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As a salute to healthcare workers, first responders, and all essential workers who continue to perform their jobs daily, the chimes in the Municipal Building Tower will play inspirational songs every day at noon.

“Our unique Municipal Building Tower is a distinguished symbol of St. Charles,” said Mayor Raymond Rogina. “I am glad the tower chimes can spread a message of thanks and hope to those who keep our community safe and running, even in this most difficult time for our city.”

Today, Mayor Raymond P. Rogina, who also serves as St. Charles Liquor Control Commissioner, executed two emergency orders in an effort to support St. Charles restaurants and pubs during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. 

The following guidelines from the Illinois Liquor Control Commission were issued March 19, 2020.

1) Qualifying licensed bars and restaurants now will be able to deliver alcohol that is in original, sealed packaging for off-site, legal consumption. In the City of St Charles this includes Class B and C license holders.  

As result of the recent COVID-19 pandemic and the anticipated future impacts of this world crisis, the St. Charles City Council, in an emergency meeting held March 18, 2020, officially declared a local state of emergency and granted emergency authority to Mayor Raymond P. Rogina.

As we wrap up our year-long celebration of our 185th Anniversary, we wanted to highlight a significant event in our history that most St. Charles residents still talk about to this day… 

50 years ago, the City of St. Charles officially became known as The Pride of the Fox! 

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City of St. Charles Electric Utility customers report an electric outage 24/7 to the above hotline. Please note: Call the outage hotline not the main City number or Public Works Department to report an outage. More information, including details for registering a phone number to receive updates is at www.stcharlesil.gov/power-outages