Jacksonville
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Jacksonville

Place

Territory

GEOID
1738115
OCD-ID
ocd-division/country:us/state:il/place:jacksonville
POP
17,752 (2025)
CENTER
39.7292, -90.2317
SOURCE
census tiger

Government of Jacksonville

Bodies, seats, agencies and services that belong to Jacksonville itself.

Jacksonville City Council
11/11 seats recorded

Organization 15

Departments

  • Administrative Adjudication / Municipal Court Courts

    Provides fair and efficient enforcement of property maintenance and other city ordinances; hears building/residential/fire code violations, weed and grass violations, parking and non-moving vehicle violations, curfew, truancy, fireworks, open burning and other ordinance offenses.

  • Cemetery Department

    Maintains the City of Jacksonville's two cemeteries: Diamond Grove Cemetery (1601 South Lincoln Avenue) and Jacksonville East Cemetery (600 Myrtle Street), with burial records dating to the early 1800s.

  • City Attorney's Office

    Provides legal counsel to the City Council, Mayor and city departments; prosecutes or defends city cases and prosecutes ordinance violations. Does not provide legal advice or representation to citizens.

  • City Clerk's Office Clerk

    Serves as a link between citizens and municipal officials; maintains City Council agendas, minutes and ordinances, and handles FOIA inquiries, licenses and permits, notary service, cemetery lot sales and burial records, park facility reservations, lake electric payments and rural fire protection coverage.

  • City Council Legislative

    Legislative branch of the City of Jacksonville, Illinois (Mayor/Council form, home rule municipality).

  • City Treasurer's Office

    Elected City Treasurer's office: distributes monies to city fund accounts, balances city bank accounts, invests city funds and prepares the monthly Treasurer's report to the City Council. Property taxes are handled by Morgan County, not the city.

  • Community Development Department

    Regulates zoning and development activity within Jacksonville and its mile-and-one-half territorial boundary, including zoning administration, property maintenance, annexation, flood hazard and subdivision regulation, and building/electrical/plumbing/fire prevention inspection.

  • Human Resources Department

    Recruits, retains and trains City of Jacksonville employees; handles employment applications (all positions except Police and Fire).

  • Jacksonville Fire Department Fire

    Municipal fire department for Jacksonville, Illinois.

  • Jacksonville Police Department Police

    Municipal police department for Jacksonville, Illinois. Dispatchers are on duty at all times; lobby hours Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

  • Jacksonville/Morgan County Office of Emergency Management

    Identifies natural and man-made hazards within Jacksonville/Morgan County, runs mitigation programs, and coordinates city, county, state and federal resources in disaster response; the OEM Director chairs the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC).

  • Mayor's Office

    The Mayor's Office is the Executive Branch of Jacksonville city government; the Mayor oversees operations of city departments.

  • Municipal Services Department (Street)

    Street Department responsible for the repair and maintenance of 115 miles of city streets and sidewalks.

  • Municipal Utilities Department

    Provides water and sewer service; the city operates and maintains its own water distribution and treatment facilities and wastewater collection and treatment facilities, funded as an enterprise fund by water and sewer rates.

  • Parks & Lakes Department

    City parks and Lake Jacksonville. Parks Department: 217-479-4613; Lake Jacksonville: 217-479-4646 (per the city Contact Us page).

Services 26

  • Adopt-A-Street Municipal Services Department (Street)
  • Cemetery Lots & Burial Services Cemetery Department
  • City Employment Opportunities Human Resources Department
  • City Licenses & Permits (Clerk) City Clerk's Office
  • Claims Against the City Form City Clerk's Office
  • Commercial Permit Applications Community Development Department
  • Cross Connection Control Program Municipal Utilities Department
  • FOIA Records Request City Clerk's Office
  • Free In-Person Notary Service City Clerk's Office
  • Full-Time Employment Application Human Resources Department
  • Hazardous Materials (LEPC) Information Request Jacksonville/Morgan County Office of Emergency Management
  • Lead Service Line Information & Replacement Municipal Utilities Department
  • Municipal Court Dates & Initial Appearances Administrative Adjudication / Municipal Court
  • Municipal Court Fine Payment Options Administrative Adjudication / Municipal Court
  • Park Facilities Reservations City Clerk's Office
  • Pay Water/Sewer Bill Online Municipal Utilities Department
  • Permits & Licenses Community Development Department
  • Report a Pothole, Street Sign, Streetlight or Traffic Light Problem Municipal Services Department (Street)
  • Report a Water Outage or Main Break Municipal Utilities Department
  • Report Grass/Weeds/Debris or Property Concern Community Development Department
  • Residential Permit Applications Community Development Department
  • Rezoning & Variance Requests Community Development Department
  • Short Term Rental Application Community Development Department
  • Sidewalk Replacement Program Municipal Services Department (Street)
  • Summer/Seasonal Student Employment Application Human Resources Department
  • Text 9-1-1 Jacksonville/Morgan County Office of Emergency Management