Mayor Lilija Stevens

09/02/2026

🔜 Please join us at the helicopter located on Lincoln Street in Washington Park this Sunday, September 6, 2025 at 4 p.m.

🇺🇸 We are honored to welcome F-16 fighter pilot and veteran Heather "Lucky" Penney as the guest speaker for this year's service.

➡️ Most widely recognized for her service on September 11, Heather Penney will draw from that experience and a remarkable career in aviation and military service to share a message of courage, leadership, and the lasting lessons of that day…twenty-five years ago.

09/02/2026

08/24/2026

Update….(8/25/26 @ 7:36pm)…Thank you to everyone involved in this most wonderful event 👏🏼
🔜 Tomorrow….Tuesday, August 25th‼️

08/21/2026

My heartfelt appreciation for this birthday post (posted on the City FB page on my bday 8-20). I sincerely appreciate your birthday wishes. Whether we are personal friends, have a working relationship, or are developing one, these public birthday comments and "likes" send a positive message. To me, that message of goodwill and working together, is the best birthday gift of all.

08/16/2026

Looks like a really long Agenda, doesn’t it❓

Not necessarily….see the orange shaded section❓That’s the Consent Agenda that’s made up of Items A.-G.

👉🏼 All the Consent Agenda items may be approved with one motion, then a second followed by a roll call vote. One vote for items A.-G.

👉🏼 The rest of the items on the City Council agenda are discussed individually.

🔜 You are invited to the Monday, August 17, 2026 Washington City Council meeting that will begin at 6:30 pm in Banquet Room A at Five Points.

Join us in person or watch 🖥️ the meeting live via this link:
https://youtube.com/?si=-PI5PEIBVY0pFJYa

08/13/2026

Discussion takes place at Committee of the Whole meetings (regularly scheduled every 2nd Monday of each month)…next step….agenda items from that meeting, items that there was consensus to move forward, are then placed on the following City Council meeting agenda, which is this upcoming Monday, August 17th, for a formal vote.

08/13/2026

Dog gone it….I can’t believe I missed City Hall Selfie Day ‼️

There’s always next year 🤞🏼

Side note…I need to look back....if I find a picture from a past City Hall Selfie Day, I’ll add it to this post👍🏼

08/09/2026

Are you registered to vote 🇺🇸❓

On Tuesday, November 3, 2026, school districts 📚 in Tazewell County are asking voters to consider a 1% Illinois County Schools Facility Tax, also known as a one-cent tax.

🔜 Monday, August 10, 2026
Committee of the Whole meeting
👉🏼 Item 5 B. Presentation:
Tazewell County Schools Facility Tax

Join us in person in Banquet Room A at Five Points or watch the meeting live via this link:
https://youtube.com/?si=Lx19cgKM2B9XsVMB

08/07/2026

UPDATE after LTW——> Excellent conversation tonight! Thank you to all who attended our August Let’s Talk Washington 👍🏼

08/05/2026

Update after the 08-05-2026 Planning & Zoning Commission mtg———> No vote on the proposed digital billboard as a result of the majority approving a motion/and a second to table to vote.