Posts Tagged ‘Dennis Knobloch’
County OKs budget; talks SAFE-T Act
Friday, Dec. 1 marked the first day of a new fiscal year for Monroe County. After several budget hearings throughout the month, the Monroe County Board of Commissioners approved the…
Read MoreCounty clerks prep for election season
Monroe County Clerk Jonathan McLean recently joined 25 other county clerks throughout Illinois in an effort to provide transparency for voters ahead of the 2024 presidential primary election taking place…
Read MoreChalk of the town
Last Saturday saw a crowd of local artists gather in downtown Waterloo, covering a block of Mill Street in chalk art for the second annual Chalk-A-Lot which proved even more…
Read MoreMore money for mental health?
Ahead of budget hearings taking place next week for the upcoming fiscal year that begins Dec. 1, the Monroe County Board of Commissioners heard a plea for continued support of…
Read MoreKnobloch bowing out
Monroe County Board Chairman Dennis Knobloch, a Republican, announced Friday he is not seeking a new term as commissioner after his current term expires Nov. 30, 2024. Knobloch was appointed…
Read MoreCounty comprehensive plan underway
The process of creating an updated Monroe County comprehensive plan continued last Wednesday night during a steering committee meeting. Members of several county entities, including the Monroe County Planning Commission…
Read MoreValmeyer budget proposed
Valmeyer Treasurer Larry Andres presented trustees with a tentative budget for the current fiscal year during last Tuesday’s village board meeting. While the Valmeyer’s fiscal year runs May 1 through…
Read MoreProperty assessments finally ready
Nearly at the halfway mark of 2023, preparations are finally underway to mail Monroe County residents their property tax assessments. Monroe County Commissioner Dennis Knobloch announced during Tuesday’s county board…
Read MoreCounty board hears updates, takes action
The Monroe County Board met in regular session Tuesday morning at the courthouse. In one of several action items, outgoing Monroe County State’s Attorney Lucas Liefer requested the county purchase…
Read MoreChasing the wind?
Gov. JB Pritzker signed HB 4412 into law Friday, potentially bringing wind energy back into play for Monroe County. The bill standardizes the site selection and permit process for commercial…
Read MoreMonroe County OKs budget
The “double-edged sword” of increased tax revenues, which Monroe County Treasurer Kevin Koenigstein pointed out in March during his first quarterly budget review of Fiscal Year 2022, has found its…
Read MoreCounty talks FY23 budget
After department-level hearings last month, a special meeting Nov. 7 and a regular meeting Monday morning, the Monroe County Board of Commissioners is nearly ready to approve the county budget…
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