Galesburg city manager on personal leave; city has 'unresolved legal matters'
Gerald Smith is on leave as of May 30.
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Gerald Smith is on leave as of May 30.
An acting city manager is now the top administrator at Galesburg City Hall. Meanwhile Galesburg Mayor Peter Schwartzman blames the City Council for creating a situation where city government "cannot function on all cylinders."
The Illinois Attorney General's office has ruled the Galesburg City Council violated the Open Meetings Act at two December 2022 meetings.
The interim public work director's contract expired Monday.
Plaques are going up at the four boxcar campsites where about 20 Mexican families lived from roughly the 1920s to '50's. The city presented these plaques on Monday prior to the Galesburg City Council meeting with many relatives and descendants of the railroad families in attendance. The plaques will go up at the Davis Camp at the corner of S. West and Sixth streets, the Santa Fe Camp at the intersection of Berrien Street and Dietrich Avenue, and the West Hump Camp at the corner of Knox County Highway 10 and South Henderson Street and the Plant Camp just south of Galesburg. PHOTOS: Hi...