One of the more severe weather events Clinton has seen in the last decade happened last week as power outages impacted hundreds of residents for several days.

Monday night at the Clinton City Council meeting, the council sang the praises of City crews and volunteers. Commissioner John Wise noted there were a few hiccups but he felt things in place to handle those kinds of emergencies worked out very well.

Dan Ballenger applauded all the city workers that put in a lot of work during those days to get things cleaned up as well as the volunteers who ran roughly 100 calls in those hours after the power went out.

Commissioner Ken Buchanan hopes residents will take advantage of expanded hours of operation at the yard waste facility.

Also at the Monday night City Council meeting:

>>The Council approved the loan for the Fire Department's new fire truck at just over $565,000 

>>The Council rejected bids for the demolition of property at 216 East Adams Street

>>The Council approved funding for property improvement at the corner of Madison Street and Washington Street through the ReBUILD Illinois Funds and MFT funds at just over $875,000. 

>>The Council approved the purchase of real estate at 611 North Quincy Street

>>The Council in later July will vote on a proposal for sidewalk streetscape work through the Farnsworth group at a cost not to exceed $9,300 for the area designated 'Area 1', not to exceed $7,500 for the area designated 'Area 2', and not to exceed $6,000 for the are designated 'Area 3'

Get more coverage from the Wednesday meeting this weekend and next week on Regional Radio.