Belleville council approves audit, multiple leases, telecom agreements and event permit

The Belleville City Council on Oct. 20, 2025, approved the city’s fiscal year 2025 audit and a series of contract and permit items, including equipment and telecommunications leases, a vehicle purchase, an extension to a liquor-license special-use permit for the Heart Pub and authorization for a community luminary walk event.

The actions, taken largely on motions read together as consent or grouped items, also set the annual joint review board meeting date for all active tax increment financing (TIF) districts and nominated Jennifer Brown as the public member for that board. The council read and adopted two ordinances, and approved a mix of citywide service contracts and one-time purchases.

Most items were approved with motions and unanimous voice or roll-call votes. Council members identified on the record as voting in favor included Alderpersons Randall, Ferguson, Anthony, O’Brien, Dillman, Kaiser, Elmore, Weigand and others; where the record shows “all in favor” the motions were recorded as carrying.

Key approvals and specifics

- Fiscal year 2025 audit: The council voted to accept and file the FY2025 audit report (motion listed as 11 C 1). No dollar adjustment or auditor name was stated in the record.

- Leases and service contracts: The council approved a 60-month lease and maintenance contract with Watts Copy Systems Inc. for library copy machines (11 C 2). It also approved master service agreements and service order addenda with New Horizon Communications for POTS lines at various city locations on a month-to-month basis at…