Historical Commission


Meeting Schedule:
The Historical Commission meets the third Monday of February, May, August, and November, at the Louis Latzer Memorial Public Library.  The meetings begin at 6:30 PM and are open to the public.

List of Historical Commission  2025 Meeting Dates
Master List of 2025 City of Highland Meeting Dates

Purpose:
The Historical Commission is a five-member advisory board established in 2019 to help promote the educational, cultural, economic, and general welfare of the City through identifying, preserving, protecting, enhancing, and encouraging the continued utilization and rehabilitation of such areas, properties, structures, sites, and objects having a special historical, community, architectural, or aesthetic interest or value to it.  The Historical Commission may be called upon to provide guidance to the City in making decisions regarding areas, properties, structures, sites, and objects having a special historical, community, architectural, or aesthetic interest or value to the City.  The Commission has no power over the City of any owner of real or personal property, regardless of any such property having any special historical, community, architectural, or aesthetic interest of value to the City. 

Historical Commission Members:
(3 Year Terms)
Name Position Term Expires Email Phone
Jacob Rose Chairman October 31, 2025 jwrose411@gmail.com 618-604-5099
Jeffrey Menz Secretary October 31, 2025 jeffrey.menz@yahoo.com 618-910-4068
Joseph Garson   October 31, 2027 joegarson22@gmail.com 618-882-8075
Vacancy   October 31, 2027    
Sara Knobloch   October 31, 2026 sara.knobloch@tcusd2.org 618-334-8927



Contact:
Lana Hediger
Phone: 618-654-9892     x1481
Email: lhediger@highlandil.gov