Parents and students who walk from Washington Street to Lincoln School via Jackson Street may soon see improvements to that portion of the sidewalk in the years ahead if the City of Clinton can secure a grant through the Illinois Department of Transportation.

At the Monday night Clinton City Council meeting, the Council gave the nod of approval to Public Works Director Steve Lobb to pursue the grant and give Cummins Engineering the ability to draw up a proposal for the work to be done.

According to Lobb, this is a step forward in what will likely be a required continue improvement of community streets to ADA compliance. He feels this is a showing of goodwill that the City is moving forward and taking advantage of such opportunities.

Lobb points out it is a competitive grant and it is not guaranteed they will get it but he felt it would be worthwhile to try for it and the Council agreed.

The Council Monday night also approved the exemption for vendors for this month's Apple n' Pork Festival.

The Council approved an order for pavement patching of Kirkwood Drive for nearly $123,000 as well as cleaning and sealing of the same area for just over $27,000. 

The Council also approved bids for the removal of sludge lime from the water treatment plant at a cost of $20 per ton.