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The Year in Review Network of More Than 60 Ington, the Turbines Won’T Be Wind Turbines Will Spread Clustered 24001 W. Farmington Road, Farmington, IL 61531 ****************ECRWSS***** PRSRT. STD. U.S. POSTAGE PAID Elmwood, Illinois Permit No. 13 Thursday Carrier Route Presort January 7, 2021 The Weekly Post RURAL BOXHOLDER Vol. 8, No. 44 LOCAL P.O. BOXHOLDER Hot news tip? “We Cover The News of West-Central Illinois With A Passion” Want to advertise? Serving the fine communities of Brimfield, Dahinda, Douglas, Duncan, Edwards, Elmore, Elmwood, FREE! Call (309) 741-9790 Compliments of Farmington, Kickapoo, Laura, Monica, Oak Hill, Princeville, Williamsfield and Yates City Our Fine Advertisers! A LOOK BACK AT 2020 Wind farm planned Turbines to stretch from Trivoli to Fairview By BILL KNIGHT For The Weekly Post FARMINGTON – Starting late this year or early in 2022, construction is sched- uled to start on a $210-mil- lion wind-energy network generating enough electricity for 50,000 homes and mil- lions of dollars in tax funds for local governments. “We’re in a ‘Go’ position,” said Curtis Render, a land Curtis Render speaks at Mon- agent for the NextEra Energy day’s Farmington City Council Resources project who ap- meeting. Photo by Bill Knight. peared before the Farming- ton City Council on Monday. expect to begin operations in Stretching from Trivoli 2023, when Ameren will buy Protesters outside the Bank of Springfield Center in the capital's downtown call for Illinois to reopen sooner than the time- Township in Peoria County the network’s electricity. line provided in Gov. JB Pritzker's Restore Illinois plan. Members of the state House met inside the arena for the first of a Unlike other, older wind four-day special session May 20. Capitol News Illinois photo by Ben Orner. through Farmington, Fairview and Joshua Town- farms, such as NextEra’s op- ships in Fulton County, the eration northwest of Bloom- 2020: The Year in Review network of more than 60 ington, the turbines won’t be wind turbines will spread clustered. Instead, the 300- Tumultuous, yes? But 2020 was also a memorable year in Illinois across 70,000 acres, said foot towers will be spaced al- Render. He said developers Continued on Page 2 By CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS change amid a backdrop of pan- For The Weekly Post demic and government corrup- State legislators to meet SPRINGFIELD – It was a year tion scandals that rocked the like no other, and one most foundation of power of the na- Americans would just as soon tion’s longest-serving state leg- for first time since May forget, but 2020 is sure to last in islative leader. By PETER HANCOCK President Don Harmon has the history books as one of the COVID-19 pandemic Capitol News Illinois not officially announced his most tumultuous in modern his- On Jan. 24, a Chicago woman SPRINGFIELD – Illinois plans, but his spokesman tory. who had just returned home from lawmakers will return to the said in an email over the It was a year when face masks Wuhan, China, where the capital city on Friday for a weekend that senators have and hand sanitizer became ubiq- And it was a year of economic COVID-19 pandemic originated, “lame duck” session that is been advised to hold the uitous items of everyday life and catastrophe that brought about tested positive for the disease. A expected to focus on the dates open in the event law- when major sporting events that some of the highest unemploy- few days later, her husband tested state’s COVID-19 response, makers are called back into many Americans use to mark the ment rates the nation has seen. positive as well, marking the first a nearly $4 billion budget session. passage of time were canceled or For Illinois, the year seemed to known instance of person-to-per- deficit and a host of social is- Lawmakers haven’t met delayed. begin on a hopeful note. The state son spread in the U.S. sues being advanced by the since late May when they It was also a year marked by was running a budget surplus for On March 9, Gov. JB Pritzker Legislative Black Caucus. held an abbreviated special racial and social unrest following the first time in many years. By declared a statewide disaster and House Speaker Michael session to pass a budget and Madigan’s office notified a few other items that were the killings of George Floyd, February, unemployment had quickly began invoking his emer- that chamber’s members of considered essential. The Breonna Taylor and other Black fallen to an all-time low. gency powers with a series of ex- regular fall veto session, Americans at the hands of police. But things were about to Continued on Page 8 the plans in an email sent Wednesday, Dec. 30. Senate Continued on Page 3 Page 2 THE WEEKLY POST • January 7, 2021 www.illinoisweeklies.com WIND FARM: Towers built 1,400 feet apart Continued from Page 1 systems. Based in Florida, it operates Construction, both of whom said a most a quarter of a mile apart, Ren- 9,700 wind turbines in 119 wind new building could run more than der said. projects in 19 states and Canada, in- $1.7 million. “There’ll be about 1,400 feet be- cluding one outside DeKalb. Kowal also will determine an ask- tween them, even though Fulton The corporation plans to have a ing price for the Fort Street lot, and County required 1,000 feet,” he said. public meeting soon, Render said. return to Farmington Township offi- The company has been monitoring After Render’s comments, alder- cials, who last year declined to par- area wind flows for more than three men affirmed steps discussed at a ticipate in a shared arrangement for years, he said, and such studies are Building & Grounds Committee their building on Vernon Street. anticipated to finish soon to get the meeting earlier, when another option In other news: dozens of required permits. for a different City Hall was pre- • City Administrator Rollen An estimated $30 million in new sented from Peoria businessman Dar- Wright’s Tax Increment Financing property taxes could result from the ren Wright, formerly of Farmington. report showed the TIF fund paid off improvements. Also, NextEra pre- Wright proposes building a two-story the sidewalk project with a $8,032.68 dicts hiring 150 construction workers complex on the vacant lot on East payment to the Bank of Farmington, and 10 full-time employees operating Fort Street where a fire destroyed leaving a balance of $823,916.94. the system, and paying landowners four businesses in 2015. • Wright said incumbents Kowal, $40 million over 30 years. The Council has decided renovat- Clerk Nancy Reed and Ward 1 Alder- “We anticipate January and Febru- ing the existing City complex is too man Nathan Fleming have filed ary will see a tremendous amount of expensive but disagreed on whether nomination papers for the April elec- people signing up,” Render said. to build a new facility or to remodel tion, and newcomers David Black NextEra Energy Resources, LLC is an existing structure. Mayor Kent and Jeni Crusen have filed to run to a subsidiary of NextEra Energy, Inc., Kowal is planning to solicit new esti- represent Ward 3. the world’s largest generator of re- mates for Wright’s proposal from N. BILL KNIGHT can be reached at newable energy from wind and solar Zobrist Construction and D. Joseph [email protected] LLC • Residential/Commercial • Custom Built Homes • Renovations/Additions • Roofing/Garages • Retaining Walls & Fencing • Decks/Pavilions • Light Excavation & Final Grading 309-208-3469 Bob Koelling-Owner [email protected] Blackhawk-BMC.com General Contractor • Commercial/Residential We Cover The News of West-Central Illinois With A Passion www.illinoisweeklies.com THE WEEKLY POST • January 7, 2021 Page 3 THE WEEK AHEAD HOT PICKS Ahead s Free Bread – Free bread distributed every Tues- day at 10 a.m. at Harrison Hall in Brimfield. Call (309) 696-4542. s Blood Drive – St. Patrick’s Catholic Church will hold a blood drive on Jan. 20 from 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. For an appointment, call Ann at (309) 219-3900 or visit redcrossblood.org/RapidPass. s Food for Needy – Food for needy available in food pantry in the northeast corner of the grassy lot adjacent to St. Patrick’s Church. Sponsored by St. Vincent de Paul and Elmwood churches. LEGISLATORS: Deficit a top topic ROUTE 150, BRIMFIELD - GREAT ACREAGE! Continued from Page 1 nounced plans to borrow Democrats want to use the 14.63 acres w/approx. 6.5-7 acres tillable, timber which had been scheduled $2 billion from the Federal lame duck session to push at back of property, quick drive to Grande Prairie. Buy now & build your dream home. $207,000 for late November and Reserve’s Municipal Liq- through a tax increase to early December, was can- uidity Facility to cover rev- fill the budget hole. NEW LIST! 218 N. HOLLY ST., ELMWOOD – 4 celed due to the COVID- enue losses the state has Pritzker has said he BR, 3 BA, 2,190 sq. 19 pandemic. suffered since the start of would consider closing ft. ranchPENDING! home with The budget that lawmak- the pandemic. That was in business tax “loopholes” in attached 2-car ers passed during that spe- addition to the $1.2 billion order to raise additional garage. cial session with only the state borrowed to make revenue, but more recently $175,000 Democratic votes was up for revenue losses at the he has said that he wants to about $5 billion out of bal- end of the last fiscal year.
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