City Council approves consent agenda including multiple abatements, equipment purchases and contracts
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Batavia City Council unanimously approved a multi-item consent agenda Feb. 17 that included tax abatements, equipment purchases, water-main contracts and authorizations for engineering services; the council voted 10–0 with four members absent.
Batavia City Council on Feb. 17 approved a consent agenda that bundled financial reports, interfund budget amendments, equipment purchases, tax-levy abatements and several construction contracts.
The city approved the payroll of Feb. 14, 2025 totaling $1,056,728.71 and an accounts-payable check register of $4,900,687.83, and placed multiple commission minutes and building reports on file. The motion to approve the consent agenda was made by Alderman Beck and seconded by Alderman Sofa and carried by voice roll call: 10 yes, 4 absent.
The consent items listed by staff included: Resolution 2025-20R (amendment to the 2024 budget for interfund transfers); Resolution 2025-9R (purchase authorization for a 2025 Ford Maverick truck from Fair Oaks Ford of Naperville for $33,956); Resolution 2025-21R (authorization to purchase a 2021 sewer camera trailer from Standard Equipment Company of Elmhurst for an amount not to exceed $50,000); Ordinance 2025-11 (intergovernmental agreement for participation in the Illinois Public Works Mutual Aid Network); Resolution 2025-15R (supplement No. 1 for construction engineering services for the Prairie Street and Wilson Street intersection improvements, stage 2, with V3 Companies Ltd., in an amount not to exceed $43,163.40); Ordinance 2025-14 (declaring certain property surplus and authorizing sale); Resolution 2025-23-R (contract with Performance Construction and Engineering LLC for water-main replacement on Bernadette Lane and South Batavia Avenue); Resolution 2025-22R (task order No. 50 with Engineering Enterprises, Inc. for construction engineering services for that water-main work); and multiple abatements of taxes supporting general obligation bond debt service (abatement amounts reported in the agenda: $410,456.26; $700,400; $256,000; $1,493,050). The council also authorized a task order with Baxter & Woodman, Inc. for GIS/GPS stormwater utility field data collection not to exceed $75,000 and approved a variance for 414 S. Batavia Ave.
City staff said the abatements were possible because of stronger revenues from the city’s industrial park and sales-tax growth and that the abatements reduce amounts to be placed on taxpayers’ bills.
Council President called the roll for the motion: the vote was recorded as 10 yes, 0 no, 4 absent and the motion was approved.