Bloomington City Council

Bloomington City Council members signaled to staff Monday night they would like to use existing aid and improvement programs to help flood victims before considering direct aid from the city. That will come back for a vote next week.

Bloomington residents and business owners won’t face utility shutoffs for past-due bills — at least for the next few weeks, with the Bloomington City Council voting Monday night to reinstate a pandemic-related moratorium until Oct. 1.

The City of Bloomington could restore its moratorium on utility shutoffs, but only for a few weeks. The city council on Monday will consider a request to stop utility shutoffs through the end of September.

Bloomington’s city manager expressed skepticism that the city can legally send direct financial assistance to June flood victims—or that a majority of city council members would support it.

Bloomington's next police chief could be announced within the next two days.

Bloomington Mayor Mboka Mwilambwe will interview 10 candidates who filed to fill a city council vacancy. That's how many Ward 6 residents who applied for the city ahead of the deadline.

Some are pushing the Bloomington City Council to consider direct financial relief to residents who sustained damage in the historic June flooding.

WGLT met with five West Monroe Street neighbors this week to see and hear about the damage they suffered during late June's historic rainfall and its aftermath.

A Bloomington City Council member is proposing the city come up with a plan to help residents whose basements were flooded with sewage after heavy rains in late June.

Several residents of Bloomington’s west side and Eastgate subdivision spoke during public comment at Monday’s city council meeting, urging the council to put funds toward improved sewers.