Committee tables nonbinding letter request on Army Corps/IDNR dam study after debate over data vs. policy

City staff requested a nonbinding letter of support so the Army Corps and Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) would include the City of St. Charles in upcoming Corps bathymetric and sediment surveys related to the Fox River dam study. Staff said the Corps had paused federal funding temporarily but planned a bathymetric survey and sediment sampling; IDNR holds $2.25 million they have allocated for dam work and has said it does not want dam liability on its books.