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Monthly Board of Trustees Minutes - January 1966
This is the minutes from the board meeting on January 21, 1966. Also included is the report of the special board meeting on January 6, 1966 about the municipal pay plan, the agenda for the board meeting on January 21, 1966, a letter from the State…
Monthly Board of Trustees Minutes - October 1964
This is the minutes of the board meeting on October 30, 1964. Also included is a letter from architect John F. Sweetnam about the termite investigation, minutes from the meeting between the liaison committee and City Council on September 29, 1964,…
Monthly board of Trustees Minutes of June 1959
These are the minutes from the monthly board meeting on June 5, 1959, the special meeting for consideration of the budget on June 11, 1959, and the Finance Committee meeting on June 19, 1959. Also included is a letter from Robert A. Grohne (Mayor)…
Annual Board of Trustees Minutes - May 13, 1959
Special Meeting with the City Council - May 24, 1959
This is the minutes from the annual board meeting on May 13, 1959 and the special meeting with the City Council on May 24, 1959. Also included is the bills for May 1959, and an annual report letter to the Mayor.
Philip Kayser
Photograph of Philip Kayser (b. 5/23/1868, d. 1/24/1932). Kayser was the constable in Decatur Township, a city commissioner, and a member of the city council. He came to Decatur from Indiana in 1902 to help build the Decatur Bridge Co. plant, and…
Charles S. Hankins
Photograph of Charles S. Hankins (d. 10/1/1933). He was the former owner and operator of the Decatur Independent Telephone Co., which he sold to the Illinois Bell Telephone Co. in 1907. He was a pioneer in the use of underground telephone cables,…
Henry C. Hagen
Photograph of Henry C. Hagen (d. 8/20/1942). He was a member of the last city council before the commission form of government was established in 1911. He was a machinist who worked for Union Iron Works, Mueller Co., and Williams Sealing Corp. …
Charles H. Goodmiller
Photograph of Charles H. Goodmiller (d. 10/28/1952). Goodmiller built the first grocery story and filling station at Wyckles Corner, and became known as the "Mayor of Wyckles Corner". At 16, he began working for the former Mills Lumber Co., and…
J.L. Drake
Photograph of J.L. Drake (d. 11/2/1925), a prominent Decatur real estate and insurance man. He was a member of the city council for 4 years. Drake owned a building in the Columbia Block at 330 N. Main St, and a home at 439 W. Macon St. The…