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Blue Island council approves payroll and accounts-payable items totaling about $1.08 million
Summary
Council approved payroll on July 3 and July 17, 2026 (recorded amounts $493,625.80 and about $535,226.27) and approved accounts-payable batches including $276,431 (07/15/2026) and a meeting total of $1,080,767.46.
The council approved multiple payroll and accounts-payable items during the July 29 meeting. The mayor moved to approve payroll dated 07/03/2026 in the amount of $493,625.80; after roll call the motion carried. A subsequent payroll motion for 07/17/2026 was recorded with the amount announced in the transcript as “535,226 thousand 27¢” (interpreted in the record as $535,226.27) and also carried after roll call.
Council also approved an accounts-payable batch dated 07/15/2026 for $276,431 (motion moved by Alderman Johnson and seconded by Alderman Carr) with the clerk reporting '6 ayes.' The meeting's overall accounts-payable total was recorded as $1,080,767.46 and was approved later in the agenda. The clerk conducted roll calls for each action and the mayor announced the motions carried; the transcript contains multiple individual roll-call entries and several tallies noted as '6 ayes.'
