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The Lincoln Police Department and City of Lincoln is teaming with Nixle to offer public safety announcements via cell phones and emails.  With more and more people moving away from land line telephones, the reverse 911 system may not contact everyone.  So we encourge users of cell phones to sign up with Nixle to receive notices from the City Fire and Police Departments.

 

You can sign up for Nixle on your cell phone or your email by visiting Nixle Website.  Messages will be in a text format and you will not receive phone calls from the system. You will not be signed up to any advertisement systems by registering for this service.

 

You can also simply sign up by texting 62656 to 888777 on your mobile phone. 

 

(You may opt out at any point by sending STOP to 888777)

The availability of parking in and around the downtown square is always a hot topic with residents, business owners, and visitors alike.  The City often fields requests for more parking, increased enforcement, or both.  When it comes to downtown parking, we seem to suffer from a lack of adequate parking and a perceived lack of parking due to spaces in use.

 

Historically, the City has taken some steps to help regulate parking and increase its availability.  One step began with an intergovernmental agreement between the City and the County regulating who may park on the interior of the downtown square.  Outside of a few reserved spaces for certain county officials and police parking for court purposes, other county employees are encouraged to park off the square.  This agreement gave the City jurisdiction to regulate parking in that area.  Additionally, the City has utilized a “two-hour” parking limit on spaces in the downtown area to give patrons enough time to enjoy shopping our downtown, but also to prevent individuals from parking in a space all day.   Some customers have in the past received citations due to the two-hour limit. 

 

As time progressed, the two-hour parking became less and less effective at regulating parking.  Without a dedicated individual monitoring parking, it became inefficient for police officers to monitor vehicles and return two hours later to check if the vehicles had moved.  We have also learned ways some have circumvented the parking enforcement which has exacerbated the parking problems downtown.  It also has grown apparent that a large percentage of parking spaces are being occupied by vehicles which rarely leave over the course of a workday – the cars belonging to employees of various organizations downtown.

 

Our staff met on various occasions along with speaking with businesses and government bodies in the downtown area to come up with possible solutions.  In those discussions, numerous ideas were considered including reducing/raising the hourly limit on parking, metering, eliminating restrictions, stickers/tags, hiring employees, etc.   The cost effective and efficient way to police the downtown area would be designating the problem areas as “customer parking” only.

If you receive a call from someone stating to be the IRS, do not give out any information. Hang up immediately. They may threaten you, but please disregard. If you possibly owe taxes, call the IRS at 800-829-1040.

 

Otherwise report the call to the Treasury Dept by phone at 800-366-4484 or online at: https://www.treasury.gov/tigta/contact_report_scam.shtml  You can also report it to the Federal Trade Commission with "IRS Telephone Scam" in the notes at: https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/GettingStarted…

The City of Lincoln Illinois has once again earned recognition as being a Tree City USA Community. This is the 15th consecutive year our City has been recognized.


Tree City USA is a national recognition program that began in 1976 and is sponsored by the Arbor Day Foundation in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service and National Association of State Foresters.


We will be conducting a tree dedication on Friday, April 15, 2016, at 10:30 AM. It will take place at the Southeast corner of Postville Park near the intersection of S. Washington St. and 4th St.


The Community is invited to attend the Tree City USA Dedication Ceremony.


If there are any questions or concerns, please contact Street Superintendent Walt Landers at 217-732-4655.

Mayor Darren “Scott” Cooper passed away this morning around 7:15 a.m. at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital. He was surrounded by his family at the hospital.

 

Mayor Cooper was appointed to serve as Acting Mayor on June 1st by his colleagues on the Lincoln City Council. Even in his short term as mayor, Scott demonstrated himself as a proven leader and a dedicated public servant.

 

“The tragic loss of Scott is devastating to the Council and community,” stated Mayor Pro Temp Marty Neitzel. “His loss creates a void in the leadership of the City that cannot be replaced. All of our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends.”

 

The vacancy created by the passing of Mayor Cooper will be filled by Mayor Pro Temp Marty Neitzel until the Council takes action on appointing a new Acting Mayor. The City will follow the same process on filling the mayoral vacancy as was practiced after the resignation of former Mayor Keith Snyder. The aldermen, in a public meeting, will vote amongst the current membership to appoint an Acting Mayor to finish the term originally begun by former Mayor Snyder, ending April 2017.

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CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)

Information is available on the following sites:
Logan County Current Statistics

Memorial Health System  - Includes daily statistics for MHS and a COVID-19 Risk Screening

Local Business Resources
Logan County Department of Public Health
Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH)
Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

 

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