Regular City Council Meeting
Date/Time
Date(s) - 05/26/2026
6:00 pm
Location
Carbondale Civic Center
Categories
There will be a regular meeting of the Carbondale City Council at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 26, 2026, in 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 these links:
Link to City Council Meeting Agenda and Agenda Items: https://carbondaleil.portal.civicclerk.com/event/4260/files/agenda/5279
Tuesday, May 26, 2026 – 6:00 PM
City Council Chambers, 200 South Illinois Avenue
Carbondale, Illinois 62901
Visitors are welcome to all meetings of the City Council. Please silence electronic devices before
entering. City Council meetings are deliberative sessions by members of the governing body. Civility and
decorum are expected and required at all times.
The public may address the Council on a matter not covered by the printed Agenda during the Public
Comments agenda item; comments and concerns should pertain only to matters relevant to City business.
If you wish to address the Council about an item on the Agenda, please raise your hand at the time the
Mayor invites audience comments on that item. Speakers may comment once per item for up to four
minutes. No speaker may allocate minutes to another person or group. A maximum of thirty minutes
will be permitted for public comments, and a maximum of twenty minutes per agenda item will be
allowed for public comments on all of the items except public hearings.
All matters listed under the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine in nature and will be enacted by
one motion. Unless otherwise specifically requested, there will be no separate discussion on these items.
1. Roll Call
2. Council Comments and Proclamations
1. Proclamations for Don Prosser, Gun Violence Prevention Month, National Gun
Violence Awareness Day, Jewish American Heritage Month, National Preservation
Month
3. Public Comments
4. Public Hearings and Special Reports
1. Historic Preservation Award Presentation
5. Consent Agenda
1. Approval of Regular City Council Meeting Minutes from April 28, 2026
2. Approval of Warrant 1536 for Period Ending 04/24/2026 in the amount of
$2,419,225.27
3. Approval of Warrant 1537 for Period Ending 05/08/2026 in the amount of
$2,283,618.26
4. Approval of Wells Fargo Warrant for the Period Ending 03/31/2026 FY 2026 Warrant
#WF 03/2026 in the Amount of $248,655.39
5. Acceptance of Approved Meeting Minutes from Boards, Commissions, and
Committees
6. Award of Contract for IL 13 Water Main Relocation (400-500 block East Main Street)
to Wiggs Excavating, Inc. of Benton, Illinois in the Amount of $174,275.
7. Reappointment to Boards and Commissions
8. Resolution Approving a Redevelopment Agreement Using Tax Increment Financing at
213 North Washington Street
9. Resolution Approving a Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment Agreement at 517
South Illinois Avenue
10. Resolution Approving an Amendment to a Tax Increment Financing Agreement for
108 East Oak Street
6. General Business
1. Ordinance Annexing Green Earth Property at Pyles Fork Creek and Chautauqua
Bottoms
7. Executive Session
1. Executive Session to Discuss the Setting of a Price for the Sale or Lease of Property
Owned by the Public Body and to Conduct the Semi-Annual Review of Executive
Meeting Minutes
2. Return to Open Session
3. Approve Executive Meeting Minutes, Declare Whether the Need for Confidentiality
Exists, In Whole or In Part, for Executive Meeting Minutes, and Authorize the
Destruction of Executive Session Audio from Meetings Held in Excess of 18 Months
Ago
8. Adjournment