Bloomington City Council

Henson Disposal’s proposal to build a waste transfer station south of the city advanced Monday, with the Bloomington City Council approving a preliminary plan, and agreeing to extend sewer and water mains to the property.

During Tuesday's non-voting meeting, the Bloomington City Council and Mayor Mwilambwe were presented with the city’s Americans with Disabilities Act Transition Plan as well as the Bloomington Police Department’s ideas for using a $500,000 violence prevention grant.

City and town council candidates gathered Saturday at the DoubleTree Hotel and Conference Center in Bloomington, at an event hosted by the McLean County Republican Party.

The Bloomington City Council on Monday OK’d a four-year contract that increases pay for police sergeants and lieutenants, who have been working without an agreement since April 2020.

Bloomington City Manager Tim Gleason and Mayor Mboka Mwilambwe said 2022 has been a good year for the city with COVID largely in the rear-view mirror and the city starting to get past the 50% to 100% COVID-related cost increases in materials and projects.

The Bloomington City Council on Monday increased its combined property tax levies to about $28.6 million, an estimated 7% increase over last year’s figure.

Bloomington has proposed a $22 million property tax levy — about 6.5% higher than last year. The proposed levy for the Bloomington Public Library would increase by 7%.

A proposed multimillion-dollar update of Grossinger Motors Arena and Bloomington Ice Center heating and cooling systems took a step forward Monday, with the Bloomington City Council authorizing engineers to ready the paperwork for the bidding process.

Four incumbent Bloomington City Council incumbents have decided not to run for election next spring.

Higher property values are expected to allow the city to rake in more money without raising the tax rate, say officials.