The Danville City Council Tuesday night will act on a plan to obtain a one million dollar grant designed to help the police department enhance violent crime prevention and community/police development.
The grant may be awarded by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity made available through a special house bill. The money would be used to create a Police Training Center that would be housed in Danville’s Public Works facility on Voorhees Street. It also would go toward improvements to Friendly Town and police equipment and supplies, and the enhancement of police/community projects.
The council Tuesday will also reorganize after the city election. Those who recently were elected will be sworn into office. Those include
- Mayor Rickey Williams, Jr.
- Treasurer Chris Heeren
- And aldermen Ed Butler, Rick Strebing, Sherry Pickering, Mike O’Kane, Eve Ludwig, Jon Cooper, and Bob Iverson.
There also will be election of Vice-Mayor and organization of the oversight committees including selection of Chairmen and Vice Chairmen.
