The Blue Island City Council on Nov. 26 approved a series of routine financial items and ordinances and authorized bond and loan measures for infrastructure.

Key council actions recorded during the meeting included approval of payments dated 11/07/2025 totaling $451,359.42 and payroll dated 11/21/2025 for $483,464.78; the clerk recorded roll-call ayes. The council also approved accounts-payable items read into the record, including $218,293.48 dated 11/12/2025 and an additional accounts-payable amount stated in the record as "$1,200,000.070724 dollars and 11 cents." The motions were recorded as carried.

Council approved a resolution to renew property insurance for city-owned property through Alliant Insurance Services and approved a renewal subscription for Thomson Reuters services for the police department. The council passed ordinances updating administrative fees and procedures for vehicle impounds and amending the animals code related to tethering dogs.

In infrastructure and real-estate actions, council authorized a loan agreement tied to the public water-supply lead-line grant program and approved three separate purchase-and-sale agreements for neighboring vacant parcels on Sacramento Avenue (13701, 13711 and 13713 Sacramento Ave.). Council recorded roll-call votes for each ordinance.

The council also approved an ordinance authorizing issuance of alternative-revenue bonds not to exceed $10,000,000 for water-system improvements and related capital projects. The motion carried following roll-call votes. The council approved the October treasury report and adjourned; the next meeting was scheduled for Dec. 16.

Where the transcript did not record line-by-line roll-call tallies for every item, this summary states outcomes as recorded in the meeting minutes and roll calls read aloud during the session.