After just receiving a payment from the State of Illinois just a few weeks ago for the backlog of water and sewer bills for the Vandalia Correctional Center, the City of Vandalia received another payment recently. The city received a check in the amount of $98,400.30 for water and $23,963.42 for sewer to bring the total amount still owed for both to $406,836. The new amount owed marks the first time since May that the state has paid down their bills to below the half million mark.