Tri-City Regional Port District: 1959-2009

Tri-City Regional Port District’s headquarters is located at 1635 W. First Street, Granite City, IL 62040. The Maintenance Department is located at 1360 W. Fourth Street and Security is located at 100 Niedringhaus Avenue, Granite City, IL.

Tri-City Regional Port District employs 29 full-time employees

Tri-City Regional Port District’s fiscal year runs from July 1 until June 30. The operating budget for Tri-City Port is $7 million.

The Board Members are as follows:

Dr. Charles King, Jr. – Chairman
Mr. Andy Economy – Secretary
Mr. Steve Signall – Treasurer
The Honorable Tyrone Echols, Mayor of Venice – Board Commissioner
The Honorable Ed Hagnauer, Mayor of Granite City – Board Commissioner
The Honorable John Hamm, III, Mayor of Madison – Board Commissioner
Mr. Joe Schuler

(Officers change at the July Board Meeting and, occasionally, Commissioners can change in May)

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT:

Parties desiring information under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) are encouraged to contact the FOIA officers: Ms. Robbie Williams (618-452-8440, rwilliams@tricityport.com) or Ms. Judy Truskowski (618-452-8436, judyt@tricityport.com), 1635 W. First Street, Granite City, IL 62040.

When a person requests a copy of a record maintained in an electronic format, Tri-City Port shall furnish it in the electronic format specified by the requester, if feasible. Tri-City Port shall charge the requester for the actual cost of purchasing the recording medium. Tri-City shall charge fees reasonably calculated to reimburse its actual cost for reproducing and certifying public records. The fee for black and white, letter or legal size copies after the first fifty pages shall be $0.l5 per page. If Tri-City provides copies in color or in a size other than letter or legal, the actual cost for reproducing the records shall be charged. In calculating its actual cost for reproducing records, Tri-City Port shall not include the cost of any search for and review of the records or other personnel costs associated with reproducing the records. As such fees are determined; they shall be imposed according to a standard scale applicable to any requester.

Click HERE for the FOIA Request Form (PDF)

OPEN MEETINGS ACT:
Regularly Scheduled Board Meetings:

Tri-City Regional Port District holds its regularly scheduled Board Meetings on the second Monday of each month, unless such date falls on a State of Illinois recognized holiday, at 11:45 AM in the Main Conference Room of the Port District office located at 1635 W. First Street, Granite City, IL 62040. In the event the regularly scheduled meeting falls on a State of Illinois recognized holiday, the meeting is then moved to the following Monday upon approval by the Board of Directors at the previous months’ meeting.

2010 REGULARLY SCHEDULED BOARD MEETINGS

January 11, 2010
February 8, 2010
March 8, 2010
April 12, 2010
May 10, 2010
June 14, 2010
July 12, 2010
August 9, 2010
September 13, 2010
**October 18, 2010
November 8, 2010
December 13, 2010

**upon approval by Board of Directors at September 13, 2010 Meeting

As per the Open Meetings Act (OMA), notice of “Special” or “Reconvened” Meetings of the Board of Directors of the Tri-City Regional Port District shall be posted, along with Agenda, no later than 48 hours prior to the meeting at the Port’s main office located at 1635 W. First Street, Granite City, IL 62040