It was a short 25-minute meeting of the Taylorville City Council Monday night.

The Council held a Public Hearing prior to the start of the City Council meeting, and approved putting on the next meeting agenda approval of the 39-point-5 million dollar appropriation budget.  This doesn't mean the city will spend that much in their fiscal year which began May First; it just means they are authorized to spend up to that amount if needed.

A long-time volunteer in the Mount Auburn and Taylorville area, Larry Allison (left), was honored with the Mayor's Volunteer of the Month award.   Allison has long been involved with the Mount Auburn Fire Department, 4-H, the Mount Auburn Picnic, and is a Shriner and a Mason.  Mayor Bruce Barry told Regional Radio News that Allison was a great choice.

Committee recommendations presented Monday night were all approved with the exception of 2 recommendations from the Lake and Airport Committee.  That committee wanted to put out for bids, 2 pieces of land at Lake Taylorville for hunting purposes.  Presently, Rick Champley has leased the 62-acre tract and Jake Heberling has leased some 51-acres also for hunting ground.  After discussion, the Council voted 5 to 2 not to put the land leased by Champley out for bid, and voted 4 to 3 not to put the 51-acres leased by Heberling out for bid.   Some Council members felt that both had been good leaseholders and instructed city attorney Rocci Romano to write resolutions offering both a 2-year extension at their existing rates.

The Taylorville City Council Monday night approved the additional local share payment of almost 8-thousand dollars to the state's Division of Aeronautics for the airport project; they approved advertising the permanent part-time Lake Patrol position at the Lake Department; they purchased an enclosed trailer costing some 58-hundred dollars for mowing equipment; and finalized the L-P gas contract with Central Commodity F-S at one-dollar 75-cents per gallon.

Taylorville Aldermen Monday night approved a host of requests for permits for the Taylorville High School Homecoming Parade September 13th at 5:30pm; and the permit for the Knights of Columbus Tootsie Roll Drive Friday, September 15th from 8 to 5 and the next day from 8 to noon at the corner of Webster and West Main Cross.