New City-Wide Connect program to inform Steeleville of important information

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[There will be a new city-wide calling system set up by the Steeleville City Board. The Connect-CTY program is available on the Village of Steeleville website. The program is a useful tool to get valuable information to community members. It is a "village-to-resident notification system" which will get pertinent information to Steeleville residents via the phone system. The system allows village leadership to create a message that can be rapidly sent out to the community. This is good for emergency situations such as storm warnings, power outages, and things of that nature. The Steeleville schools are also looking into integrating this system in order to tell people about school closings and other important school related information. The Fire Department and Police Department are going to integrate this system into their protocol as well. More information can be found at www.steeleville.org.

There may be new stop signs going up at Steeleville. The Village Board is looking into the intersection of Mulberry and Walnut, near the Peace Lutheran Church and the Masonic Temple. They are also looking into the little street of Seneca. The Board will be assessing the situations and discussing ordinance issues in the next few months.

In other Steeleville news:

-The March Village Board meeting will be changed from Monday, March 2 to Thursday, March 4.

-The James Street sidewalk project is in its final push and should be completed shortly.

-The water tower cleaning will begin Thursday and should be finished by Saturday morning.

-The Paradise Cemetery project has been completed and is awaiting final decorative measures.

-The Board donated $500 to the Chamber of Commerce's Annual Banquet fund.

-Andy Gerlach was named to the Finance Board and Ryan Muskopf was named to the Cemetery Board.

-The Annual Pig Party and city wide yard sale is scheduled for the 15th and 16th of May. Discussions on specifics will take place at the next board meeting.

-The snow plows were out in heavy force during the winter wonderland keeping the roads cleaned, yet people who park on the street were getting "plowed in". The Board would like to see community feedback on figuring out a system for cooperation during plowing season.