Officers of the Illinois Municipal League PRESIDENT VIRGIL F. LAFFERTY, Mayor,    Champaign FIRST VICE PRESIDENT J. RUSSEL CHRISTIANSON, Village President,    Oak Park SERGEANT-AT-ARMS WILLIAM H. WINTERHOFF, Supervisor, Thorton Township EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR L. A. SARGENT VICE PRESIDENTS ALTON      Mayor P. W. Day BELLEVILLE      Mayor Jerome J. Munie BELVIDERE      Mayor Loster Cunningham BLOOMINGTON      Mayor Bob McGraw BROADVIEW      Village President Merritt Braga BROOKFIELD      Village President Fred Kuehn CAIRO      Mayor Paul Baur CALUMET CITY      Mayor Stanley Bejger CENTRALIA      Mayor H. B. Blanchard CHICAGO      Mayor Richard J. Daley CLINTON      Commissioner C. E. Corrington DECATUR      Mayor Clarence A. Sablotny DE KALB      Mayor Clayton Pooler DOWNERS GROVE      Mayor B. H. Groves EAST ST. LOUIS      Mayor Alvin Fields EVANSTON      Mayor John Kimbark FREEPORT      Mayor Glen Kunkle GALESBURG      Mayor William H. Small HILLSIDE      Village President Roman J. Binder JACKSONVILLE      Mayor Robert DuBois JOLIET      Mayor James T. Hennessy KANKAKEE      Mayor Edward Madison LA SALLE      Mayor B. D. Bruno MATTOON      Mayor Morgan F. Phipps MELROSE PARK      Village President Andy Frenzel MOLINE      Mayor Arnold Smith MONMOUTH      Mayor Donovan Vance MUNDELEIN      Village President John J. Noel PARIS      Mayor T. J. Trogdon, Jr. PEORIA      Mayor Eugene Leiter PINCKNEYVILLE      Mayor Wm. J. Cunningham RIVERSIDE      Village President William Hajeck ROCKFORD      Mayor Benjamin T. Schleicher SPRINGFIELD      Mayor Nelson O. Howarth TAYLORVILLE      Mayor Thomas Sweeney WAUKEGAN      Mayor Robert Sabonjian PAST PRESIDENTS A. E. Turngren, Mayor, Harvey Charles Wellner, Mayor, Naperville

CITY HALL GOSSIP

Around the State

Some interesting statistics have been brought to light by a recent community survey of Bloomington conducted by sociology students at Illinois State Normal University. Of those polled; 53% favored municipally owned parking lots while 27% did not;

52% had never heard of the official city plan, of the 45% who had heard of the plan 52% didn't know what to think of it; in answer to the question, What per cent of the local and state taxes paid by citizens of the community goes to the government of Bloomington? 62% couldn't even guess while 11% came somewhere near the right answer (27%). Oh yes, 73% of those questioned thought Bloomington was a fine place to live ... A great deal of interest has been shown throughout the State on the various methods by which Illinois municipalities (over 13,000 population) have implemented the 56 hour work week for firemen. Following is a brief description of the method used by some of those cities, more complete information is forthcoming in the League's salary survey report. Peoria, Dixon, Galesburg, Kewanee, Urbana and Mattoon join Springfield, Decatur and Bloomington in the use of three shifts working 24 hours on and 48 hours off. Rockford will use alternating 24 hour and 8 hour shifts. Fire Chief Wayne E. Swanson explains the plan as follows: a fireman will come to work Monday and work a 24 hour shift. Off Tuesday and work an 8 hour shift Wednesday and off Thursday. Friday he will work a 24 hour shift and off Saturday and Sunday. East Moline, firemen will work a 16 hour shift the first day, an 8 hour shift the second day and off the third day. The two work days will be arranged so that firemen work 84 hours straight. Ottawa, the City Council has announced the following plan to implement the 56 hour week. First, hire seven new firemen. Second, establish a work week of four 8 hour shifts and two 12 hour shifts per week. Third, remove all sleeping facilities for firemen and fourth, inaugurate a training program. Quincy, 18 hours on and 24 hours off. Waukegan, three platoons working 8 hour shifts with changes at 11 p.m., 3 p.m. and 7 a.m. The schedule is based on a three week cycle with each platoon working a different hour schedule each week. Once during each cycle each platoon must work 80 hours out of an 8 day period. Firemen are off one day per week. . . . Skokie will spend $15,000 for Dutch Elm Tree Disease control this year . . . Roman J. Binder, Village President of Hillside, has been named "Citizen of the Year" by the Hillside Post No. 863 of the American Legion ... Evergreen Park will dedicate a new municipal building February 22nd . . . Francis Berry, Mayor of Libertyville, proclaimed a "Kick Week" in which citizens were invited to complain about village services. On the first day of "Kick Week" the Mayor left for a fishing trip in Canada.

Appointments and Resignations

Grover Strong has been appointed to the board of trustees at Peoria Heights to fill the unexpired term of Francis Bill who resigned . . . Clyde Brown succeeds Mike Grachek as Police Chief at Camp Point . . . Jacob Dumelle has not accepted the position as City Manager at North Lake as previously reported in this column . . . Charles Durham has been named Village Clerk and Ross Giseburt Water Superintendent at Ashkum . . . Mrs. Katherine Fidler has been elected to fill a council vacancy at Watseka . . . Graham W. Watt has been named Alton's first City Manager. Mr. Watt has been Administrative Assistant to the City Manager of Kansas City, Missouri . . . Arthur L. Kiser is Beardstown's new Police Chief . . . Walter Johansen, City Engineer at Wood River, has resigned . . . Village Trustee John F. Lynch of Mundelein has resigned . . . Cornelius Bodine, Jr., former City Manager at Rock Island, has been appointed Manager at Sioux City, Iowa . . . John C. Duba has been named as Administrative Officer to Mayor Richard Daley of Chicago.

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Bond Issues

Voters of the Aurora Sanitary District rejected by an 11-6 majority a proposed $3,800,000 bond issue for interceptor sewers . . . Carlinville voters rejected a $130,000 bond issue to construct a swimming pool and other recreational facilities . . . Moline voters have approved the issuance of $530,000 in G. O. bonds for sewer improvements. The project also includes $920,000 in sewer revenue bonds and $1,000,000 in special assessment bonds . . . Westville Sanitary District voters have again approved a $400,000 bond issue for sewer improvements . . . Rockford $190,000 issue for sewer improvement has been approved . . . Grayville residents have approved a $400,000 revenue bond issue to finance a municipal gas system . . . Stockton voters have approved a $150,000 G. O. issue for a new sewage treatment plant and system.

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Deaths

Commissioner Herbert E. Hill of Decatur died of a coronary attack while at his desk. Mr. Hill was 53 ... Alderman Leo D. Leary of Monmouth . . . John E. Jones, City Clerk at Farmer City . . . S. N. Hubert, Village Clerk at Ashkum . . . Village President Herbert Doerr of Vergennes . . . Alderman Lewis Kelley of Jacksonville . . . Mayor E. C. Krall of Cerro Gordo.