Regular City Council Meetings
Date/Time
Date(s) - 08/25/2026
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, August 25, 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 this link:
https://carbondaleil.portal.civicclerk.com/event/4263/files/agenda/6331
Carbondale City Council Meeting
Tuesday, August 25, 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. Public Comments
3. Council Comments and Proclamations
4. Public Hearings and Special Reports
5. Consent Agenda
1. City Council Meeting Minutes from August 11, 2026
2. Approval of Warrant 1544 for Period Ending 08/14/2026 in the amount of
$1,216,986.89
3. Approval of Wells Fargo Warrant for the Period Ending 07/31/2026 FY 2027 Warrant
#WF 07/2026 in the Amount of $164,362.84
4. Ordinance Approving a Budget Adjustment to the Building Maintenance Budget and
Awarding the Fire Station 1 Roof Replacement Bid to Baine Roofing of Carbondale in
the Amount of $33,552
5. Ordinance Approving a Budget Adjustment to Increase the General Fund Budget and
Award of Balancing and Testing of City Hall and Public Safety Center HVAC systems
in the amount of $88,000
6. A Resolution Supporting the City of Carbondale’s Pursuit of a DarkSky International
Dark Sky Community Designation
7. Resolution Approving a Code Compliance TIF Redevelopment Agreement at 303
South University Avenue
8. Resolution Approving the Submission of an Illinois Department of Natural Resources
(IDNR) Open Space Land Acquisition and Development (OSLAD) Grant in the
Amount of $393,920 and Obligating Matching Funds in the Amount of $196,960 for
the Superblock Park Improvement Project
9. 2027 Calendar of City Council Meetings
6. General Business
1. An Ordinance Approving an Amendment to Section 4.10 of Title 15 of the Carbondale
Revised Code Relating to Limited Use Off-Premises Signs in Specific Areas of the
City
2. Strategic Marketing Plan First Draft Presentation
7. Executive Session
1. Executive Session to Discuss the Appointment, Employment, Compensation,
Discipline, Performance, or Dismissal of Specific Employees, Collective Negotiating
Matters Between the Public Body and Its Employees or Their Representatives, or
Deliberations Concerning Salary Schedules for One or More Classes of Employees,
Pending or Imminent Litigation, and to Conduct the Semi-Annual Review of
Executive Session Meeting Minutes as Permitted by 5 ILCS 120(c)(1), (c)(2), (c)(11),
and (c)(21) of the Illinois Open Meetings Act
2. Return to Open Session
3. Approval of Executive Session Meeting Minutes, Declaring Whether the Need for
Confidentiality Exists, In Whole or In Part, for Executive Session Meeting Minutes,
and Authorizing the Destruction of Verbatim Records Older than 18 Months (February
25, 2025) for Those Meetings Where Minutes Have Been Approved and No Appeal
Has Been Filed
8. Adjournment