The action applies to the specific city water line identified in the notice. The approved city information does not say that the notice covered all San Augustine residents, all San Augustine County residents or every customer in the city water system.

What changed

The city listed the notice as rescinded effective July 15 on its calendar and repeated the action on its News & Events page. Both official pages identify the affected infrastructure as the main line to the Highway 96 water tank.

For customers connected to that line, the rescission is the material change: the boil-water advisory is no longer in effect according to the city’s published notice. That affects the practical water-use status for the homes and businesses served by the line, although the city did not publish a count of affected customers.

The notice is relevant to anyone whose water service runs through the identified line, including residents, local businesses and other users of that portion of the San Augustine water system. The available announcement does not provide enough information to determine how many people, households or commercial locations were affected.

What remains unknown

The city’s published information does not state when the original boil-water notice began. It also does not identify the underlying cause of the water-system issue, provide test results or describe the operational steps that led to the rescission.

The rescission should not be characterized as proof of a permanent repair. The approved notices do not say that the water system has been permanently repaired, nor do they state that no further advisories are possible.

The city information also does not supply a separate follow-up date or additional deadline. The July 15 rescission is the latest known step in the matter based on the approved material.

Scope of the announcement

The announcement appears in two official City of San Augustine postings: the city calendar and the News & Events page. No separate local news report adding operational detail was identified in the approved source material.

Residents and businesses trying to determine whether the notice applied to them should compare their service location with the city’s description of the main line to the Highway 96 water tank. The published announcement does not provide a broader countywide scope or a customer list.

The streetscape work affects Main and Franklin streets, including pedestrian-safety, walkability and wheelchair-access improvements around the Bellbrook library and Bellbrock Park. Most of the construction was described as complete in a February 14, 2026 report, but finishing work remained. The available information does not establish that the project is fully finished.

Downtown work began with a 2021 plan

Bellbrook originally developed the downtown streetscape plan in 2021. The project was intended to improve how people move through the area on foot and to make key public spaces more accessible, including the area near the library and Bellbrock Park.

For residents, visitors and downtown businesses, the practical focus has been the condition and usability of the streets, sidewalks and pedestrian connections. The approved sources do not specify whether additional closures, delays or other disruptions remain while the finishing work is completed.

Water-system concerns are the next focus

As the downtown improvements approached completion, Bellbrook began turning its attention to water-system concerns. The available reporting and municipal records do not identify the specific repairs under consideration. They also do not disclose affected streets, estimated or approved costs, financing arrangements or a construction schedule.

That means the water work should not be described as approved or funded based on the current record. Future water-system repairs could create construction or capital costs for the community, but the packet does not provide an amount or say how those costs would be assigned.

The unresolved details matter for homeowners, renters, businesses and taxpayers who may need to plan around future construction or city capital spending. At this stage, however, the sources support only a shift in municipal attention—not a final repair program.

City meetings provide the next checkpoints

Bellbrook’s official meeting archive lists a regular City Council meeting on July 13, 2026, with video and agenda links. The city’s official meeting and document center also lists an August 10, 2026 agenda packet, indicating a forthcoming council meeting after the July 13 meeting.

Those records provide the next public checkpoints for determining whether Bellbrook takes formal action on water-system repairs, funding or scheduling. The July meeting listing confirms continuing municipal activity, but the approved material does not establish that the meeting produced a substantive new decision about the water system.

Until agenda documents or other official action provide more detail, Bellbrook’s infrastructure picture remains transitional: downtown streetscape improvements are mostly complete with finishing work left, while water-system needs have become the city’s next identified infrastructure concern.

The official notice identifies the hearing date, time, location and governing body, but it does not state which ordinance, project or proposal the board plans to consider. The available material also does not show what happened at the hearing. Residents should not assume the hearing concerned the village reservoir project or water rates.

Water-system work continues

The hearing comes as recent village records and local reporting document several water-system developments affecting village operations and service reliability.

On June 27, the village reported a water-main break in the North Elizabeth/North Marietta and W. Bishop/W. Ames area. The notice warned that residents in the area from Union to Kent and Main to Williams could experience low pressure or a temporary loss of service while village crews worked on repairs. The available alert does not provide a final restoration time.

A March 19 report said electrical surges on March 3 and March 5 followed a downed power line in Elmwood and damaged the village well pump. The village obtained permission from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to use a pump for a new well, according to that report.

The report also said the village approved up to $27,000 for well-pump repairs. That authorization is separate from the July public hearing; the available hearing notice does not connect the two.

Projects and possible equipment purchases

Village officials also discussed an ongoing reservoir project and possible purchases of isolation valves for water shutoff work. The March report additionally described a public-works flow-meter repair and a three-year water-softener service agreement costing $7,414.82.

The available material does not establish the reservoir project’s total cost, schedule or funding source. It also does not identify whether any isolation-valve purchase was finalized.

What is documented next

The July 22 hearing is the clearest scheduled public action in the available record. The village’s agendas page lists official 2026 board and committee agenda postings through June 10 for board meetings and through July 1 for committee business, but the packet does not include an agenda identifying the hearing’s subject.

For Yates City residents, the documented issues include the immediate service disruptions associated with the June water-main break and longer-term questions about well, reservoir and water-system infrastructure. Any decision, cost or requirement connected to the July hearing would need to be confirmed through the hearing agenda, minutes or subsequent village action.