City of Mattoon, Illinois

Official Government Website for the City of Mattoon, Illinois

City of Mattoon, Illinois

Official Government Website for the City of Mattoon, Illinois

Employment Opportunity: PW Senior Engineering Technician

The City of Mattoon is accepting applicants for a Senior Engineering Technician. The primary duties include Computer-Aided Drafting and Design, Field Surveying, Construction Inspection, and Contract Administration, Plan Reviews, and other duties assigned related to the Public Works Department operations.   Candidates must possess at a minimum a 2-year Associate Degree in Civil Engineering Technology or equivalent. Candidates should also have 10 plus years of experience working with Public Works-related projects.  The successful candidate may have experience working in the areas of water, sanitary and storm sewers, roadway design, ADA guidelines, construction inspection, and other related types of work.  Having [...]

2024-03-04T16:32:04-06:00March 4, 2024|

Employment Opportunity: PW Engineering Technician

  The City of Mattoon is accepting applications for a Civil Engineering Technician. The primary duties include Computer-Aided Drafting, Field Surveying, Construction Inspection, and Contract Administration.   Candidates must at least possess a 2-year Associate Degree in Civil Engineering Technology, or equivalent. The position is open to recent graduates, May 2024 graduates, and/or experienced technicians with several years of experience.  Having IDOT certifications in PCC, HMA and Documentation of Quantities a major plus, but not a requirement.   The starting salary is $43,680/yr ($21.00/hr) and dependent upon education, experience and certifications.  The successful candidate is also eligible for paid overtime, [...]

2024-03-04T16:33:28-06:00March 4, 2024|

Employment Opportunity: Public Works Laborers

The City of Mattoon is accepting applications for 4 laborer positions at the Street/Utility Department at 401 Dewitt Avenue East. The Street Department maintains; streets, sidewalks, water distribution, sanitary sewers, storm drainage, buildings & grounds, trees, and landscaping. Starting pay is $22.48/hr for experienced construction workers, and $19.05/hr for applicants without construction experience. Benefits include overtime, paid holidays, vacation & sick leave, health insurance, and retirement. Applications are available from the City of Mattoon website at https://mattoon.illinois.gov/about/employment or by clicking here.  Mechanical aptitude is required. Successful candidates are required to obtain a Commercial Drivers License (CDL), with Air Brake & [...]

2023-11-15T14:37:02-06:00November 15, 2023|

Employment Opportunity: WTP Superintendent

The City of Mattoon is accepting applications for a Water Treatment Plant Superintendent. 5 years of water treatment experience is required. Candidates must have a Class A Water Treatment Operators License. The Mattoon Water Treatment Plant is a lime softening plant with clarification, recarbonation, filtering, and chlorination. The raw water sources are Lake Paradise and Lake Mattoon. The plant was constructed in 2000. The rated capacity is 7 mgd. The average daily production is 2 mgd with a peak of 3 mgd. The plant is manned 24hrs/day, 365 days/yr. The plant staff includes 1 Lab Director/Operator, 1 Lead Operator, 1 [...]

2023-11-09T16:00:29-06:00November 9, 2023|

Public Notice: An AmeriCorps NCCC team is Helping the City of Mattoon

For Immediate Release:  An AmeriCorps NCCC team is Helping the City of Mattoon  Mattoon, Ill. – AmeriCorps members serving in the National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) program are supporting the City of Mattoon from September 18-November 6. The team is helping create trail systems covering five miles on 110 acres of city-owned land. The AmeriCorps team from the North Central Region campus in Vinton, Iowa is contributing to the goals of the project by clearing trail corridors, developing trails, installing amenities, and establishing pollinator plots. The project is expected to benefit all residents and visitors in East Central Illinois, by [...]

2023-09-15T09:53:09-05:00September 15, 2023|

Housing Needs Assessment

The City of Mattoon and the Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) are undertaking a planning effort to complete a Housing Needs Assessment as a part of an overall Community Revitalization Strategy. We invite all permanent residents to take part in this planning process by completing this Community Needs Assessment Survey to provide valuable information about their experiences living in the City of Mattoon. The survey (link below) is completely anonymous; you should be able to complete it in under 10 minutes. https://arcg.is/1eeuiP0

2023-05-23T10:16:02-05:00May 23, 2023|

Public Notice: BAAD Grant Program

The City of Mattoon is hereby informing residents of an upcoming public hearing for discussion and a resolution of support regarding the City of Mattoon's application to the IDNR Boat Access Area Development (BAAD) grant program, which would fund the creation of an ADA Accessible Kayak launch to be installed at Lake Mattoon. The public hearing where the resolution will be presented, and discussion will occur is at the May 2nd City Council meeting at City Hall (208 N 19th Street, Mattoon IL, 61938) during the regular City Council meeting at 6:30 pm

2023-04-14T16:25:53-05:00April 14, 2023|

Press Release – November 29, 2022

CITY OF MATTOON, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT PRESS RELEASE November 29, 2022 The City of Mattoon has been bidding the electric supply for our residents since 2013. We have saved each of our residents and average of $900.00 during that time. Unfortunately, our current bid is expiring. There are no good offers in the electric supply market right now to compete with Ameren’s standard rate. The residents in our program will all be automatically moving to Ameren for 1 year. We intend to re-bid electric supply next fall if market conditions are more favorable. Ameren has mailed the attached notice to [...]

2022-11-30T20:31:15-06:00November 30, 2022|

Press Release – Electric Supply Rates

PRESS RELEASE Several area cities and counties have been working together to bid electric supply for our residents. The cities of Charleston, Effingham, Mattoon, and Paris along with Coles County are nearing the end of a contract with a rate of 4.19 cents per kilowatt hour.  This rate will be expiring with the meter readings in December 2022. Recently the buying group, along with our consultant Good Energy, worked to solicit new electric supply bids for our residents. We were unable to secure an offer with a satisfactory combination of price and duration due to the current volatility in the [...]

2022-10-05T15:52:26-05:00October 5, 2022|
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