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St. Charles Council approves consent agenda, contracts and appointments; memorializes Detective Derek Sissom
Summary
The council approved multiple consent-agenda items, contracts (including a $551,690 well-treatment contract and a $200,000 fire-applications maintenance contract), confirmed appointments and opened several new bills; Council President Michael Galba also read a memorial for Detective Derek Sissom.
At its March 17 meeting the St. Charles City Council approved the Consent Agenda, confirmed appointments, and approved several contract items and change orders presented by staff.
The meeting began with Council President Michael Galba reading remarks honoring Detective Derek Sissom, who died Feb. 27, 2026 after a multi-year battle with cancer. The chamber observed a moment of silence.
Council approved the appointment of Christina Haegele to the Greater Saint Charles Convention & Visitors Bureau Commission to represent the restaurant and/or hotel industry, to fill a vacancy with a term expiring July 2027. The Consent Agenda — which included approval of prior meeting minutes and receipt of various boards and commissions reports — passed unanimously.
Staff presented proposed contracts and change orders for Council approval: a contract with Layne Christensen Company for the 2026 Well Treatment Project in an amount not to exceed $551,690; a contract with MacQueen Equipment, LLC for preventative and unscheduled maintenance, inspections and testing for the Fire Department’s apparatuses through Dec. 31, 2026 in an amount not to exceed $200,000; Change Order No. 3 with Groundworks Contracting for the Beaver Creek Court bank stabilization project in the amount of $686,823 (bringing that contract to $4,399,130.30); and Supplemental Agreement No. 3 with Midwest Service Group in the amount of $219,447.85 for the City Centre Complex Project. Those items were included in the Consent Agenda or consented by roll call as recorded in the minutes.
Council also introduced several bills for future consideration, including record plats and redevelopment items for First Capitol Place, and a budget amendment labeled as Budget Amendment #3. A scrivener’s error on Bill 14068’s sponsor was corrected on the record.
The meeting included routine procedural motions (excusing an absence, brief recesses) and adjourned at 9:33 p.m.
