{"id":6714,"date":"2026-07-15T13:48:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T13:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bentonil.com\/?p=6714"},"modified":"2026-07-15T13:48:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T13:48:15","slug":"agenda-special-meeting-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bentonil.com\/?p=6714","title":{"rendered":"AGENDA &#8211; SPECIAL MEETING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NOTICE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SPECIAL CALLED MEETING<\/p>\n<p>BENTON CITY COUNCIL MEETING<\/p>\n<p>JULY 17, 2026<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>AGENDA<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>BENTON CITY COUNCIL WILL HOLD A SPECIAL CALLED CITY COUNCIL MEETING FRIDAY, JULY 17, 2026 AT 9:15 A.M. IN THE BENTON MUNICIPAL BUILDING LOCATED AT 1403 SOUTH MAIN STREET, BENTON, ILLINOIS.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>PUBLIC COMMENTS<\/li>\n<li>DISCUSSION AND\/OR APPROVAL OF FORMAL PROPOSAL TO WEST CITY FOR FIRE PROTECTION<\/li>\n<li>EXECUTIVE SESSION<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li>DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACQUISITION AND\/OR SALE OF REAL ESTATE<\/li>\n<li>DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE AND\/OR PENDING LITIGATIONS<\/li>\n<li>DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT, COMPENSATION,<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>DISCIPLINE, PERFORMANCE, OR DISMISSAL OF SPECIFIC EMPLOYEES OF THE<\/p>\n<p>PUBLIC BODY OR LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE PUBLIC BODY, INCLUDING HEARING TESTIMONY ON A COMPLAINT LODGED AGAINST AN EMPLOYEE OF THE PUBLIC BODY OR AGAINST LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE PUBLIC BODY TO DETERMINE ITS VALIDITY.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>BEC<\/p>\n<p>POSTED AT 8:20 A.M.<\/p>\n<p>07\/15\/26<\/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>NOTICE \u00a0 SPECIAL CALLED MEETING BENTON CITY COUNCIL MEETING JULY 17, 2026 &nbsp; &nbsp; AGENDA &nbsp; BENTON CITY COUNCIL WILL HOLD A SPECIAL CALLED CITY COUNCIL MEETING FRIDAY, JULY 17, 2026 AT 9:15 A.M. IN THE BENTON MUNICIPAL BUILDING LOCATED &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bentonil.com\/?p=6714\">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\/6714"}],"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=6714"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bentonil.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6715,"href":"https:\/\/bentonil.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6714\/revisions\/6715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bentonil.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bentonil.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bentonil.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}