19-03-2025
Meet the Mayor: Bill Ingold
PAXTON, Ill. (WCIA) – Mayor Bill Ingold sits down with Mitchell Rife to discuss the newest developments within the City of Paxton.
'I learned that the previous mayor was here as mayor for 28 years — Jim Kingston — and I really kind of watched and studied how he did things and kind of took that to heart and tried to emulate him on some different things,' Ingold said.
Paxton City Council approves $460k city street repairs
There are a few things on the to-do list for the Paxton community and that includes utilizing the Rebuild Illinois fund. 'We were able to secure the fund a few years ago and we had to use that money and it was about $310,000 I think, that we hadn't used yet,' Ingold continued.
Paxton's housing project has been on the drawing board for years.
'Talking with IDOT and engineers, they said that they needed 12 to 18 months to study that before we could actually get that done,' Ingold said. 'We decided to go ahead and use that for a motor fuel tax this year. Usually in a year, we'll spend $150,000-$200,000 on motor fuel tax repairs in throughout the city.'
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