The City of Taylorville and its residents should expect a summer full of projects with improving the city as its main goal. From the ‘Safe Routes to School’ project to the potential purchase of the industrial park, Taylorville officials are seeking to make major change following local elections. Discussing this work being done is Taylorville Mayor Bruce Barry, Barry indicates that the City Council will have a lot of decisions to make at their meeting. Mayor Barry starts by talking the local elections and the results that have come in from it.

Barry shares details on the upcoming ‘Safe Routes to School’ project. Barry says plans should be completed by summers end.

In Illinois, residents are subject to a statewide 1% grocery tax. This tax will be no longer at the state level beginning in 2026. Barry and other officials are weighing options on imposing this tax in Taylorville starting next year.

Also receiving attention at the Taylorville City Council meeting is a motion regarding the purchase of the Taylorville Industrial Park by the city itself. Barry gives his opinion on what city ownership could mean for its development.

The City of Taylorville has already secured a $3 million dollar grant for the restoration of the square. Barry says the city is actively working towards receiving a second grant of that same amount.

Find out more about the City of Taylorville at www.taylorville.net.

Bruce Barry appeared as a guest on the WTIM Morning Show.