IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTIETH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN RE: THE FORMATION OF AN EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT TO BE KNOWN AS THE SOUTHWESTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT 2025GC000002 NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR THE FORMATION OF AN EMERGENCYSERVICES DISTRICT TO BE KNOWN AS THESOUTHWESTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT Notice is given that on December 12, 2025 at 8:30 a.m., a hearing will be held at the St. Clair County Courthouse, Belleville, Illinois in the Courtroom then assigned before the then Presiding Judge for the purpose of considering a petition to form an emergency services district to be known as the Southwestern St. Clair County Emergency Services District. All persons residing within the area proposed for the emergency services district within said area may appear and be heard at the hearing, should they so desire, all pursuant to Section 3 of the Illinois Emergency Services District Act (70 ILCS 2005/3). The area proposed as an emergency services district is described as follows: The territory comprising the Millstadt Fire Protection District. The territory comprising the Smithton Fire Protection District. That portion of the Waterloo Community Fire Protection District located in St. Clair County, Illinois. That portion of the Hecker Fire Protection District located in St. Clair County, Illinois. /s/ Kinnis Williams Sr Kinnis Williams Sr Circuit Clerk Date: November 14, 2025 /s/ Jordan Augustine Jordan Augustine, #6345307 Crowder & Scoggins, Ltd. 121 West Legion Avenue PO Box 1678 Columbia, IL 62236 Tel: (618) 281-7111 Fax: (618) 281-7115 Email: jaugustine@crowderscoggins.com /s/ James S. Sinclair James S. Sinclair, #2619083 Stobbs & Sinclair, Ltd. 500 Bond Street Alton, IL 62002 Tel: (618) 465-6978 Fax: (618) 465-7022 Email: jsinclair@sslalaw.com IPL0291219 Nov 26,Dec 3 2025