The Drug Enforcement Administration is once again sponsoring a nationwide drug take back day. Locally there will be a take back location at the Prevention First building and at the Sangamon County Department of Public Health building. Both will be open from 10:00 am until 2:00 pm October 24th.
Saturday, November 7
8:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.
ILLINOIS STATE FAIRGROUNDS
MUST have a voucher in-hand or show on a mobile device in order to drop off items.
Register for a free voucher today at www.Springfield.IL.US/HHW.
• Voucher registration will end at 12-noon on Friday, November 6,
or when all the time slots have been occupied, whichever occurs first.
• Questions about the drop-off event or issues filling out the form?
Call Springfield’s Office of Public Works at 217.789.2255.
As Village President of Jerome, I wanted to talk to you about an important event that is now taking place across the country. It is the US Census. Every ten years the census takes a count of everyone living in the United States. We need your help to assure that everyone is counted in Jerome!
The data is used by the state and federal government in the allocation of funding for government services in Jerome. Funding for programs are all dependent on the census count. It has been reported that this amounts to approximately $1,200 per person per year. This would be $4,800 per year for a family of four. For the ten years that the census covers, that would be $48,000 for that family!
The current self-response rate for Jerome is only 82%. This means that 18% of households in Jerome who received the census survey have not yet responded. This is a major issue. We need to have a complete count to receive adequate funding for our government services. Please complete your census today, we really need your help!
There are many ways you can complete the census. You can go online at www.2020census.gov, you can call the US Census number at (844) 330-2020 (open from 6 a.m. to 3 a.m. daily), or if you have the paper survey, you can send it in the postal mail. The whole process normally only takes about ten minutes. That ten minutes will help us for the next ten years. The census data is safe and secure.
If you have not completed the census, please do so today. It does not matter if you own or rent your home, everyone needs to be counted! Please make certain you count everyone living at your home, regardless if they are related to you. All the census data is confidential.
Sincerely,
Michael P. Lopez Village of Jerome President
Plans are in place for Reed Avenue from Corbin Street to Fillmore Street to be repaved in the fall of 2020. We will let you know the dates of construction once a contractor is hired.
Village of Jerome will hold a public hearing on June 18, 2020, at 6:00 p.m., by means of
audio and video conference due to COVID-19, to provide interested parties an opportunity to
express their views on the proposed Rebuild Illinois Public Infrastructure Grant (RIPI) project.
The public can attend via telephone by calling +1 312 626 6799 and using meeting ID: 840 4578 7297.
The video conference information will be available on the Village’s website, which will
include a direct link to the meeting, and the agenda posted at the Village Hall. Persons with
disabilities or non-English speaking persons who wish to attend the public hearing and need
assistance should contact Village Attorney Jason Brokaw (1 W Old State Capitol Plz Ste 600,
Springfield IL 62701-1383; (217) 525-1571) no later than Wednesday, June 17, 2020 by 4:30pm.
Every effort will be made to make reasonable accommodations for these persons.
On or about June 30, 2020, the Village of Jerome intends to apply to the Illinois
Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for a grant from the Rebuild Illinois program.
This program is funded by state funds as included in the 2019 Capital Bill. These funds are to be
used for a community development project that will include the following activities: Improvement
of Iles Avenue from Chatham Road to MacArthur Boulevard including a minimum of
reconstructing the roadway with aggregate and hot mix asphalt, possible valley gutters, and
possible storm sewers, and other related work. The final scope of work is planned to be
determined at the regular Village Board meeting on June 18, 2020 starting at 6:30 p.m. The total
amount of Rebuild Illinois funds to be requested is between $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 depending
on the final scope of work. The Village of Jerome also proposes to expend up to nine tenths of a
percent (0.9%) of the total project cost with a minimum of $10,000 up to $45,000 in non-Rebuild
Illinois funds on the project. These non-Rebuild Illinois funds will be derived from the following
source: Non-Home Rule Tax Fund.
Information related to this project will be available for review prior to the public hearing as
of June 10, 2020 on the Village’s website or posted at the Village Hall (2901 Leonard Street,
Jerome, IL 62704). Interested parties are invited to provide comments regarding these issues
either at the public hearing or by prior written statement. Written comments must be submitted in
writing and received by the Village Clerk no later than 5:30 p.m. on June 18, 2020. Public
comments should be submitted to the Clerk via email at jeromeclerk@comcast.net or by
depositing them in the deposit slot to the right of the front door of the Jerome office in the municipal
building. The name of the commenter, address, and participant’s role should be included with the
comment. There are no plans to displace any persons or businesses by the Village of Jerome.
The Clerk or Village President will read public comments received into the record during the Public
Hearing.
The Village of Jerome would like to honor all of our graduates(College, High School, Junior High, Kindergarten) for 2020 on the website. Please use the following form to submit the names of graduates linked to our Jerome community. Submissions will be accepted through June 30th.
