Regular City Council Meeting
Date/Time
Date(s) - 11/18/2025
6:00 pm
Location
Carbondale Civic Center
Categories
There will be a meeting of the Carbondale City Council at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 18, 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, November 18, 2025
Regular City Council Meeting November 18, 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
2. Public Hearings and Special Reports
2.1 Strategic Marketing Plan RFP – Presentation of Top Three Proposals
3. Consent Agenda of the City Council
3.1 City Council Meeting Minutes from October 28, 2025
3.2 Approval of Warrant for the Period Ending: 10/24/2025 for the FY 2026 Warrant 1523 in the Total Amount of
$1,665,734.78
3.3 Acceptance of Approved Meeting Minutes from Boards, Commissions, and Committees
3.4 Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Enter into a Tax Increment Financing Agreement with Casey Meyers
for a Redevelopment Project at 314 West Elm Street
3.5 Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Enter into an Economic Development Tax Increment Financing
Agreement with Mayer Properties LLC for a Redevelopment Project at 205 South Marion Street
3.6 Resolution Dedicating Local Improvement Funds to Cover the City’s Portion of Engineering and Construction
Costs for CIP OS0002 – Reconstruction of Piles Fork Greenway From Grand Avenue to Lewis Lane
3.7 Ordinance Authorizing a Budget Adjustment to the FY 2026 Water and Sewer Fund Budget in the Amount of
$96,685 for Various Water & Sewer Operating Costs
3.8 Resolution Dedicating $202,000 from the Local Improvement Fund to Cover the City’s Portion of Construction
Costs for CIP ST1502- Pleasant Hill Road from McLafferty to Union Hill Road
3.9 Acceptance of Temporary and Permanent Construction Easements and Approval of a $2,425 Payment for Said
Easements on Parcel 15-32-100-001, a $300 Payment for Said Temporary Easement on Parcel 15-31-200-002, and
a $1,030 Payment for Said Temporary and Permanent Easement on Parcels 15-29-300-001 and 15-29-300-002 from
Southern Illinois University for the Pleasant Hill Road Project From McLafferty Road to Union Hill Road (ST1502)
3.10 Ordinance Accepting a Grant from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) in
the amount of $500,000 for Community Development, Violence Prevention, and Administrative Costs, Approving a
Budget Adjustment to Increase the Violence Prevention Programs and Police Department FY2026 Budgets
3.11 Approval of Consent Agenda Items
4. General Business of the City Council
4.1 Review of 2025 Proposed Tax Levy, Truth in Taxation Act Determination and Public Library Board’s Tax Levy
Requirements
4.2 An Ordinance Amending North Almond Street Parking Allowance
4.3 Ordinance Approving a Text Amendment to Title 15 of the Carbondale Revised Code Permitting Emergency
Services Training Facilities in the AG, General Agriculture, District
4.4 Discussion of Strategic Marketing Plan Proposals
5. Adjournment of the City Council Meeting
5.1 Adjourn meeting