75 years ago: Utility commission responds to political pressure
20 YEARS AGO: NEWS FROM THE ISSUE OF AUG. 19, 2004 A new city hall building apparently won’t be in Litchfield’s plans for the rest of this year. Council member Mike Cziok told fellow members Monday that after asking city staff to research a number of different options, he was convinced there was no sensible financing opportunities that could be enacted quickly enough to get a construction project started this year. “I feel very confident that staff has exhausted all options for a fall start,” Cziok said. “Therefore, (we) can put City Hall on a back burner.” He encouraged the council “to be fiscally conservative for the balance of ’04 and throughout 2005” so enough of a reserve fund could be established to “buy down” debt on a new city hall and keep costs to city residents minimal.
