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LISBON While the courthouse elevator is down, county commissioners said Wednesday they will continue to make every effort to give those with disabilities access to the courthouse.
Chairman Tim Weigle said the commissioners understand the courthouse needs to be ADA compliant and are working on the problem. However, the parts needed to fix the elevator cannot be made quickly enough to accomplish that immediately.
The parts to repair the elevator include replacement of a cylinder and possibly the piston inside it, which sit below the elevator and push it up. The parts are about 45-feet long and may need to be custom made and then assembled below the elevator shaft.
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Update: Services Set (Posted 2/8/21)
Services for WIU Building Service Foreman Gregory Mitch Carey, 50, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 13 at at the Dodsworth-Piper-Wallen Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m., Friday, Feb. 12 at the funeral home. -
WIU Mourns Death of WIU-Macomb Employee Gregory Mitch Carey
MACOMB, IL – Gregory Mitch Carey, a building service foreman in Facilities Management at Western Illinois University, passed away Feb. 2 in an auto accident. The Western Illinois University community mourns Mitch s passing. We extend our deepest sympathies to Mitch s family, friends and co-workers, said Western Illinois University President Guiyou Huang.
Carey joined WIU in February 2012 as a building service worker. He was promoted to a building service foreman in August 2015.
PERRY TOWNSHIP Trustees granted 2 percent wage increases to police and road department employees Monday.
In addition, employees were granted a one-time only 1 percent stipend based on last year’s wages for dealing with COVID-19.
Trustee Chair Steve Bailey described the wage hikes as cost of living and merit raises for employees, saying trustees were “trying to make up for years they didn’t get raises.”
The raises will cost an additional $7,723 for the year and the stipends will cost an additional $3,300 for the year.
Employees affected include three road department employees, four full-time police officers and five part-time police officers.