Council continues with city business while preparing for court Sept 10

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[The Red Bud City Council meeting will be held Tuesday at 7 p.m. due to the Labor Day holiday. The council is expected to pursue the creation of a detective position in the police department at the meeting.

The council is also likely to consider an ordinance allowing alternative vehicles, such as electric-powered vehicles, on city streets. It is expected, too, that bids on a truck for the utility department will be opened.

City Attorney Mark Rohr has been working on a document to recover missed payments from Verizon for land leased for the use of a cell tower, and that, too, is expected to be acted on by the council.

Mayor Ken Mueller is working on a revision of the city's recycling program. He favors a door-to-door approach.

On Thursday, September 4 at 10 a.m. a dedication plaque will be unveiled at the Dashner Building on Main Street.

On September 10, Judge William A. Schuwerk will hear a lawsuit brought by Red Bud Chief of Police James Creighton against the Red Bud City Council. Creighton seeks relief from the termination of his salary and benefits by the council and challenges the legality of an ordinance passed by the council limiting Creighton's term.

Creighton will be represented by Larry Kaplin & Associates of Clayton, Missouri. The council is being represented by Elisha S. Rosenblum of O'Halloran, Kosoff, Geitner & Cook of Northbrook, Illinois. Rohr has excused himself on the basis that he expects to be called as a witness by Creighton.

Meanwhile, with Mueller's support, Creighton continues to serve as police chief, including representing Red Bud and addressing a conference on violence prevention at Southwestern Illinois College.

A special council meeting to consider prohibiting Creighton access to City Hall was cancelled.