The City of Geneva City Council approved two formal items on Nov. 24: Ordinance No. 3394, the city’s appropriations ordinance for calendar year 2026, and Resolution No. 3651, which authorizes the city manager to enter a design agreement for a Depot Street storm‑sewer project.

The council completed the third reading and voted to pass Ordinance No. 3394, which provides appropriations for city operations from Jan. 1, 2026, through Dec. 31, 2026. On a roll call, council members recorded affirmative votes and the ordinance passed. The ordinance text was read on the record and the passage was confirmed by roll call (members present and voting are recorded in the meeting transcript). The ordinance itself sets spending authority for the coming fiscal year (full text of the ordinance appears in the official minutes and the city’s ordinance register).

On the Depot Street project, the council considered Resolution No. 3651 to authorize the city manager to enter into an agreement with Verdantus for professional services to prepare construction drawings for a new storm sewer and associated parking-lot work. Council moved to waive the three‑reading rule and then moved to declare the resolution an emergency so work can proceed to the design phase. Both motions were put to roll-call votes and the resolution passed. City Manager Bartlett previously described the overall project estimate at approximately $228,800, with a recommended county/CDBG award of $153,000 and a city share of roughly $75,100; the design contract will permit preparation of construction drawings and allow the city to proceed with grant-related procurement and scheduling.

Recorded votes: the transcript records roll-call affirmative votes on both measures; names recorded in the roll-call exchanges include Baker, Shaikh, Marbell, Rosemarie (transcript spelling varies), Bear, Griffith, Trapp and others listed in the meeting roll calls. The recorded roll calls in the transcript show unanimous 'Yes' responses for the items as presented.

Next steps: the resolution authorizes design work to proceed; the city manager indicated that, once design is complete, the project will follow standard procurement and grant-implementation steps. The appropriations ordinance provides the spending authority for budgeted programs in 2026. The council’s reorganizational meeting is scheduled next week (Dec. 1), where additional procedural items will be handled.