Champaign City Council meets tonight for a regular council meeting as well as for a post study session. There are a combination of ten resolutions and ordinances to be voted on in tonight’s agenda.

“They’re all pretty routine,” said Thomas Bruno, council member.

Many of the resolutions concern city and neighborhood projects which are all likely to pass, Bruno added.

Some of the resolutions call on the council to approve the lowest bidder for some construction projects including a concrete street maintenance project, a neighborhood rehabilitation project, and relocation of the Garden Hills sanitary sewer.

The council will also vote to purchase the audit services of Martin Hood Friese and Associates, a firm that was decided on at a previous meeting.

The selection of an audit service for Champaign city finances is an annual decision.

One of the other resolutions on tonight’s agenda will be the appointment of Catherine A. Barbercheck to the Historic Preservation Commission in Champaign.

The study session agenda will include discussion on a request for an honorary street name for Mable Thomas.

Mable Thomas was a long time employee of the city who worked for neighborhood services and organized special projects through the group.

Council member Will Kyles said he is definitely in support of the honorary road.

“Mable was a mentor to me even before I became a council member,” he said.

“She will be missed,” Kyles said.

The proposed street would be near West Side Park, on University Ave. from Elm St. to State St.

Also on the study session agenda is discussion of the annual budget for the city. There will be a presentation on the budget for the upcoming year.

Bruno expects that the budget will be similar to last year’s with only a few changes.

He added that the last couple of years the budget has been cut down because of reduced revenue due to a recession.

He said the city has had to cut back on rehiring for some vacancies to make up for lower revenues.

Also in the budget proposal is a $7000 cut in the student patrol on the University campus.

The student patrol is an added security measure on campus, and council member Michael LaDue said he is not in favor of this cut.

Ladue said that it would be a poor place to cut expenses, especially because students are not compensated nearly as much as campus police. He added that the student patrol doesn’t receive pensions and they don’t have a generous salary.

LaDue explained that it is much more costly and less efficient for Champaign police to respond to student activity on campus.

The meeting will take place at 7pm in the Champaign City Building, 102 N. Neil St.