James Record to take reins Dec. 17
By MOLLY RICHESON
For The Weekly Post
YATES CITY – Yates City will have a new chief of police effective Dec. 17.
James Record will be sworn in at the Village Board meeting next month. Record was present at the Nov. 12 meeting and gave a brief introduction.
Record is married with three children and a newborn grandchild. He grew up around Farmington and is currently a lead business process specialist for Caterpillar Inc.
His experience includes being a full-time police officer in Farmington, a DARE officer, a service officer, chief of police in London Mills, a detective in Avon, a former Yates City police officer and chief of police in Fairview.
He has 23 years of military experience and retired honorably as a technical sergeant in the Air National Guard. He said one of his first priorities will be to recruit more officers to Yates City.
“Hopefully, I can be the best chief I can for you,” Record said.
The village is making some big strides toward completion of the reservoir/well project. A notice of intent was awarded to Leander Construction Inc. of Canton for their bid of $1,476,980.
Meanwhile, a contract to upgrade the electrical service at the water building to accommodate an amperage increase is in the final stages of negotiations between the board and AMP Electric. The contract will include relocating electrical boxes to the carport area.
Kinsel Trucking & Excavating has been working with Yates City to locate and map all hydrants and water shut-off valves, then test them. Thus far, 52 valves have been found, mapped and tested, along with 39 hydrants. Eventually, the board will consider a five-year maintenance contract to flush hydrants and test valves twice each year.
The board also approved a 3% tax-levy increase – $2,450 which raises the total to $83,450.
