Papa John's Closed

 According to some posts on Facebook, the Papa John's Pizza on East Grand has closed and the search function on Pap John's website indicates the closest location is in Marion

LCC and City Council Agenda

 Agenda for Next Tuesday's LCC and City Council Meeting. Chalky's is the latest edition of the bar to go in at the ole Knight's Inn complex on the west side of the city.

Here is the link if you want to watch the meeting

1. Preliminaries to the Local Liquor Control Commission Meeting

1.1 Roll Call

2. General Business of the Local Liquor Control Commission

2.1 Minutes from the Local Liquor Control Commission Meeting of December 14, 2021

2.2 Application for an On-Premises Secondary Liquor License from Chalky's, LLC d/b/a Chalky's at 500 New Era Road

3. Citizens' Comments for the Local Liquor Control Commission

3.1 Citizen Comments for the Liquor Commission

4. Adjournment of the Local Liquor Control Commission

4.1 Time of Adjournment for Local Liquor Control Commission

5. Preliminaries to the City Council Meeting

5.1 Roll Call

5.2 Citizens' Comments and Questions

5.3 Council Comments, General Announcements, and Proclamations

6. Public Hearings and Special Reports

7. Consent Agenda of the City Council

7.1 Minutes from the City Council Meeting of February 22, 2022

7.2 Approval of Warrant for the Period Ending: 02/18/2022 for the FY 2022 Warrant 1427 in the Total Amount of $2,100,822.79

7.3 Approval of Wells Fargo Warrant for the Period Ending 01/31/2022 FY 2022 Warrant # WF 01/2022 in the amount of $120,045.78

7.4 Award the Purchase of Three (3) F-150 Hybrid Vehicles from Vogler Ford of Carbondale, Illinois in the Amount of $138,000; and

Award the Purchase of Two (2) F-150 Lightning Electric Vehicles to Feldman Ford of Detroit, Michigan in the Amount of $106,956

7.5 Resolution to Participate in a Cost-Sharing Agreement with the Illinois Department of Transportation to Provide $9,660 in

Matching Funds for IDOT Project "Carbondale ADA Improvements with Pushbuttons at Giant City Road"

7.6 Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Enter into an Economic Development Tax Increment Financing Agreement with Helen

L. Wallace, Inc for a Redevelopment Project at 317 East Main Street

7.7 Award of Contract for the Central Laboratory and Water Plant Office Security Upgrades (CIP No. PB2004) to J & L Robinson

Development & Construction Co., Inc. of Carbondale, Illinois in the Amount of $185,900

7.8 Approval of Consent Agenda Items

8. General Business of the City Council

8.1 Discussion and Approval of the Termination of Leases to the Carbondale Park District for Evergreen Park and the Super Block

8.2 Amend the Application Process for American Rescue Plan Funding

8.3 Approve FY2022 Purchases and an Ordinance Authorizing a Budget Adjustment to Increase FY2022 Expenditures in the Amount

of $172,610 for the Purchase of Equipment

8.4 City Council Discussion of Architectural Design Standards to be Applied to Initiatives Such as Residential TIF

9. Executive Session

9.1 Executive Session to Discuss the Purchase of Real Property for Use of the Public Body, Including Meetings Held for the Purpose of

Discussing Whether a Particular Parcel should be Acquired

9.2 Return to Open Session

10. Adjournment of the City Council Meeting

10.1 Adjourn meeting

Don Luna

 New Mexican restaurant, Don Luna, going into the old Arnold's market building on South 51. Already have locations in West Frankfort and Harrisburg so glad to see a location opening here.

Mask Mandate

 Checked with the city and the city masking ordinance expired at the same time the state one did. Granted not a lot of stores were enforcing it. Stores still do have the right to require their customers to mask when they enter but doubt I will see a lot of stores requiring that. Post office and Walgreens have signs up saying "masks required" though.

John A Logan House

 House on West Oak once owned by General John A Logan will be town down by SIH to expand its campus. Universities, hospitals and churches are notorious for not worrying about the historic significant of properties they own when they need to expand. I expect all of the properties along West Oak across from Memorial Hospital to be torn down over the next few years as SIH continues to expand.

Shredding Day

 The JCHd will host a free shredding drop off day for Jackson County residents on April 23. click here to schedule an appointment

Code Red

 According to the news this morning, Jackson County is switching to the Code Red app for emergency notifications. If you want to download it, here is a link to the website.