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The City of Watseka and the Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) are undertaking a planning effort to complete a Housing Needs Assessment and Economic Development Plan as part of an
Newly-elected and re-elected Watseka officials were sworn in May 25 at the regular city council meeting.
A 30th anniversary celebration took place in Watseka Friday evening as a local business celebrated their years in the community.
Watseka City Treasurer Carolyn DeLahr was honored May 18 for her 21 years of service. A reception, attended by DeLahrâs family and friends, was conducted before the city councilâs committee meetings. She was presented with a plaque by Mayor John Allhands. âWe want to thank you for all your years with the city,â he said. The plaque reads âThe City of Watseka wishes to acknowledge Carolyn DeLahr, city treasurer, for her faithful and appreciated service to the City of Watseka. The city extends its best wishes for her retirement and many thanks for a job well done. May, 2...
The Watseka City Council will investigate the possibility of adding a gas tax. Alderman Dennis Cahoe said at last weekâs finance committee meeting that the cityâs roads are in need of work and this would be a way to establish some funds to do that. Cahoe said at the time that raising property taxes is not a good idea. He also said that if anyone else has ideas on how to get some of the projects funded the council will be happy to listen. On April 27 Cahoe said, âLast finance meeting we talked about this gas tax as a way to possibly finance street repairs. I think all of us agre...