The December ICON meeting was held before the Holiday Season to meet and greet candidates for the April 5th city elections. There where over sixty attendees including three mayoral and six aldermanic candidates including the following
Mayoral
Mike Coffey
Mike Houston
Sheila Stocks-Smith
Aldermanic
Cameron Courts
Mike Higgins
Cory Jobe
Joe McMenamin
Ryan Tozer
Doris Turner
ICON is working with the Citizen’s Club to coordinate a series of mayoral and aldermanic forums. ICON will also help coordinate meetings of the neighborhoods within each Ward.
The ICON Ordinance Review Committee is comparing ordinances from Rock Island, Peoria, and Decatur regarding rental property registration, nuisance abatement, boarded property, foreclosure procedures, and garbage pickup. These issues will represent the platform to be presented to the candidates for their review.