ROCHELLE — The Rochelle City Council approved an amendment to the Illinois Public Works Mutual Aid Network agreement and by-laws following a recommendation from city staff on Monday night. The updated agreement clarifies that mutual aid is not limited to emergencies and adjusts governance rules for the network, which provides equipment, materials, and personnel support to member agencies across Illinois. Tim Isley, Superintendent of Public Works and Cemetery said he enjoys working with the organization and the help they could provide.
“Say their pump went down at the treatment plant or something like that, where they either say somebody’s say, wheel loader went down and they had a job going on, then another community could help them out with that,” he said.