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Braidwood council unanimously adopts package of ordinances, approves developer guarantee reduction
Summary
At its Nov. 25 meeting the Braidwood City Council unanimously approved a set of ordinances covering social-media policy, hiring, letters-of-credit rules, the 2025–26 levy, utility-billing procedures, police reciprocal reporting and parking during snow. The council also approved reducing subdivision letters of credit after staff certification of completed work.
Braidwood — The City Council on Nov. 25 unanimously approved a package of ordinances and a developer guarantee change during its regular meeting at city hall.
The council adopted Ordinance 25-52, a social-media use policy for city staff and officials, and Ordinance 2553, a hiring and recruitment policy intended to formalize onboarding and recruitment standards. Both measures passed on recorded voice votes with Commissioners Dixon and Michael and Mayor Lions voting yes.
Council members also approved Ordinance 2554 to amend the city code’s treatment of letters of credit and project guarantees so the requirement applies broadly to development projects rather than only subdivisions. Immediately after that vote the city engineer presented a specific request to reduce the letters of credit posted by the Dazzio and Bower subdivisions. The engineer said roughly $700,000 in public improvements on the east side of a drainage channel were complete and recommended reducing the combined letter of credit from about $2.1 million to $1,295,598 while retaining 10% for maintenance and 120% coverage for remaining work. The council approved that motion unanimously.
On finance matters the council approved payment of bills totaling approximately $440,391, which included line items for health insurance, dispatch services, street construction invoices and water-plant repairs. Payroll was also approved.
Council members enacted Ordinance 2555 setting the tax levy for fiscal 2025–26 at 4.99 (the prior year was 4.5) and Ordinance 2556 updating utility-billing, payment and disconnection procedures; both passed on unanimous votes. The council approved Ordinance 2557 authorizing reciprocal reporting of student criminal offenses between the Braidwood Police Department and the Grundy County State’s Attorney and approved Ordinance 2528, which clarifies street-parking rules during snow events by defining a two-inch threshold (as reported by the National Weather Service) for enforcement.
Each ordinance vote was recorded in open session; the meeting minutes show Commissioner Michael, Commissioner Dixon and Mayor Lions voting yes on each listed ordinance. No dissenting votes were recorded.
The council said several items — including developer site landscaping and remaining public-infrastructure work — will return for final approvals once staff verifies completion or receives outstanding documentation.
Next steps: staff will implement the code changes and update enforcement and procurement materials as needed; the reduced letters of credit will be reflected in development files pending final inspections.
