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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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%.
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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.
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Four incumbent Bloomington City Council incumbents have decided not to run for election next spring.
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Higher property values are expected to allow the city to rake in more money without raising the tax rate, say officials.