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The City of Galesburg officially approved the creation of a new administrative position, Director of Public Works/ Assistant City Manager, at their meeting Monday. The position would remain the head of the Public Works Department but also assist the city manager on an as-needed basis. City Manager Gerald Smith says current Director of Public Works Wayne Carl would have been elevated into the position but has decided to retire in the Spring of 2023. Smith says that the city feared it would be difficult to attract a candidate with the same level of experience as Carl, so the packaging of duties ...

Galesburg Council discussed the home rule sales tax increase on Monday that would increase revenue by about $950,000 annually. City Manager Gerald Smith says this is a means to funding infrastructure improvements and a portion of a community center, possibly in the form of issuing bonds and paying off the bonds with the new revenue. Smith says this is not an uncommon strategy for fixing capital infrastructure adding many city roads that have gone years without significant improvements. Right now about $400,000 annually is earmarked for capital projects. Alderman Bradley Hix says he's worr...