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The Decatur City Council voted 5-1 to finalize the scope of the Oakland and Grand Area Sewer Separation project.

Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe and three candidates elected to the city council earlier this month will be sworn in to new four-year terms Monday.

The Decatur City Council on Monday approved without opposition an ordinance imposing the citys 8% hotel/motel tax on short-term rentals in city limits.

City water rates will increase 6% for everyone next month while a required down payment is in the pipeline for some delinquent water customers.

City manager Scot Wrighton said a repeat of the reprieve the council offered ratepayers this past year would not be wise as water and sewer costs "have gone up astronomically."

ADM, both the citys largest employer and emitter of fossil fuels, will soon be able to pump liquified carbon dioxide into "pore space" more than a mile underneath city-owned land.

Archer Daniels Midland Co. would be allowed to pump liquified carbon into "pore space" below the ground of city-owned land under a proposal to be considered by the city council.

The company plans to invest at least $50 million into the campus and expects to employ about 45 people in full-time positions, according to a development agreement with the city.

The company plans to invest at least $50 million into the campus and expects to employ about 45 people in full-time positions, according to a development agreement with the city.

Greg Bickers, a city of Decatur electrical inspector who was suspended after testing positive for cannabis, alleged that the city violated his Fourth Amendment rights. A federal judge agreed.