A damaged valve on a large water main has meant all water in Carterville has been shut off while repairs are made. The city does not indicate when water service will return but a boil water order is in place until the morning of July 4th.
In all my years in Carbondale, I have never heard of the city issuing a boil water order for any part of the city. People complain a lot about Carbondale but its water quality and service is far superior to the communities surrounding us
Must be a slow summer as there is no business before the council for the entire month of July. i guess, after stopping an influx of data centers into the city for the next year, they decided to call it a month.
Notice is hereby given that the regular City Council meeting scheduled for Tuesday, July 7, 2026, has been canceled as there is no business for deliberation on this meeting date.
Please Note: The next regular City Council Meeting will commence at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 11, 2026.
The city will start work on the next stage of the Piles Fork Greenway sometime in the near future. this means the homeless encampment located next to the Greenway on East College will get relocated, though the city does not indicate as to where. It has been located back behind University Mall and further south on the Greenway in the wooded area near Levels at various times but I think both of those are private property so the city would have to get permission from the property owners should it want to move them to either location.
Following up on recycling drop off locations within the city, the city confirms the bins on both East Grand and East College have been removed with no indication as to when or if the city will relocate them. That means all of your reccyling has to go to the location behind the old University Baptist Church, now Exodus Church, to Southern Recycling, or in your bins for weekly pickup if you have residential pick up.
Amazon Hub Delivery has opened in Marion. I keep getting notices asking me or my staff to particpate and we always decline. The problem is, delivery people get paid about $1.60 per package and make 50 to 70 deliveries per day within a three mile radius, meaning about $116 per day. With that many stops, the car's gas milage drops by about 25% and the wear on the car increases significantly, negating the entra money the delivey driver makes.
I was talking with a friend this evening about the (much needed) rain and she commented the city had not seen much flooding in recent years. In the past, if it rained hard, the city could expect to see flooding at the intersection of 51 and West Mill, in front of the Varsity Theater and at the intersection of North 51 and Willow. I have not seen any flooding at those three locations in several years and am not sure if that is due to the city having improved sewer and drainage systems or if his area does not the get heavy, short term downpours that we used to receive wherein we would received 2-3 inches of rain in less than an hour.
Here is hoping we get the promised wayfinding/directional signs sometime this year. I often see people cycling on the sidewalks on Illinois and University who appear to have no idea there is a safer bike path from the town square all the way to the university. Part of the T-mobile grant the cit received was to go for additional signage but I have not heard anything more about it since the announcement of said grant.
