City Hall will be closed Tuesday, December 31st and Wednesday, January 1st. If you need to make a utility payment, please use the drop box located on the east side of City Hall. If you have a water/sewer emergency, please call the Water Treatment Plant at 217-347-5056. We wish you a Happy New Year and hopes for a peaceful 2025!

Director of Public Works

Jeremy Heuerman, PE - Public Works Director
Jeremy Heuerman, PE – Director

Jeremy Heuerman has served as the Director of Public Works since May of 2019. Jeremy graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville and has been a licensed professional engineer since 2007. He has previously worked in the private field for Juneau Associates as a design engineer and Midwest Engineering with related work in environmental and geotechnical engineering. Jeremy was employed by the City of Effingham in February of 2011 as an engineer, and was appointed as City Engineer/City Planner in 2013. Jeremy also serves on the City’s Human Relations Commission, the Illinois Municipal League (IML) Public Works Board of Directors, and the Illinois Public Works Mutual Aid Network (IPWMAN) Board of Directors for District 9.

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