Galesburg City Council chambers at City Hall.
Galesburg City Council decided on Monday to table a contract to design Churchill Junior High as a community center until after the April elections.
Ward 7 Council member Larry Cox made the motion and was joined by Bradley Hix, Wayne Dennis, and Kevin Wallace.
Cox’s motion was to table until May 1, the first meeting in which the new council after the election will be seated.
Cox cited WGIL’s reporting that Mayor Peter Schwartzman had asked the item be pulled before the item was put back on the agenda at three aldermen’s insistence.
Cox said some residents who wished to speak on the issue may have been unsure if the matter was being voted on.
The $76,000 contract was for Farnsworth Group to design programs and design schematics including floor plans for use of Churchill Junior High as a community center.
Council documents say that construction on the center could have started early as September but that timeline has likely been pushed back.
