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Carbondale council approves consent agenda including $1.43 million in warrants and Oak Street engineering funds
Summary
By unanimous roll call, Carbondale City Council approved the consent agenda on July 22, which included a $1,433,060.10 FY26 warrant, a $238,323 Wells Fargo warrant, contracts for electronic agenda and content management services, $35,479 for Oak Street engineering and a $50,000 SIU payment for fire department capital purchases.
The Carbondale City Council on July 22 voted unanimously to approve its consent agenda, which included multiple warrants, contract authorizations and budget adjustments.
Key items on the consent agenda were: approval of a Wells Fargo warrant for the period ending May 26 in the amount of $238,323; approval of a warrant for the period ending July 4, 2025, for fiscal year 2026 totaling $1,433,060.10; a resolution authorizing the city manager to enter into an agreement with CivicPlus for an electronic agenda-management platform; an agreement with ICC Community Development Solutions for Laserfiche enterprise content management software; a resolution dedicating $35,479 from the local improvement fund for the city's portion of engineering costs for CIP ST2601 (Oak Street rehabilitation from Wall Street to Springer Street); and an ordinance authorizing acceptance of a contractual $50,000 payment from the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University for replacement fire vehicles and a corresponding FY26 budget adjustment.
Councilmember Gilman moved to approve all consent-agenda items; Councilmember Maxwell seconded. During discussion Councilmember Colombo raised a separate, preliminary question about whether the city could stream council meetings to YouTube to save the approximately $11,235 yearly streaming/hosting cost; other councilmembers noted pros and cons and signaled interest in future discussion. The consent motion then passed on a roll-call vote: Councilmembers Stanfield, Colombo, Killeman, Lowes, Maxwell and Roberts and Mayor Harvey all voted yes.
The approved items will be implemented by the appropriate city departments; staff noted the CivicPlus and Laserfiche contracts advance the city’s agenda and records-management technology plans, and the Oak Street engineering funds will cover the city’s portion of preliminary design costs for the specified rehabilitation project.
