Regular City Council Meeting
Date/Time
Date(s) - 07/08/2025
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location
Carbondale Civic Center
Categories
There will be a meeting of the Carbondale City Council at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 8, 2025, in the City Council Chambers located at 200 South Illinois Avenue.
The agenda for the meeting is attached. To view the agenda and attachments in their entirety, please visit this link: http://www.boarddocs.com/il/coc/Board.nsf/Public
Questions should be directed to the City Manager’s Office at 457-3229.
Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Regular City Council Meeting July 8, 2025
City Council Chambers, Room 108
200 South Illinois Avenue
Carbondale, Illinois 62901
6:00 p.m.
1. Preliminaries to the City Council Meeting
1.1 Roll Call
1.2 Citizens’ Comments and Questions
1.3 Council Comments, General Announcements, and Proclamations
1.4 Proclamation for Illinois Small Business Development Center at Southern Illinois University 40th
Anniversary Day
2. Public Hearings and Special Reports
2.1 Presentation of Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Grand Avenue Lane Reduction and
Shared Use Path CIP ST2505
3. Consent Agenda of the City Council
3.1 Minutes from the Regular City Council Meeting of June 10 and the Special City Council Meeting of July
1, 2025
3.2 Approval of Warrant for the Period Ending: 06/06/2025 for the FY 2025 & FY 2026 Warrant 1513 in
the Total Amount of $1,529,690.57
3.3 Approval of Warrant for the Period Ending: 06/20/2025 for the FY 2026 Warrant 1514 in the Total
Amount of $1,872,475.30
3.4 Acceptance of Approved Meeting Minutes from Boards, Commissions, and Committees
3.5 Approve a Contact with Pepsi MidAmerica Co. to Provide Vending and Wholesale Services for City
Properties
3.6 Ordinance Approving a Budget Adjustment to Increase the Carbondale Public Library FY 2026 Budget
in the Amount of $990,000 for Improvements to the Building Infrastructure and HVAC System
3.7 Award of Purchase of a 72” Cut Ferris Zero-Turn Lawn Mower to Joyce Lee Outdoor Equipment of
Carbondale, Illinois in the Amount of $15,900
3.8 Resolution Declaring Four (4) City-owned Vehicles as Surplus, Award of Purchase of Three (3) 2026
GMC Pick-up Trucks for Various City Divisions in the Amount of $136,000 (Including 3 Trade-ins of
$2,000) from Auffenberg of Carbondale, IL, Award of Purchase of One (1) Ford Maverick in the Amount of
$29,398 (Including a Trade-in of $1,000) to Vogler Motor Co. of Carbondale, IL
3.9 Contract in the Amount of $70,000 to Always Excavating & Landscaping, Carbondale, IL, for
demolition of five (5) abandoned, blighted residential structures, bid as Various Residential Demolitions
2025 Round 5
3.10 Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Enter into a Residential Tax Increment Financing
Agreement with Makenna Baxter for a Redevelopment Project at 606 West Walnut Street
3.11 An Ordinance Authorizing the Acceptance of a Grant from the T-Mobile Hometown Grant Program
and Approving a Budget Adjustment to Increase the Local Improvement Fund and Community
Development FY 2026 Budgets in the Total Amount of $46,300
3.12 Resolutions Declaring Honorary Street Naming for Kenneth “Kent” Mason and Elbert Simon, Sr.
3.13 Approval of Consent Agenda Items
4. General Business of the City Council
4.1 An Ordinance Amending the City of Carbondale Curb Appeal Assistance Program and an Ordinance
Amending the City of Carbondale Down Payment Assistance Program
4.2 An Ordinance Approving and a Resolution Denying the Rezoning of Property Belonging to Jerry Baine
on Parcel Number 15-17-327-023 at the Terminus of Baine Drive from PUD, Planned Unit Development,
to AG, General Agriculture
4.3 A Resolution Approving and a Resolution Denying a Special Use Permit to Arena Knight 2 Solar, LLC
to Construct and Operate a 3.0 Megawatt Solar Array on Parcel 15-17-327-023 at the Terminus of Baine
Drive, Which is Zoned PUD, Planned Unit Development
4.4 A Resolution Approving and a Resolution Denying a Special Use Permit to Arena Knight 1 Solar, LLC
to Construct and Operate a 3.8 Megawatt (MW) Solar Array at 1914 West Sycamore Street Within the AG
– General Agriculture Zoning District With Three Conditions
4.5 An Ordinance Amending Title One, Chapter 4, Section 16, and Title One, Chapter 3B of the
Carbondale Revised Code as it Relates to Employee Residency Requirements
4.6 Discussion Pertaining to Live Music Before City Council Meetings
5. Adjournment of the City Council Meeting
5.1 Adjourn meeting