Galesburg City Attorney Bradley Nolden apparently has resigned his position as City Attorney as of Sept. 3.
Whether Nolden’s resignation has any link to the sudden announcement appointing a City Manager is unclear.
The Galesburg Council has an agenda item on Tuesday night to hire the law firm of Barash and Everett to handle city legal services in Nolden’s absence.
Specifically, Attorneys Leslie Day and former Judge Paul Mangieri would be handling the city’s legal issues.
Day and Mangieri will be present at City Hall no less than two days a week.
The Barash and Everett contract will be worth $8,333 a month and can be canceled by either party with 30 days notice.
Nolden has been Galesburg’s City Attorney for the past 7 years with his position taking on increasing duties through his tenure.
Todd Thompson resigned as City Manager to work for Rock Island in May and since then Director of Public Works Wayne Carl has acted as City Manager.
Galesburg Aldermen on Tuesday can also approve a bid for exterior and structural repairs at the Hawthorne Pool building.
The work will include repairing steel columns, replacing the roof, new gutters, repairing exterior brick and masonry, and resurfacing the concrete deck around the pool.
City administration is recommending CAD Construction for the work with a bid just south of $2 million after 3 contractors submitted bids.
Interim City Manager Wayne Carl had reported to the council before that bids came in much higher than the budgeted amount for work.
As a result city staff worked with CAD Construction on reducing the price by removing some items that were not critical to have completed right away.
A few of the items that were removed include; adding siding and weather barrier to the window, painting exposed ductwork, and painting roof trusses and girders.
The contract is being paid from Planning Fund 54, with essential funds that were granted from the American Rescue Plan Act.
Due to a delay in obtaining the materials needed, the project would anticipate being completed sometime around May 2023.
