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Employment Opportunity – Engineering Technician
The City of Mattoon is seeking applicants for a Civil Engineering Technician. The primary duties include Computer-Aided Drafting, Field Surveying, Construction Inspection, and Contract Administration. Candidates must possess a 2 year Associates Degree in Civil Engineering Technology or equivalent. The position is open to recent graduates, May 2023 graduates, and/or experienced technicians. Mechanical aptitude is required. The starting salary is $21.00/hr, plus overtime, health insurance, IMRF retirement, paid holidays, vacation, and sick leave. Please click here to see a full benefits and details. Interested candidates are asked to submit a resume & cover letter to GartlanM@mattoonillinois.org, or to deposit them [...]
Open Positions: Street Department and Parks Department
The City of Mattoon is accepting applications for 1 opening in the Street Department, and 1 opening in the Parks Department. The Street Department maintains; Streets, Sidewalks, Water Distribution, Sanitary Sewers, Storm Drainage, Buildings & Grounds, Boulevard Trees, and Landscaping. The Parks Department maintains City Parks, Athletic Fields, Lake Mattoon Public Use Areas, Dodge Grove Cemetery, Trees, and Landscaping. Starting pay is $21.94/hr for experienced workers in Construction and/or Parks & Recreation, and $18.58/hr for entry level workers. Benefits include overtime, paid holidays, vacation & sick leave, health insurance, and retirement. Mechanical aptitude and ability are required. The Street Department [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Mattoon Housing Survey
Mattoon in Motion (MIM), in partnership with the City of Mattoon, is conducting a community housing survey to determine future housing development and rehabilitation needs and projects for our community. This survey will allow us to apply for grants and provide important information to housing developers. We have created five surveys that ask different questions from individuals and organizations that have unique perspectives about the housing situation in Mattoon, IL. If you fit into one or more of these categories, we invite you to fill out each one that applies to you. Links to the surveys are below: 1) Resident Survey - This survey is for [...]
Further Information on Proposed Sports Complex
Please click here to see a presentation on the Proposed Sports Complex. Click here for the version of this presentation used in the July 19th Council Meeting. You can also find further information on anticipated economic development by clicking here. A recording of the 7/8/22 Special City Council Meeting that went further in-depth on this information is also available here. The City of Mattoon will hold a public presentation on the Mattoon Sports Complex project followed by a public question and answer session at its July 19, 2022, Council meeting. The meeting will be held at the Burgess Osborne Auditorium [...]