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City Council approves consent agenda, two Wagner Road annexations; proclaims lifesaving firefighters and DS Containers Day
Summary
The Batavia City Council on Oct. 20 approved a multi-item consent agenda including contracts and wage ordinances, unanimously adopted two proclamations honoring first responders and a local manufacturer, and approved two voluntary annexation agreements for properties on Wagner Road.
The Batavia City Council approved a broad consent agenda, accepted two proclamations and adopted two annexation ordinances during its Oct. 20 meeting.
The consent agenda — moved by Alderman Barron and seconded by Alderman Beck — included minutes, department reports, payroll and accounts payable totals, appointments and several contracts and resolutions. The council approved the consent items by roll call: 13 yes, 1 absent.
Items in the consent package listed in the meeting record included: acceptance of the September 2025 Community Development Building Activity Report; Committee of the Whole minutes from Sept. 23, 2025; Historic Preservation Commission minutes for July 28 and Aug. 11, 2025; Planning Commission minutes from Sept. 3, 2025; payroll totals of $1,098,501.22; accounts payable totaling $4,117,903.09 for the Oct. 20 meeting; approval of city council minutes for Oct. 6, 2025; approvals of several executive-session minutes and the appointment of Alderman Jennifer Baron to the BATV board. The consent agenda also included several numbered resolutions and ordinances, among them: - Resolution authorizing a site host agreement with the Batavia Public Library for level 3 EV fast chargers. - Contract with Electric Conduit Construction for 34 kV pole replacement at 400 Shemway Avenue. - Change order No. 2 with Electric Conduit Construction for the Redant Road BNSF Crossing Project. - Contract with V3 Construction Group Limited for South Water Street erosion repair work. - Ordinance 2025-55 setting 2026 wages and salaries for non-collectively bargained employees. - Ordinance 2025-56 setting 2026 wages and salaries for paid-on-call fire department members. - Ordinance 2025-57 setting 2026 wages and salaries for ESDA (Emergency Services Disaster Agency) members.
Proclamations accepted by the council included recognition for firefighter Ben Williams and paramedic Mark Webb for lifesaving efforts on Sept. 11, 2025, and a proclamation naming Oct. 20, 2025, as DS Containers Day in Batavia. Both proclamations were approved by roll call votes recorded in the meeting (lifesaving recognition: 13 yes; DS Containers Day: 13 yes).
Two annexation ordinances were approved on the regular agenda. Ordinance 2025-050 approves an annexation agreement for property at 02 S. 972 Wagner Road; Ordinance 2025-051 approves an annexation agreement for property at 03 S. 002 Wagner Road. Both were presented as voluntary annexations with custom conditions negotiated between staff and the property owners. No public speakers testified at the prior public hearings. The motions carried by roll call with 13 yes votes and one member absent for each ordinance.
Votes at a glance - Consent agenda: motion by Alderman Barron; second by Alderman Beck; outcome: approved; roll call 13 yes, 1 absent. - Proclamation honoring lifesaving actions of Firefighter Ben Williams and Paramedic Mark Webb: motion to accept proclamation as read; outcome: approved; roll call 13 yes. - Proclamation declaring Oct. 20, 2025, DS Containers Day: motion to accept proclamation as read; outcome: approved; roll call 13 yes. - Ordinance 2025-050 (annexation agreement, 02 S. 972 Wagner Road): motion to approve; outcome: adopted; roll call 13 yes, 1 absent. - Ordinance 2025-051 (annexation agreement, 03 S. 002 Wagner Road): motion to approve; outcome: adopted; roll call 13 yes, 1 absent.
What the council did not decide - No legislative changes to the wage ordinances (2025-55/56/57) were debated on the floor; they were approved as part of the consent agenda.
Speakers at the meeting relevant to these actions included Mayor Jeffrey D. Scheelke; Alderman Barron (mover on the consent agenda); Alderman Beck (seconder on the consent agenda); and a municipal staff member who called the consent items during the meeting. Where a motion’s mover or seconder was not explicitly named in the transcript, the meeting record indicates only that a motion and second were made.
The approvals move several contracts, project authorizations and administrative items forward; the annexations place the two Wagner Road properties under Batavia municipal jurisdiction under the custom conditions described in their agreements.
