Council talks some serious trash
Crystal Lindell
Issue date: 3/26/03 Section: News
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Members of the council also discussed the possibility of U.S. Cellular building a tower in Macomb.
“U.S. Cellular wants the tower to better serve WIU students,” Hays said.
The new 180-foot-tall tower would be built off Tower Road, near the Waste Management center and the animal shelter.
“This would be as tucked away as possible for a community,” Carper said of the proposed location. He added the tower might also have public service benefits, such as police radioing in the community.
As a reaction to the events of 9/11, the state has proposed a Mutual Aid Agreement with the Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System. It would make police officers that help out another community in case of emergency be counted as being on duty.
Under the current system, a Macomb police officer would not technically be on duty if he randomly went to help out with a fire in a nearby town, such as Canton, according to Bill Hadeen, Macomb chief of police.
“Everybody would be responsible for their own people and own equipment,” Hays said.
According to Carper, there is already a similar system in place with the fire department. Hadeen said 100 percent of the police departments in DuPage County have signed onto this agreement. There is no official deadline for the city. However, Hadeen said the sooner the council decides, the better. The state is looking at the end of April for deadline.
There was also a presentation by Gregg Huston, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, about a recommendation to name something in Macomb after Reverend C.T. Vivian, who received his bachelor’s degree from Western.
According to Huston, Vivian has been an active advocate of civil rights since the 1940s. Vivian has lectured on every continent except Antarctica and worked with Martin Luther King, Jr. during the Civil Rights Movement. Due to their efforts, the 1965 Voters Rights Act was passed.
Vivian currently owns a company that deals with race relations within Fortune 500 companies and he has authored a couple of books, according to Huston.
“We’re dealing with a person bigger than life. Reverend Vivian has received enough plaques and certificates to fill this whole room, but this would really mean something to him. When I talked to him about this on the phone he said, ‘That’s the missing piece of the puzzle,’” Huston said.
“He is a gentle, articulate person. Certainly we should be proud of his heritage here. Maybe a street, maybe not, but something (could be named after him),” Carper said.
“U.S. Cellular wants the tower to better serve WIU students,” Hays said.
The new 180-foot-tall tower would be built off Tower Road, near the Waste Management center and the animal shelter.
“This would be as tucked away as possible for a community,” Carper said of the proposed location. He added the tower might also have public service benefits, such as police radioing in the community.
As a reaction to the events of 9/11, the state has proposed a Mutual Aid Agreement with the Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System. It would make police officers that help out another community in case of emergency be counted as being on duty.
Under the current system, a Macomb police officer would not technically be on duty if he randomly went to help out with a fire in a nearby town, such as Canton, according to Bill Hadeen, Macomb chief of police.
“Everybody would be responsible for their own people and own equipment,” Hays said.
According to Carper, there is already a similar system in place with the fire department. Hadeen said 100 percent of the police departments in DuPage County have signed onto this agreement. There is no official deadline for the city. However, Hadeen said the sooner the council decides, the better. The state is looking at the end of April for deadline.
There was also a presentation by Gregg Huston, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, about a recommendation to name something in Macomb after Reverend C.T. Vivian, who received his bachelor’s degree from Western.
According to Huston, Vivian has been an active advocate of civil rights since the 1940s. Vivian has lectured on every continent except Antarctica and worked with Martin Luther King, Jr. during the Civil Rights Movement. Due to their efforts, the 1965 Voters Rights Act was passed.
Vivian currently owns a company that deals with race relations within Fortune 500 companies and he has authored a couple of books, according to Huston.
“We’re dealing with a person bigger than life. Reverend Vivian has received enough plaques and certificates to fill this whole room, but this would really mean something to him. When I talked to him about this on the phone he said, ‘That’s the missing piece of the puzzle,’” Huston said.
“He is a gentle, articulate person. Certainly we should be proud of his heritage here. Maybe a street, maybe not, but something (could be named after him),” Carper said.