 12,000 to cover the cost of a new shelter in the South Side Peck Park.
The Council also approved a quote of $ 106,853 from Natoys holiday products in suburban Westchester for playground tool at the upper level of Allen Park. Those funds are part of the land acquisition and development grant that the city has got.
And, according to the speed of Pearson, the city Alan Park will advertise for dialects for the front parts of the renewal project.
“This was a great night for parks in Ottawa,” said Piercene. “It was a very good donation from The Odd Fellow and this donation will go to a normal fund for all park projects that we are now running, not more important than others, only for general expenses … and donations from South Ottawa Township are also very exciting. This was just a fun night for all parks. ,
Mayor Rob Husty approved a property use and maintenance agreement with YMCA about a shared 20-wide strip between YMCA about a shared 20-wide strip between YMCA.
The agreement will allow YMCA to establish an entry plaza in honor of the local attorney and former Mayor Robert Eschback in exchange for the YM agreement to maintain that property.
Hasty invited the public for a meeting on 22 February at 6 pm on Thursday, to present the findings of the downtown feasibility studies conducted by Place Dynamics of New Berlin, Visconsin, underlining the possibility of residential short -term rent of city buildings. The discussion will be led that the company’s lead owner Michael Stumpf.
In other action, council:
The city’s water authorized an engineering and design agreement with Etscheid, Duttlinger and Associates for 2024 parts of the main replacement project. According to the Commissioner Brett Baron, the south side of the city should be completed by the end of this year.
Approved a quote of $ 8,774 from Tyler technologies for project accounting software.
AFSCME Local 2819 and International Association of Firefighters Local 523 authorized collective bargain agreement.
Regarding a grant agreement with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources regarding the South Bluff Historic Survey.
A WGN Weather near Jordan block authorized an agreement to be located at Bug station.