Meeting Agenda 6.24.25
June 22, 2025
Important Message
May 31, 2025
NOTICE:
We are spraying the park for weeds today. Please avoid the park for 24hours. Thank you.
Meeting Agenda
May 25, 2025
Meeting Minutes
April 26, 2025
The Minutes from March 25th meeting approved April 22, 2025 can be found here:
2025Brush Pick Up Service
March 26, 2025
Brush Pick Ups will be on Mondays starting April 7th
New Filtration System
March 17, 2025
Village of Cullom received funding of $1.4 million with 100% principal forgivingness from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) for this new Iron and Manganese Filter System.
In September of 2020 the Village of Cullom along with Piggush Engineering applied for a loan from the IEPA. However, in June of 2023 the village was notified that it was one of seven state wide projects that would receive a grant, not a loan.
The old filtration was constructed in 1985 and was past its useful life. This grant allowed the Board to complete engineering and construction with no cost to the village.
Corrected Calendar
January 8, 2025
You may have noticed the previous distributed 2025 Service Calendar showing ‘Trash & Recycling Service’ for January 7th was wrong – there was no recycling.
Shown is the updated and corrected calendar.
THERE WILL BE RECYCLING JANUARY 14th.
Republic Service is having new calendars printed and we will get them out as soon as available.
Garbage/Recycling Rates
November 7, 2024
Garbage/Recycling rates to increase starting 2025
The current contract between the Village of Cullom and Republic Service expires December 31, 2024. The Village Board advertised for bids for a new contract. Two bids were received, one from Green For Life (GFL), and one from Republic Service.
The Board made the decision to continue with Republic Service with a five year contract. Garbage/Recycling Service will increase from $16.69/month to $27.75/month.
Some More Changes
June 3, 2024
At the last Board Meeting May 28, 2024, I submitted a letter to the Board for taking a leave of absence as mayor to deal with issues I’m having with my health at this time. The Board has appointed Tammy Berens as President Pro Tem to replace me for an undetermined amount of time. If all goes well, I’m hoping to return later this fall to finish my term that ends April 2025.
Please show Tammy the same respect you have given me as she takes on this responsibility. The job of being a mayor can sometimes be daunting… there is a lot more to it then most people realize. And we are quite a busy little town.
The major water tower project is now complete, however, we have many pending projects.
Soon they will be upgrading the water treatment plant by installing a new iron/manganese filter system. Being paid for by a debt forgiveness loan provided by the Illinois EPA (IEPA). <lots of paperwork>
We will be doing Street Work later this summer using our Motor Fuel Tax Revenue <again, lots of paperwork> repaving some streets throughout town.
We also have our unsewered community grant which is paying to investigate solutions to sewage treatment for the village. The report is close to being finalized and submitted to the IEPA. Hope to have more news soon. <probably more paperwork>
A future project that Cullom qualified for will be used to upgrade the Cullom Village Park… we’re just getting started on this project… construction won’t start for a year or so. <everything takes time and more paperwork>
The Board is also working on upgrading village zoning and investigating tiling issues. As I said, there is a lot going on.
At this time, I’m going to have to concentrate on my health first and some family issues as well. I will still be helping out the best I can to keep things proceeding along.
And with the new employees, Melissa DuVall, Jordan Spangler, Ryan Reiniche and the Board’s help; I know Tammy can handle it all… the paperwork, emails, questions… it’s never-ending. Being a mayor is not a 9-5 job. It is something you have to think about, a lot, especially, the paperwork <grin>
Cullom has a talented working Board of Directors, and a very qualified engineering team to keep moving the village forward.
I’ll just ask that you keep me and my family in your prayers. I’m doing okay.
Barbara Hahn
Village of Cullom, Illinois 
Written by villageofcullomil
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