DANVILLE – For only the second time in 32 years, the City of Danville has elected a new mayor and elected its first African-American mayor.
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Following the death of Danville Mayor David S. Palmer, former finance commissioner Wilbur Scharlau and then city attorney Hardin Hawes both served in the role of acting mayor in 1985 and 1986.
Weaver had been paid $58,141 annually with an annual $2,600 travel stipend.Also overseeing operations and maintenance at the Public Safety Building is a seven-member commission board, with city, county, school and sanitary district representatives; a maintenance director; comptroller; 911 director; and Danville Public Safety Director Larry Thomason and Vermilion County Sheriff Pat Hartshorn also help with overseeing the building.Eisenhauer said the DPBC director oversees about 33 employees and the 911 center and maintenance.The Danville City Council will meet at 6 tonight at the Robert E. Jones Municipal Building, 17 W. Main St.William Collins, 73, of Fayette, Mo., passed away August 24, 2020, at Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital in Columbia, Mo. Then the council can continue in closed session or go back into open session for further discussion.
Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph. Sign up now to get our FREE breaking news coverage delivered right to your inbox. Williams was initially sworn-in in November and became the city’s first African-American mayor to serve as acting mayor.Citizens for Williams hosted an election results party Tuesday night for supporters at the Community Church of God on South Bowman Avenue.Williams said Tuesday night he was grateful for being elected mayor.“I’m thankful for the voters and the way the election came out. Williams, serving as mayor since the resignation of Scott Eisenhauer late last year, defeated three candidates to earn a full four-year term in the city’s top office.Jennifer Bailey|Commercial-NewsRickey Williams Jr., shown talking with residents before Tuesday’s Danville City Council meeting, came out on top in preliminary results in Danville’s mayoral race.
I do wish more people voted,” he said about the 4,504 votes cast of the 17,365 registered voters in the city, or 25.94 percent voter turnout.“I was hoping I’d win by a clear margin,” Williams also said about people believing in him as a leader.He said he won in every ward in every precinct but one.“I'm just looking forward to working with the alderman and citizens …,” Williams said about making the city the best it can be.Williams at the Danville City Council meeting Tuesday night also thanked everyone who ran for office in the city.He also later thanked the council members who also lost Tuesday night for their service and said “we still have a month and a budget left to pass.”Williams said he promised his Project Success of Vermilion County board that he’d leave them at least four to six weeks to find someone to fill his director position. DANVILLE – Ward 1 Alderman Rickey Williams Jr. made history Tuesday night. Williams, serving as mayor since the resignation of Scott Eisenhauer late last year, defeated three candidates to earn a full four-year term in the city’s top office.DANVILLE – For only the second time in 32 years, the City of Danville has elected a new mayor and elected its first African-American mayor.Mayor Rickey Williams Jr., who has been serving as acting mayor following Mayor Scott Eisenhauer’s early resignation from the position in November, follows Eisenhauer who served 15 and a half years in the position and Mayor Bob Jones who served 16 years in the position.Williams received 2,153 votes or 47.80 percent of the vote to beat out Illini Skateland co-owner James McMahon who received 1,080 votes or 23.98 percent of the vote, longtime Ward 6 Alderman and businessman Steve Nichols who received 857 votes or 19.03 percent and Danville Code Enforcement Inspector Donald Crews who received 396 votes or 8.79 percent of the total votes.Election results reported on April 2 are unofficial. Infrastructure, neighborhood and business development are some of his primary focuses.William Collins, 73, of Fayette, Mo., passed away August 24, 2020, at Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital in Columbia, Mo. The current members of the U.S. Senate from Illinoisare: To view a map of U.S. House districts in Illinois and find your representative, click here. Chance of rain 30%..A few clouds with an isolated thunderstorm possible after midnight. Low around 70F. Following the death of Danville Mayor David S. Palmer, former finance commissioner Wilbur Scharlau and then city attorney Hardin Hawes both served in the role of acting mayor in 1985 and 1986.Danville City Council members tonight are expected to vote on an acting mayor to serve the remainder of Mayor Scott Eisenhauer’s term through May 7, 2019.
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