AO Baseball/Softball youth league sign up dates:

Sat. January 14th 12-2pm
Sat. January 21st 2-4pm
Sat. January 28th 12-2pm
Wed. February 1st 5-7pm

All sign up locations are at the Oreana Firehouse. Registration forms will be passed out to the kids at school the week they are back from winter break.

Sign up fees are $75+$25 concession fee. A late fee of $35 will be charged after February 1st. NO SIGN UPS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER FEBRUARY 15th. Low income scholarships are available. If you have more than 2 children in your family you only have to pay for 2. Any questions contact Steve Ryan or Jennifer Hupp.

The Agenda for the September 20, 2016 Village Board Meeting has been posted. Click here to view it.

Next week’s Village Board Agenda has been posted.

Click here to view it.

Over the past few years, the Village, like most municipalities in the State of Illinois, has kept a close eye on expenditures. While we continue to allocate our available revenues very carefully, we have chosen to update some areas of the Village Park. The first major update was to the iconic wooden playground near the pavilion. This equipment was considered for removal after the wood began showing serious signs of aging and the area around the playground became less and less appealing.

After considering the cost of installing a new playground, it was decided to attempt refurbishing the current wooden playground and hopefully give it a few, or many more years of life! The photo below shows that the former wooden, worn surface has been coated with a truck-bed liner. This coating has essentially sealed the wood, leaving a fresh new look to the equipment. In addition, after hearing safety concerns from parents, we have added additional bars so that a small child cannot walk off of the playground as easily as they could have in the past. We have also dug out the area around the playground and installed new pea-gravel. We hope to do more to make this area even better, but the improvements so far have made this area look much better.

Other improvements are currently underway or in the works. Some of the updates include: restrooms are being re-painted and cleaned, walking path sprayed for weeds and edged, trees being trimmed or removed, landscaping around the Gazebo being refreshed and trimmed, and filling holes through-out the park.

Do you have an idea for the park? If so, hit the “submit a request” button above and let us know. By the way, did you know you can reserve the pavilion right here at this website? Click above where is says “Reserve the Pavilion”. We will receive your request and respond in a couple of days!

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Due to the primary elections on March 15th, the Village Board meeting for March has been rescheduled. The meeting will held on Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016.

It is hard to believe we are at the beginning of a New Year! Here is an update of what is going on in Oreana. 2015 was a good year in the Village of Oreana. As we look back at the last year, we are proud to report that we have launched our official Village Website at OreanaIL.com. The website is designed to connect residents with Village Officials and provide quicker access to public information. I am hopeful that the website will continue to be developed in the coming year.

This year, the Village also took a big step in re-activating the Village Police Department. This has allowed the Village to directly hire part-time officers to focus solely on the needs of the Village. So far, officers have focused mostly on traffic violations. As the new year begins, officers will be expanding their focus to the enforcement of the Village Ordinances. Officers will specifically be addressing nuisance ordinance violations such as the storage of inoperable vehicles, excessive junk and debris, etc.. As a reminder, officers are dispatched by the Macon County Sheriff’s Office at 424-1311. As always, call 9-1-1 in the event of an emergency.

As the New Year begins, it is a good time to remind residents that the Village Board meets the 3rd Tuesday of every month at 7:00pm in the Whitmore-Oreana Community Building at the Oreana Park. Every regularly scheduled meeting features a public comment time for residents to address the board.

As always, please feel free to contact me at mayor@oreanail.com or leave a message at the Village Office at 468-2476.