The Taylorville City Council met on Monday evening for their regular board meeting. All aldermen were present except for Aldermen Jeremy Brown. The board recognized Chuck and Mary Jo Martin as volunteers of the month. Martin runs the Christian County Coal Mine Museum and was very supportive of Taylorville after the tornado, even giving his house to a tornado victim. Martin’s grandson, Andrew Wiley, spoke about his grandparents and got a good cheer for his speech from the board members. 

The board also finished the final touches of adding Denise Evans and Debbie Prince as part time coordinators. They were approved, had their salaries and hourly rate of pay set, and received their oaths of office.

Downtown Taylorville Organizer Steve Craggs was on hand to talk about how well the website was doing and the movement to get downtown Taylorville exciting again. Diane Skinner from Dear Yesteryear spoke about how well her business was doing, but it wasn’t just hers.  Skinner says a lot of businesses are doing well, especially after a recent Christmas event.

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The board discussed approving a liquor license for gaming for Spring Garden Restaurant. Mayor Bruce Barry advocated for the new gaming license saying it’s up to the individual businesses to decide how they want to run their business.

Aldermen Doug Brown, Megan Bryant, Larry Budd, and Jim Olive voted yes on the motion while Aldermen Chris Skultetty, Steve Dorchinecz, and Kathy Driskell voted no.  The motion passed 4-3. Under committee reports, the board approved hiring a new firefighter and accepting a bid for work on Well #1. Megan Bryant encouraged all Aldermen to come out to the Park Board meeting on November 22nd for their discussion on the Skateboard park.