Normal Town Council

McLean County circuit court judge Mark Fellheimer on Wednesday dismissed a legal action filed against Normal Town Clerk Angie Huonker in an effort to get some Normal residents on the April ballot.

Town of Normal Finance Director Andrew Huhn said during a daylong budget workshop for the town council that a lot of the increase will be funded by projected double-digit revenue growth, mainly in sales and income tax receipts.

As expected, the Normal Town Council on Tuesday OK'd the annexation agreement of 36 acres for the planned Carden Springs development, making way for nearly 500 new apartments and townhouses, near Interstate 55.

On the agenda are a final plat for three Weldon Reserve houses on Beech Street, and an annexation agreement that sets aside nearby property for Carden Springs, a complex of garden-style apartments and townhouses.

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.

A legal memorandum to the Normal Town Council and mayor indicates dissident council member Stan Nord improperly used his position to try to influence the electoral process and could have placed himself in legal jeopardy. The memo came from town lawyer Brian Day with help from an outside law firm.

Normal’s latest five-year outlook calls for putting $175 million toward hundreds of capital projects — about $18 million more than last year’s plan.

The 2022 Normal property tax levy will be the same as last year’s — nearly $13.4 million dollars, after the town council adopted it Monday night. Also at the meeting, the council rebuked member Stan Nord for an email he sent to town staff.

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

A former ISU housing complex on Shelbourne Drive in Normal can serve as the seed for a subdivision in north central Normal, and it could see renters as early as January.