Kane County Reporter

City of Geneva City Council met Nov. 3

Here is the agenda provided by the council:

1. CALL TO ORDER: ROLL CALL

2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

3. PUBLIC HEARINGS, SPECIAL ITEMS AND PRESENTATIONS

a. Welcome 5K Race Walking WORLD CHAMPION & 2025 Virtus World Athletics Championships Gold Medalist Ben Bluemond.

b. Consider Mayor’s Appointment of Jeff Palmquist to Tri-Com Board and Martha Paschke to Tri City Ambulance Board.

4. AMENDMENTS TO AGENDA

5. OMNIBUS AGENDA (OMNIBUS VOTE)

All Items listed with an asterisk (*) are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion on these items unless a council member so requests in which event the item will be removed from the Omnibus (Consent) Agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda. All items on the Omnibus Agenda require a simple majority vote unless otherwise indicated.

*6. APPROVE CITY COUNCIL MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 20, 2025.

*7. REPORTS

*a. 2nd Quarter Goals Status Report

*b. August and September 2025 Revenue Reports

*c. Financial Reports May through August 2025

8. MUNICIPAL BILLS FOR PAYMENT: $6,583,745.89

*9. COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE ITEMS OF BUSINESS

*a. Approve Resolution No. 2025-129 Authorizing the Execution of a Pipeline Crossing Agreement with the Union Pacific Railroad for a Sanitary Sewer on the West Side of the Fox River Under the Train Trestle.

*b. Approve Resolution No. 2025-130 Authorizing the Execution of a Pipeline Crossing Agreement with the Union Pacific Railroad for a Fiber Optic Conduit on the West Side of the Fox River Under the Train Trestle.

*c. Approve Resolution No. 2025-131 Authorizing a Contract with Whittaker Construction & Excavating Inc. for a Sanitary Sewer River Crossing in the Amount of $4,335,000.00.

*d. Approve Resolution No. 2025-132 Authorizing a Contract with Williams Brothers Construction for Wastewater Treatment Plant Screening Building in the Amount of $6,290,000.00.

*e. Approve Resolution No. 2025-133 Authorizing the Execution of a Professional Services Agreement with Fehr Graham in an Amount Not-to-Exceed $987,000.00 for Sanitary River Crossing and Water Treatment Plant Screening Building Construction Engineering Services.

10. PRESENTATION OF ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS, OTHER ITEMS

a. Consider Resolution No. 2025-134 Authorizing the Sale of Publicly Owned Surplus Property to Third Street Holdings, LLC.

b. Consider Ordinance No. 2025-26 Amending Title 1 (Administrative) Chapter 9 (Municipal Taxes) of the Geneva City Code of Ordinances Pertaining to the Imposition of a Municipal Grocery Retailers’ Occupation Tax and Municipal Grocery Service Occupation Tax.

c. Consider Resolution No. 2025-135 Authorizing the Execution of a Public Utility Easement for 915 Ray Street.

d. Consider Ordinance No. 2025-27 Granting a Variation to Reduce the Required Street Yard Setback from 30.72 Feet to 22.31 Feet for a Front Porch Extension at 601 N. First Street.

e. Consider Resolution No. 2025-136 Authorizing the Execution of a Non-Binding Letter of Support for the Continued Feasibility Study of the Dam by the Army Corps of Engineers.

11. PUBLIC COMMENT

When recognized by the Chair, proceed to the podium, state your name for the record, and provide your public comments. Please understand this is your time to be heard and the public body’s time to listen. No discussion or debate will follow.

12. NEW BUSINESS

13. ADJOURNMENT

https://www.geneva.il.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11032025-2615