County board rejects, declines to act on appointments
Scott Cousins, scousins@thetelegraph.com
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EDWARDSVILLE – The Madison County Board rejected one appointment and declined to act on several others at Wednesday’s board meeting.
The reappointment of David Schwind to Madison County Flood Prevention for a new three-year term failed on an 11-17 vote.
The appointments of Donald Sawicki to the Flood Prevention Board, Cedric Irby to replace Ron Jedda on the Madison County Transit District Board, and Nick Mason to replace Nathan Kincade on the Wood River Drainage & Levee District, died for lack of a motion.
Those three appointments had been tabled from last month’s meeting over complaints by several board members that a new county administrator and IT director had not been appointed. Those positions were filled during a special meeting last week.
Enterprise zone on county board agenda
Appointments, lawsuit settlements also slated for action
Scott Cousins, scousins@thetelegraph.com
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EDWARDSVILLE The expansion of the Southwestern Enterprise Zone, settlement of several longstanding legal issues, and appointments delayed after Madison County Board members demanded a new county administrator are all set to be discussed and possibly acted on at Wednesday’s board meeting.
The meeting will be held in person at 5 p.m. in the County Board Room.
One of the items on the agenda is the approval of an ordinance expanding the Southwestern Enterprise Zone to include additional parts of Granite City and Venice.
WBGZ Radio 1/30/2021 |
By Doug Jenkins - WBGZ Radio
More than a month after the Wood River Electoral Board decided to not boot any of the mayoral or board candidates off of the spring ballot, a judge has ruled in agreement with that decision. Nathan Kincade and Robert Maguire had filed the initial challenges, and followed up with the filings for judicial review by the Circuit Court.
The objections were mostly based on procedural requirements in the filing of petitions, such as using staples versus paperclips. Kincade challenged the candidacy of incumbent Mayor Cheryl Maguire, and council candidates Mike Anderson, Mark St. Peter,s and Scott Tweedy. Maguire challenged the candidacy of mayoral candidate Tom Stalcup and council candidates Melissa Bell-Yates, Jeremy Plank, Mary Roberts, and Mark St. Peters. A hearing was held January 19th.