Chris Belt

More than 100 employees are currently employed in Cahokia Heights.

Negotiators backed down from a plan that would have forced coal plants to close by 2035.

“I show up. I work. I do whatever needs to be done,” said state Sen. Christopher Belt, D-Centreville, of his role at Commonfields of Cahokia Public Water and Sewer District.

Commonfields of Cahokia Public Water and Sewer District is the public utility for a community plagued by decades of flooding and sewage backing up into resident's homes and yards.

The longtime educator, community leader and politician died Friday morning after fighting the novel coronavirus.