SHELBYVILLE, IL. —
If you have a rural route address, you will need to learn a new one when the new addressing system is put into place.
The Shelby County Board approved the ordinance to create a new rural addressing system for the county. The system will use the rural road numbering system that will more precisely locate residences.
“They will be 9-1-1 addressed,” said Shelby County Emergency Management officer Jared Rowcliffe. “It is a physical address dependent on your location in the county.”
Rowcliffe noted that the new system will aid first responders in response time.
“Responders have a general idea where a rural route address is. This will be more precise which will save time,” Rowcliffe said. “Right now they’re spending as much as 20 minutes driving around looking for the emergency call location.”
Shelby County is one of just a handful of Illinois counties that do not have this system. The project is 100 percent funded by a safety grant with no expense to the county.
“We’re moving much faster with this project than we thought. We’ve got the funding and we’re ready to address this county,” said County Board Chairman Bruce Cannon.
Rowcliffe added that most of the addressing could be completed this year.
With the new addressing system, locations will be found by GPS systems.
The ordinance was approved with a 17-1 vote. The board unanimously approved the budget for the project.
County engineer Alan Spesard presented requests from townships for several projects:
- Replacement of pipe culvert in Ash Grove Township, 7 miles east of Strasburg, at an estimated cost of $5,000 to be divided between the county and township.
- Replacement of a pipe culvert, 3 miles north of Shelbyville, at an estimated cost of $2,000 to be divided between the county and township.
- Replacement of a bridge on the Lakewood/Dry Point Township line, 2 1/2 mile northwest of Cowden, at an estimated cost of $400,000 to be divided 80 percent federal, 16 percent state, 2 percent county and one percent by each township.
Each of these requests were approved.
Spesard also reported that the road located east of Strasburg in Big Spring Township is now open; the bridge work in Clarksburg Township near Hidden Springs State Park will be let for bids on June 15; the railroad crossing in Todds Point Township northeast of Findlay in open; and that work on the Neoga Road is expected to begin June 25 with 1 1/2 miles of it closed to about mid-September.
In other action the board approved the 2012 prevailing wage resolution and the Lake Land College intern for the Zoning office.
Board member Kay Kearney reported that there is an agreement with the Fraternal Order of Police that will be on the agenda for approval in July. She also reported that two deputies have been hired.
“We are missing one deputy to being up to full staff,” Kearney said.
Robert Hunter reported on Ameren’s proposal to put up lines across a 20-mile area on the northwest part of the county. The lines appear to expand from Nebraska to the eastern section of the country.
“They want to upgrade the electrical grid for future use,” Hunter said.
In chairman appointments, Jim Looft was reappointed to the airport commission, Dr. John Brix and Dr. Rick Brown were appointed to the County Health Board, Robert Pancoast and Debbie Cruitt were appointed to the County Welfare Board, Tim Bennett was appointed to the Windsor Fire Protection District, and Roger Pauley was appointed to the Tower Hill Fire Protection District.
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