At the April 21 meeting the Batavia City Council approved the consent agenda and adopted two proclamations. The following summarizes the formal votes and consent items recorded during the meeting.
Key consent agenda items (motion to approve consent agenda read by Alderman Aldrin Beck and approved by roll call):
- Accept and place on file: building reports for March 2025 and Historic Preservation Commission minutes for 03/24/2025.
- Approve payroll of April 11, 2025 in the amount of $1,062,081.43 and accounts payable check register in the amount of $4,480,984.83.
- Approve City Council minutes for 04/07/2025.
- Approve multiple resolutions and ordinances listed as part of the consent agenda, including (as read) resolution items authorizing repair of Cherry Park transformer; loan forgiveness to Water Shoe Studios (loan year commencing 03/14/2024 through 03/13/2025); plats of dedication and vacation along Morton Street, Windsor Lane and Waubonsee Trail; various resolutions authorizing agreements for landscape architectural services and highway authority/supplemental agreements with SBG Real Estate LLC; and an ordinance amending Title 3, Chapter 3, Liquor Control of the Batavia Municipal Code. The consent motion passed by roll call: 13 yes, 0 no, 1 absent.
Proclamations (motions approved by roll call):
- Arbor Day proclaimed for Friday, 04/25/2025. Motion approved 13 yes, 0 no, 1 absent.
- Administrative Professionals Day proclaimed for Wednesday, 04/23/2025. Motion approved 13 yes, 0 no, 1 absent.
Other procedural waivers approved by roll call early in the meeting included waivers of formal bidding for specific projects as listed on the agenda (e.g., Peace Bridge related waivers and later waivers for water valve emergency work). Individual roll calls on items elsewhere in the agenda were recorded in the minutes and showed the votes described in the council chamber (most roll calls were unanimous among those present).
This summary lists the items read into the record and the recorded roll calls; the meeting minutes contain full item text and supporting memos for each consent and resolution listed in the packet.