Geneva council approves omnibus agenda, municipal bills and a four‑year IBEW pact

The Geneva City Council on Monday approved routine agenda items, a public‑works flooring contract and a four‑year collective bargaining agreement with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 196.

The council approved the omnibus agenda and then took a roll call to approve municipal bills for payment; the clerk recorded seven affirmative votes and three members absent. The transcript’s numeric total for the bills appeared garbled in the reading, so the clerk’s recorded outcome (approval) is reported rather than the dollar amount.

Among formal actions, the council approved Resolution 2026‑9, authorizing a contract with Douglas Floor Covering for demolition and replacement of flooring in the public‑works training room and authorizing the city administrator to approve change orders up to 10 percent of the bid price. The resolution passed 7–0 with three council members absent.

The council also approved Resolutions 2026‑21 through 2026‑25, administrative approvals that authorize use of public rights‑of‑way and submittal of Illinois Department of Transportation lane‑closure paperwork for the 2026 festival season. City Administrator White described the item as an annual process to streamline street closures for events; the set of resolutions passed 7–0.

In labor business, the council approved Resolution 2026‑26, a four‑year collective bargaining agreement between the city and IBEW Local 196 that the union ratified in January. Miss Voit, presenting the item, thanked the IBEW bargaining team and city negotiators: "I just want to thank the IBEW bargaining team as well as all of the city representatives for all of their hard work on this agreement," she said. The resolution was approved 7–0, three absent.

All three actions were recorded by roll call as unanimous among the members present. Council members took no separate votes on individual grant allocations for projects discussed earlier in the meeting.