In reading the agenda for this Thursday's County Board meeting I noticed that the Clock & Bell Tower project was back on the agenda. You'll remember that over the summer Steve Beckett passionately lobbied for the use of Public Safety Sales Tax money to build a new (from the ground up) Clock & Bell Tower as well as stabilize the masonary on the 1901 part of the Champaign County Court House.
Well, the newest numbers are in and in usual Champaign County Facilities Committee fashion, they are up. Over $475,000 to be exact.
The total amount approved at the August meeting was $6,342,332.07. On Thursday's agenda (page 33), the total amount to be approved is $6,819,065.14.
Of course, I'm probably overreacting since Steve promised that once the County ponied up the big money, the private donations would be rolling in!
