Mike Jenkins has retracted his resignation as mayor of Farmer City. On Friday, Jenkins announced his resignation on a Facebook post and said it was effective immediately. He now says he will fulfill the remainder of his 3 year term. Since Jenkins did not hand in his resignation to the City Clerk of Farmer City, as required by law to begin the process of stepping down, his resignation was not official.
Jenkins says he has been cooperating with the Illinois State Police and DeWitt County States Attorney's office into possible exploitation of the TIF-1 program in Farmer City. He had suggested TIF money may have been distributed illegally. A former councilman has returned over $14,600 in TIF-1 funds he had collected and has asked for his seat back.
