Given the rise in active shootings, communities are taking steps to ensure that people have the necessary knowledge and skills to keep themselves safe.
This event comes after the mass shooting on May 14 that killed 10 people at a local grocery store in Buffalo and the mass shooting at an elementary school in Texas.
Pontiac Daily Leader
FAIRBURY It really shouldn t have been a big issue, and in the greater scheme of things, it wasn t a big issue. But the topic that drew the longest discussion at Wednesday s Fairbury City Council meeting was how much money should the City of Fairbury provide the Fairbury Fair as a sponsorship for the event.
Mayor David Slagel introduced the topic by asking if the typical $1,000 was going to be OK. A question was then raised of if the city could offer more for its sponsorship.
“They re basically asking for some sort of sponsorship from the city,” Slagel said.
By Dale C. Maley
For The Daily Leader
FAIRBURY Alderman Lynn Dameron acted as mayor pro tem in the absence of Mayor David Slagel at the Fairbury City Council meeting Wednesday. Dameron oversaw the approval of a number of items including a one-time payment to the TP&W Railroad.
In new business, the city council approved paying a one-time fee of $26,800 to the TP&W Railroad versus a perpetual annual fee of $1,500 for easements needed for the new sewer project that will be taking place in the city.
An annexation agreement to the city was also approved. This agreement was for annexation to the D&C Wenger Subdivision and Street Dedication between Nathan D. Wenger and Emily J. Wenger, and Kyle Wenger and Kerri Wenger on the west end of Pine Street.