Friends and coworkers celebrated Freda Pierce’s 35-year career at the City of Elgin with air hugs, masked smiles and a proclamation in her honor on Friday morning. Freda Pierce began working for the City of Elgin in March 1984, where she managed all utility billing and collections, served as the dispatcher for utility and street crews, and conducted city and county tax collections. After that, she worked at the Elgin Public Library, handling circulation, collection management and more. Throughout her career, she has worked in each of Elgin’s city hall locations. Her work started with an NCR billing machine, where she entered ...