Take My Council, Please: The Subtle Crossing of Thresholds…
The Springfield City Council returned from its preliminary hiatus last Monday to a smattering of financial whatnot typical after such absences. It was the first full meeting since Council members...
View ArticleArbitrators Award Springfield Police Supervisors Stipends for Consent Decree...
The Springfield City Council will consider a labor contract at its meeting on Monday. However, unlike most union pacts, the administration did not technically agree to it. Rather, it was imposed on the...
View ArticleTake My Council, Please: A Twiggs Memorial & Police Supervisors Branch out…
The Springfield City Council authorized the renaming of a McKnight neighborhood street after former Ward 4 Councilor E. Henry Twiggs. It was poignant recognition of their late colleague, whose activism...
View ArticleBriefings: Action on Springfield Police Supervisors Pact Ahead…or Maybe Not…
UPDATED The Springfield Police Supervisors Association’s pact with the city is due for another appearance Monday at the City Council. The body had sent it to committee as some councilors ostensibly...
View ArticleTake My Council, Please: A Pension Plan That Could Work…
As summer heats up, the Springfield City Council begins to slow down, holding fewer meetings than during the rest of the year. The body’s July 8 sitting was its only scheduled regular meeting until...
View ArticleBriefings: After Imposed Pact in ’23, Springfield & Police Supes Negotiate...
On Monday, Springfield city councilors will consider a negotiated contract with the Springfield Police Supervisors Association (SPSA)—a contrast from the terms a state panel imposed last year. The new...
View ArticleTake My Council, Please: X Marks the Spot for Immediate Approval…
The Springfield City Council gave what appears to be the final greenlight to a major reconstruction of the X intersection in Forest Park at its meeting this past Monday. The approval for takings and...
View ArticleTake My Council, Please: Everything, Everywhere, All at Once…
SPRINGFIELD—There is plenty of precedent for police officers to fill the City Council chamber. Usually, it is to oppose or support some substantive policy. This past Monday the room was full, if not...
View ArticleJudge Mulls Moss Suit against Sarno & If It Has Enough Disputed Facts for a...
SPRINGFIELD—Lawyers for former Springfield mayoral aide, Darryl Moss, and his old employer, Mayor Domenic Sarno were in court last month to argue over whether Moss’s discrimination lawsuit can proceed....
View ArticleTake My Council, Please: Making An Offer No One Can Refuse…
SPRINGFIELD—Relatively routine school matters occupied a substantial amount of councilors’ attention at its recent Monday meeting. Generally, school matters are not within the Council’s wheelhouse, per...
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