{"id":6706,"date":"2026-06-24T19:31:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T19:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bentonil.com\/?p=6706"},"modified":"2026-06-24T19:31:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T19:31:06","slug":"special-meeting-6-26-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bentonil.com\/?p=6706","title":{"rendered":"SPECIAL MEETING 6\/26\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE CITY OF BENTON WILL HOLD A SPECIAL CALLED BENTON CITY COUNCIL MEETING FRIDAY 06\/26\/2026 AT 2:30 P.M. AT THE BENTON CITY HALL LOCATED IN THE BASEMENT OF THE CAMPBELL BUILDING AT 901 PUBLIC SQUARE, BENTON, ILLINOIS 62812.<\/p>\n<p>CALL TO ORDER<\/p>\n<p>ROLL CALL<\/p>\n<p>PUBLIC COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE ON THE AGENDA FOR CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION CONCERNING:<\/p>\n<p>DISCUSSION AND\/OR APPROVAL OF POSSIBLE DISCIPLINE OF CITY EMPLOYEE(S)<\/p>\n<p>EXECUTIVE SESSION:<br \/>\nDISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACQUISITION AND\/OR SALE OF REAL ESTATE <br \/>\nDISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE AND\/OR PENDING LITIGATIONS<br \/>\nDISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT, COMPENSATION,<br \/>\nDISCIPLINE, PERFORMANCE, OR DISMISSAL OF SPECIFIC EMPLOYEES OF THE<\/p>\n<p>PUBLIC BODY OR LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE PUBLIC BODY, INCLUDING HEARING<\/p>\n<p>TESTIMONY ON A COMPLAINT LODGED AGAINST AN EMPLOYEE OF THE PUBLIC<\/p>\n<p>BODY OR AGAINST LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE PUBLIC BODY TO DETERMINE<\/p>\n<p>ITS VALIDITY.<\/p>\n<p>POSTED 2:30 P.M. 06\/24\/26 BY DW<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE CITY OF BENTON WILL HOLD A SPECIAL CALLED BENTON CITY COUNCIL MEETING FRIDAY 06\/26\/2026 AT 2:30 P.M. AT THE BENTON CITY HALL LOCATED IN THE BASEMENT OF THE CAMPBELL BUILDING AT 901 PUBLIC SQUARE, BENTON, ILLINOIS 62812. CALL TO &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bentonil.com\/?p=6706\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]"},"categories":[2,27],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bentonil.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6706"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bentonil.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bentonil.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bentonil.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bentonil.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6706"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bentonil.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6708,"href":"https:\/\/bentonil.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6706\/revisions\/6708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bentonil.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bentonil.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bentonil.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}