Town of Normal

More than a year and a half after a dispute over shared sales tax money began, the City of Bloomington, Town of Normal and McLean County have no resolution and no talks scheduled.

The Bloomington city manager said a long public forum on data centers this week was just the early part of the discussion about data center policy.

A panel on both sides of the data center debate answered questions for three hours Wednesday night as at least a couple hundred people listened intently.

In all, 655 phone calls came into Bloomington and Normal emergency call centers during recent thunderstorms and high winds. That volume overloaded dispatchers at certain points, but the system functioned as designed.

Town of Normal crews have collected over 10,700 cubic yards of brush and debris over the past week. That's 580 truckloads.

The new, voluntary Blue Envelope Program is now part of the Normal Police Department's operations. It's used to improve interactions — usually traffic stops — with people who have autism, cognitive delays, communication differences or other neurodivergent conditions.

A clean audit of the McLean County Mental Health and Public Safety Fund won't wipe away all the disagreements over how the county spends sales tax money shared by Bloomington and Normal.

The forum is scheduled for 5-8 p.m. on Aug. 26 at the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts. Questions will be submitted electronically before the event.

The Normal Town Council approved an amendment to various sections of the town zoning code, excluding a restriction on home-based businesses.

The sculpture park at One Town Plaza has been in progress for two years and features four art installations.