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The National Railroad Hall of Fame remains focused on building a new multi-million dollar visitors center museum in downtown Galesburg.

Gerald Smith will begin in Galesburg in the next 30 to 45 days.

A master plan on possible community center locations was presented to the Galesburg City Council Monday.

Galesburg aldermen on Monday approved the hire of a new City manager as a part of a work session but the council was divided. Gerald Smith was not present at the meeting but is expected to start work in the next 30 to 45 days. Larry Cox, Bradley Hix, Wayne Dennis voted against the contract. Cox says Smith's starting salary is too "costly for the city". Cox says Smith would be starting near the top of the salary schedule and with a comparable benefit package to where Todd Thompson was at after 11 years. The total salary and benefit package offered to Smith was about $171,000 comp...

Galesburg Aldermen have a work session planned for Monday night where they likely will hire a new city manager and may provide direction on the future of a community center. Peoria-based Farnsworth Group was hired by the council to create a "master plan" for a new community center. Farnsworth officials are expected to provide details about converting four different spaces into a community center; including the Hawthorne Pool and Churchill Junior High. Farnsworth has already done a survey of council members, mayor, and city staff in order to identify priorities and program needs. But ...