The City of Bushnell is happy to announce a Tire Round Up for all Bushnell residents on April 17th and 18th at the Bushnell Municipal Complex located at 127 Ludwig Street. All residents are encouraged to take this opportunity to drop off standard car, truck, and motorcycle tires for free disposal. Unfortunately, we will not be accepting over-sized semi or tractor tires at this time. The cost to the public is free! Please take advantage of this unique service provided by the City. It is a great chance to remove unwanted tires that you may have on your property, This is offered in advance to city clean up days and our spring ordinance notifications. As a reminder, the clean up days are planned for June and tires will not be picked up at that time. The tire round up has not been offered in a few years for residents to utilize and hopefully many will be able to take advantage of the opportunity. For any residents that are 65+ who need assistance with tire pick up, please call City Hall at 309-772-2521 during the week of April 14th to make arrangements. Please watch for updates for the upcoming collection. Dear Resident of Bushnell,
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) has mandated that all Illinois communities perform a survey of their drinking water systems to determine the number of lead water services present. All water services within the City Limits are required to be inventoried. Bushnell has been awarded a grant from the IEPA to perform this survey. In compliance with the IEPA Grant, Bushnell is not allowed to use City personnel to perform the inventory, therefore IMEG Corp. from Macomb has been hired by Bushnell to perform this task on the City’s behalf. One of IMEG’s workers will stop by your residence or business to ascertain your water service material (copper, plastic, galvanized, lead, etc.). IMEG will need to enter your dwelling to visually see the actual water service. IMEG will take notes of the water service material, take a photograph of the service, and perform some quick GPS measurements outside your house to denote the approximate water service location in relationship to the City water mains. The visit should take approximately 10 to 15 minutes to complete. No action is required from you concerning your water service, this is only an inventory for the City to be in compliance with IEPA requirements. Your cooperation with this process is greatly appreciated. If you are not home when IMEG comes to your residence or business, they will leave a door hanger with pertinent information for you including a phone number to call to set up an appointment for them to inventory your water service. The inventory process has a strict deadline requirement set by the IEPA to be completed and returned to them by April 15, 2024, so your prompt action is appreciated. Evening and weekend appointments will be available. Please contact IMEG Corp. for further information and to schedule an appointment at 309-833-4594. Again, no action on the part of the homeowner is needed other than to allow the inventory of your water service. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. As we work to make improvements for members at the Recreation Center, the City of Bushnell kindly asks patrons to turn off gymnasium lights upon exiting.
Thank you for helping cut costs and prolong the life of the lighting in that space. During severe weather, the storm sirens in McDonough County are activated by the 911 call center in Macomb. When a warning from the National Weather Service includes a specific community in the county, the dispatcher activates the sirens for that town. Bushnell ESDA was in contact with the Director of McDonough County 911 shortly after the storm on June 29th, to question why the sirens were not activated in Bushnell and Prairie City, as we were included in the warning area. The director has assured me they are investigating the incident. Further, we have a tech coming to work on the malfunctioning siren at the Recreation Center that activated during the night of July 5th. The remaining 3 sirens in Bushnell and the siren in Prairie City have been tested and are working as they should.
PLANS FOR REID BREWER MEMORIAL PARK APPROVED IN BUSHNELL
At the City of Bushnell’s June 5, 2023, Council meeting, council members unanimously approved a proposed plan to begin construction to support the Reid Brewer Memorial Splash Park in conjunction with Team Reid Charities. The Splash Park is to be located adjacent to the Veterans Memorial Park and Bushnell Swimming Pool in Bushnell, Illinois. The long-awaited memorial splash park requires infrastructure work for water sourcing that will be completed by the City of Bushnell and Team Reid Charities NFP together. Construction of the splash park itself will follow, by Team Reid Charities NFP. Team Reid Charities co-chairs, and parents of Reid Brewer, Jim, and Katie Brewer said, “We are proud to be able to bring the Reid Brewer Memorial Splash Park to our wonderful community. Reid's undeniable compassion and love for others will live on through the children as they splash and play. He will be splashing right along with them.” The City of Bushnell is making security improvements at the Rec Center! Read below to find out what impacts you: Attention current members under the age of 18Due to increased safety and security measures, the minimum age requirement for holding a Rec Center Membership is increasing to 18 years of age, effective Monday, March 6, 2023. The City of Bushnell understands that under previous policy, individuals as young as age 15 have been permitted to hold memberships. We sincerely apologize for any inconveniences this causes, but are moving forward with this new policy as a part of our commitment to members' safety. If this new minimum age requirement impacts you, please visit City Hall to receive a prorated refund of any remaining membership fees that were pre-paid on your account. Click here to view updated membership guidelines in fullSee this year's recycle collection schedule below; scroll down to download/print at home. As of today, our new website is live and in service for the residents of Bushnell! Thank you for your patience as we continue to refine and update this to best meet your needs. Questions and feedback may be sent to Lisa Webb at lisawebb.bcc@gmail.com. And don't forget to sign up for our free email newsletters! |