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Belvidere council approves $3.17 million in expenditures, adopts parking ordinance and MOU
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Summary
The Belvidere City Council on March 16 approved $2.64 million in general expenditures and $527,946 in water and sewer spending, adopted an ordinance adding handicap parking on Garden Drive, and authorized a Winnebago–Boone County investigative cooperative MOU. Several infrastructure and grant-related motions from committee also passed unanimously.
Belvidere City Council voted March 16 to approve general and special fund expenditures of $2,642,372.56 and water and sewer expenditures of $527,946.05, adopting several routine items and committee motions in a single meeting.
The council approved the general-fund package on a roll call after a brief question about a $6,830 equipment installation listed for a Durango vehicle. Director Anderson explained that the $11,173 line item in the water and sewer packet was liability insurance for the street department fuel system and that the cost is split between departments. “That’s our liability insurance for the fuel system at the street department, so a lot of that [cost is] split up between all the departments,” Director Anderson said.
Councilors also adopted Ordinance 752H on its second reading to add two angled handicap parking stalls on the north side of Garden Drive immediately west of North State Street. Mayor said the parking will satisfy District 100’s required accessibility for a building the district purchased that formerly housed a chiropractic clinic. The ordinance passed unanimously.
On the public safety front the council approved Resolution 2026-7 authorizing execution of the Winnebago–Boone County Investigative Cooperative memorandum of understanding. A chief’s briefing to council noted the task force name had been changed for legal reasons and that one agency sought a revision to a single section before final agreement.
Several motions forwarded from committee passed without dissent. The council approved the 2026 spring branch pickup and the 2026 MFT street maintenance program; it also approved change order No. 1—a credit of $82,393.34—related to the wastewater treatment plant sludge-heater replacement project. The council approved an additional city share of $61,540 for the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity regional site readiness program grant and a CES Inc. work-authorization amendment of $48,900 to complete design-engineering modifications tied to that grant; the CES work will be paid from capital funds.
Councilors also supported a motion to reestablish the City–County Coordinating Committee to meet quarterly, with the mayor noting an expectation to appoint three aldermen as the city’s representatives and observing that county members are paid per meeting.
All recorded votes cited in the meeting were unanimous (9–0); the meeting adjourned at 6:22 p.m.
