Council Chambers  
425 E. State Street  
Rockford, IL 61104  
www.rockfordil.gov  
City Council  
Meeting Agenda  
Monday, August 3, 2026  
5:30 PM  
The following represents, in general, the chronological order of proceedings at the City  
Council/Committee Meetings: Call to Order, Invocation, Pledge of Allegiance, Public Speaking and  
City Council/Committee Agendas.  
Meeting will be live streamed on Channel 17 and via this link:  
https://rockfordil.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx.  
Items appearing on the City Council Standing Committee Agendas for today's date may receive a vote at  
committee and come before the City Council meeting tonight held after the committee meeting. Final  
vote may be taken on said items at the City Council meeting.  
I.  
CALL TO ORDER  
A.  
B.  
C.  
Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance  
Roll Call  
Acceptance of the Journal  
1.  
2.  
3.  
Journal of Proceedings for the City Council meeting held on April 20, 2026.  
Journal of Proceedings for the City Council meeting held on May 18, 2026.  
Journal of Proceedings for the Special City Council meeting held on July 13,  
2026.  
II.  
PROCLAMATIONS  
1. Proclamation proclaiming August 4, 2026, to be “NATIONAL NIGHT  
26-00939  
26-00918  
OUT” in the City of Rockford, Illinois.  
III. INFORMATION ONLY  
1. Actuarial Presentation  
IV. PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS  
A. Planning and Development Committee  
1.  
Memorandum from Todd Cagnoni, City Administrator, regarding a  
proposed funding of $300,000.00 to support the establishment of a  
Senior Center in partnership with Living Well Center of Northern  
Illinois located at 1111 South Alpine Road. Referred to Planning  
and Development Committee.  
26-00934  
2.  
3.  
Memorandum from Timothy Hinkens, City Engineer, regarding a  
Grant Award acceptance for the IEPA - GIGO (Beverly Floodplain  
26-00961  
26-00962  
Reconnection).  
Committee.  
Referred to Planning and Development  
Memorandum from Timothy Hinkens, City Engineer, regarding a  
Grant Award acceptance for the R1PC - STBG (Harrison Avenue  
Reconstruction).  
Committee.  
Referred to Planning and Development  
4.  
5.  
Memorandum from Timothy Hinkens, City Engineer, regarding a  
Grant Award acceptance for the R1PC- TAP (Highcrest MUP).  
Referred to Planning and Development Committee.  
26-00963  
26-00964  
Memorandum from Todd Cagnoni, City Administrator, regarding  
amendments to the Rockford Area Convention and Visitors Bureau  
(DBA GoRockford) Contract for Service Agreement and Lease.  
Referred to Planning and Development Committee.  
B.  
Code and Regulation Committee  
1.  
2.  
3.  
Memorandum from Rudy Moreno, Historic Preservation  
Commission Secretary, regarding proposed Landmark  
Designation for 1202 Eddy Avenue. Referred to Code and  
Regulation Committee.  
26-00922  
26-00933  
26-00936  
a
Memorandum from Joshua Versluys, Assistant City Attorney,  
regarding the Annexation of 14xx Export Road, 34xx Export Road  
and 36xx Prairie Road (3598 Export Road). Referred to Code and  
Regulation Committee.  
Memorandum from Joshua Versluys, Assistant City Attorney,  
regarding the Annexation Agreement of 14xx Export Road, 34xx  
Export Road and 36xx Prairie Road (3598 Export Road). Referred  
to Code and Regulation Committee.  
C.  
Finance and Personnel Committee  
1.  
Memorandum from Anna Carlson, Economic Development  
Director, regarding an application approval and award acceptance  
of the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic  
Opportunity State Designated Cultural Districts Grant Award.  
Referred to Finance and Personnel Committee.  
26-00940  
2.  
3.  
Memorandum from Jennifer Cacciapaglia, Mayor’s Office of  
Domestic and Community Violence Prevention, regarding the  
approval of a Grant-Funded Subrecipient Agreement with  
Winnebago County State’s Attorney’s Office. Referred to Finance  
and Personnel Committee.  
26-00955  
26-00954  
Memorandum from Jennifer Cacciapaglia, Mayor’s Office of  
Domestic and Community Violence Prevention, regarding  
approval of a Grant-Funded Subrecipient Agreement with  
Winnebago County Adult Probation. Referred to Finance and  
Personnel Committee.  
4.  
5.  
Memorandum from Todd Cagnoni, City Administrator, regarding  
authorization of funding for Concrete Improvements at BMO  
Center in the amount of $1,152,116.20. Referred to Finance and  
Personnel Committee.  
26-00965  
26-00966  
Memorandum from Todd Cagnoni, City Administrator, regarding  
the approval of a resolution declaring intent to form the Rockford  
Regional Tourism Improvement District fixing the time and place  
of a public hearing.  
Committee.  
Referred to Finance and Personnel  
V.  
PUBLIC SPEAKERS  
1.  
2.  
3.  
4.  
5.  
John Tac Brantley  
Julia Seidlinger  
Eve Kirk  
Denzil Wynter  
Prophet Yusef  
VI. NEW COMMITTEE REPORTS  
A.  
B.  
Planning and Development Committee  
Code and Regulation Committee  
1.  
Committee recommends sustaining the Traffic Commission’s  
approval to establish a restriction requiring that traffic on  
Calderwood Drive be required to stop prior to entering the  
intersection with Palo Verde Drive, thus repealing the existing  
traffic control of Calderwood Drive yielding for Palo Verde Drive.  
26-00892  
26-00894  
2.  
Committee recommends sustaining the Traffic Commission’s  
recommendation of No Action be taken on the request for  
additional street lights on 1640 Albany Lane.  
3.  
4.  
5.  
Committee recommends sustaining the Zoning Board of Appeals’  
approval for a Special Use Permit for six (6) residential units on  
the ground floor in a C-4, Urban Mixed-Use Zoning District at 134  
North Main Street (Oliver Emerson Development/Applicant).  
Subject to conditions.  
26-00867  
26-00868  
26-00869  
Committee recommends sustaining the Zoning Board of Appeals’  
approval for a Special Use Permit for residential units on the  
ground floor in a C-4, Urban Mixed-Use Zoning District at 325  
South Madison Street (Oliver Emerson Development/Applicant).  
Subject to conditions.  
Committee recommends sustaining the Zoning Board of Appeals’  
denial for a Variation to reduce the side yard setback for a covered  
patio from six (6) feet to zero (0) feet in an R-1, Single-Family  
Residential Zoning District at 1232 Soper Avenue (Luis E.  
Perez/Applicant).  
6.  
7.  
Committee recommends sustaining the Zoning Board of Appeals’  
approval for a Special Use Permit for body art services in a C-2,  
Limited Commercial Zoning District at 210 North Longwood  
Street (Everardo Rodriguez/Applicant). Subject to conditions.  
26-00870  
26-00871  
Committee recommends sustaining the Zoning Board of Appeals’  
approval for a Special Use Permit for a Planned Mixed Use  
Development consisting of ten (10) apartments, a restaurant and  
banquet hall in an R-2, Two-Family Residential Zoning District at  
219 South 2nd Street (Jennifer Spencer of Studio GWA for  
Centennial United LLC/Applicants). Subject to conditions.  
8.  
9.  
Committee recommends sustaining the Zoning Board of Appeals’  
approval for a Special Use Permit for body art services in a C-2,  
Limited Commercial Zoning District at 1010 East State Street  
(Tom Baclet/Applicant). Subject to conditions.  
26-00873  
26-00874  
Committee recommends sustaining the Zoning Board of Appeals'  
approval for a Zoning Map Amendment from R-1, Single-Family  
Residential Zoning District to C-3, General Commercial Zoning  
District at 3218 11th Street (Jimmy Smith/Applicant). Subject to  
conditions.  
10.  
Committee recommends denial of a Variation to increase the  
maximum allowed business identification wall signs from two (2)  
to three (3) in a C-3, General Commercial Zoning District at 3218  
11th Street (Jimmy Smith/Applicant), thus reversing the Zoning  
Board of Appeals’ approval.  
26-00919  
11.  
Committee recommends sustaining the Zoning Board of Appeals’  
approval of the following Text Amendments to the City of  
Rockford Zoning Ordinances:  
26-00876  
a. Table 20-1 Use Classification Table  
b. Article 20-005 Lot Area Per Dwelling Unit (Density)  
c. Article 20-005-G Rear Setbacks  
d. Table 21-1 Use Classification Table  
e. Article 30 Mandatory Planned Unit Developments  
f. Article 35 Infill Overlay District  
g. Article 50-003 Off-Street Parking Ratios  
h. Article 50-016 Access Locations and Article  
80-003 Nonconforming Uses  
i. Continuance of Nonconforming Uses  
12.  
Committee recommends sustaining the Liquor and Tobacco  
Advisory Board’s approval for Modification of an existing Liquor  
License to add packaged liquor sales in conjunction with a  
restaurant in a C-3, General Commercial Zoning District at 1603  
North Alpine Road (Randall Raymond Baker/Baker Street Burgers,  
LLC dba BD4: A Burger Joint/Applicant). Subject to conditions.  
26-00879  
26-00904  
C.  
Finance and Personnel Committee  
1.  
Committee recommends approval of vouchers in the amount of  
$9,205,558.55 as approved at the Finance and Personnel  
Committee meeting held on July 27, 2026.  
2.  
3.  
Committee recommends approval of the State Line Area Narcotics  
Team (SLANT) Interagency Agreement.  
26-00906  
26-00908  
Committee recommends approval of an ordinance authorizing the  
City of Rockford to utilize funds from the Public Water Supply  
Loan Program at the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency  
(IEPA) and Application of Loan for Lead Service Line  
Replacements.  
VII. UNFINISHED BUSINESS COMMITTEE REPORTS LAID OVER  
A.  
Planning and Development Committee  
1.  
Committee recommends approval of the proposed Funding  
Agreement with Goodwill in partnership with IBEW Local 364 for  
Electrical Workers Trades Program to better prepare individuals  
for IBEW application process in the amount of $85,172.00. The  
funding source is Casino Funds. (LAID OVER JULY 20, 2026)  
26-00663  
B.  
C.  
Code and Regulation Committee  
Finance and Personnel Committee  
VIII. OFFICERS REPORTS  
IX. ELECTION  
1.  
Election of alderperson to serve as Acting Mayor pursuant to 65 ILCS  
5/3.1-10-50(f).  
26-00937  
26-00763  
X.  
MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS  
A. Planning and Development Committee  
1.  
Committee recommends approval of the Spaces to Places Program,  
which is intended to reduce commercial vacancies and support  
small business growth by providing temporary rent assistance for  
new or expanding businesses. The city will reimburse security  
deposits and 50% of rent for up to 12 months for a total funding  
level of up to $20,000.00 per business. The program will have  
$300,000.00 designated from 2026 and 2027 Casino Funds.  
(LAID OVER JULY 20, 2026)  
B.  
Code and Regulation Committee  
1.  
Committee recommends approval of the request from the Traffic  
Commission for the City of Rockford, Illinois to approve the  
installation of a street light near 2415 Quincy Circle.  
26-00893  
26-00883  
2.  
Committee recommends approval of the 815 Day Block Party  
This event is scheduled for Saturday, August 15th. The location of  
the event is the 100 block of North 1st Street and the event time is  
8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.  
3.  
4.  
Committee recommends approval of the Polish Fest  
26-00884  
26-00885  
This event is scheduled for Sunday, August 16th. The event will be  
held on the grounds of St. Stanislaus Kostka Church located at 201  
Buckbee Street, and the event time is 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.  
Committee recommends approval of the PCI Employee Picnic  
This event is scheduled for Tuesday, September 15th. The location  
of the event is 4545 Assembly Drive, and will take place during  
open business hours. Assembly Drive will be closed from Research  
Parkway to Airport Drive during the picnic.  
C.  
Finance and Personnel Committee  
1.  
Committee recommends approval of a plan of acquisition of 4100  
East State Street by the Rockford Board of Library Trustees.  
(LAID OVER JULY 20, 2026)  
26-00835  
2.  
Committee recommends approval of the Award of Bid: Demolition  
Water Material Dump Site (Bid No. 526-W-046) to N-TRAK  
Group, of Loves Park, Illinois, and TR Equipment, of Rockford,  
Illinois in the combined estimated annual amount of $100,000.00  
(based on unit pricing). The contract duration is one (1) year with  
four (4) possible annual extension options. Annual price  
adjustments will be reviewed and considered at contract renewal  
only. The funding source is the Water Operating Fund.  
26-00909  
3.  
4.  
Committee recommends approval of the Award of Bid: City Wide  
Drainage Repair Package 1 (Bid No. 626-PW-054) to DPI  
Construction Inc., of Pecatonica, Illinois in the amount of  
$113,879.46. The contract duration is through October 2, 2026.  
The funding source is the CIP General Fund.  
26-00910  
26-00911  
Committee recommends approval of the Award of Bid: City Wide  
Sidewalk and ADA Repairs Package #2 2026 (Bid No.  
626-PW-053) to T.C.I. Concrete, of Rockford, Illinois in the  
amount of $440,806.15. The contract duration is through  
September 18, 2026. The funding source is the 1% Infrastructure  
Sales Tax.  
5.  
6.  
Committee recommends approval of the Award of Bid: Head Start  
and Early Head Start Child Care Meals (Bid No: 626-HS-056) to  
Delicious Unlimited, of Gurnee, Illinois in the not-to-exceed  
annual amount of $100,000.00. The contract duration is one (1)  
year with four (4) possible one-year extension options. Annual  
price adjustments for CPI considered at contract renewal only. The  
funding source is Head Start Grant Funds.  
26-00914  
26-00917  
Committee recommends approval of the Award of Joint  
Purchasing Contract: Squad Car Cameras to AXON Enterprises  
Inc., of Scottsdale, Arizona in the total amount of $71,318.41. This  
is a one-time purchase. The funding source is the Police  
Department Operating Budget.  
7.  
8.  
Committee recommends approval of the Fifth Supplemental  
Indenture Resolution regarding the Industrial Project Revenue  
Bonds (Wesley Willows Project), Series 2011.  
26-00913  
26-00907  
Committee recommends approval of the Grant-Funded  
Subrecipient Agreement with Comprehensive Community  
Solutions in an amount not-to-exceed $30,359.45. The agreement  
period is from July 1, 2026 through March 31, 2027. If approved,  
the grant funds will be used to provide community outreach,  
trauma-informed case management, victim support services, and  
administration costs of the Emergency Victims Flex Fund.  
9.  
Committee recommends approval and acceptance of the Office of  
the Attorney General for the State of Illinois Fiscal Year 2027  
Organized Retail Crime (ORC) Grant Award in the amount of  
$100,000.00. The grant does not require a cost match. The grant  
term is from July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027. The grant award, if  
accepted, will provide funds used to partially pay for the 2027  
annual subscription renewal fees for Flock Safety License Plate  
Reader Video Wing Enhanced and officer attendance to the Cook  
County Regional Organized Crime Conference.  
26-00912  
D.  
City Council  
1. Motion to Discharge the Code and Regulation Committee from  
26-00958  
26-00902  
26-00785  
Consideration of the Committee Report to Establish Moratorium  
on Data Centers and Complete Evaluation of Best Practices to  
Regulate the Development, Expansion, and Operation of Data  
Centers in the City of Rockford.  
XI. NEW COMMITTEE REPORTS - CONTINUED  
D. City Council  
1. Request for a moratorium on data centers and directing the City  
Administrator, and designees to conduct a comprehensive  
evaluation of best practices for regulating the development,  
expansion, and operation of data centers within the City of  
Rockford.  
XII. NEW BUSINESS ORDINANCES  
A.  
Planning and Development Committee  
1.  
An ordinance approving the Funding Agreement with Goodwill in  
partnership with IBEW Local 364 for Electrical Workers Trades  
Program to better prepare individuals for IBEW application  
process in the amount of $85,172.00. The funding source is Casino  
Funds.  
B.  
Code and Regulation Committee  
1.  
An ordinance establishing a restriction requiring that traffic on  
Calderwood Drive be required to stop prior to entering the  
intersection with Palo Verde Drive, thus repealing the existing  
traffic control of Calderwood Drive yielding for Palo Verde Drive.  
26-00924  
26-00925  
2.  
An ordinance approving a Special Use Permit for six (6) residential  
units on the ground floor in a C-4, Urban Mixed-Use Zoning  
District at 134 North Main Street (Oliver Emerson  
Development/Applicant).  
3.  
An ordinance approving a Special Use Permit for residential units  
on the ground floor in a C-4, Urban Mixed-Use Zoning District at  
26-00926  
325 South  
Madison  
Street  
(Oliver  
Emerson  
Development/Applicant).  
4.  
5.  
An ordinance approving a Special Use Permit for body art services  
in a C-2, Limited Commercial Zoning District at 210 North  
Longwood Street (Everardo Rodriguez/Applicant).  
26-00927  
26-00928  
An ordinance approving a Special Use Permit for a Planned Mixed  
Use Development consisting of ten (10) apartments, a restaurant  
and banquet hall in an R-2, Two-Family Residential Zoning  
District at 219 South 2nd Street (Jennifer Spencer of Studio GWA  
for Centennial United LLC/Applicants).  
6.  
7.  
An ordinance approving a Special Use Permit for body art services  
in a C-2, Limited Commercial Zoning District at 1010 East State  
Street (Tom Baclet/Applicant).  
26-00929  
26-00930  
An ordinance approving a Zoning Map Amendment from R-1,  
Single-Family Residential Zoning District to C-3, General  
Commercial Zoning District at 3218 11th Street (Jimmy  
Smith/Applicant).  
8.  
An ordinance approving the following Text Amendments to the  
City of Rockford Zoning Ordinances:  
26-00932  
a. Table 20-1 Use Classification Table  
b. Article 20-005 Lot Area Per Dwelling Unit (Density)  
c. Article 20-005-G Rear Setbacks  
d. Table 21-1 Use Classification Table  
e. Article 30 Mandatory Planned Unit Developments  
f. Article 35 Infill Overlay District  
g. Article 50-003 Off-Street Parking Ratios  
h. Article 50-016 Access Locations and Article  
80-003 Nonconforming Uses  
i. Continuance of Nonconforming Uses  
9.  
An ordinance approving a Modification of an existing Liquor  
License to add packaged liquor sales in conjunction with a  
restaurant in a C-3, General Commercial Zoning District at 1603  
North Alpine Road (Randall Raymond Baker/Baker Street Burgers,  
LLC dba BD4: A Burger Joint/Applicant).  
26-00931  
26-00920  
C.  
Finance and Personnel Committee  
1.  
An ordinance approving the State Line Area Narcotics Team  
(SLANT) Interagency Agreement.  
2.  
An ordinance authorizing the City of Rockford to utilize funds  
from the Public Water Supply Loan Program at the Illinois  
Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) and Application of Loan  
for Lead Service Line Replacements.  
26-00921  
26-00959  
D.  
City Council  
1. An ordinance approving a moratorium on data centers and  
directing the City Administrator and designees to conduct a  
comprehensive evaluation of best practices for regulating the  
development, expansion and operation of data centers within the  
City of Rockford.  
XIII. ADJOURNMENT  
THE CITY OF ROCKFORD INTENDS TO COMPLY WITH THE INTENT AND  
SPIRIT OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT. IF A SIGN LANGUAGE  
INTERPRETER, PERSONAL P.A. SYSTEM, OR OTHER SPECIAL  
ACCOMMODATIONS ARE NEEDED, PLEASE CALL THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT  
AT (779) 348-7391 AT LEAST 48 HOURS IN ADVANCE, SO WE CAN BE PREPARED  
TO ASSIST YOU.