City Hall, Second Floor

425 E. State Street

Finance and Personnel Committee

Meeting Agenda

Rockford, IL 61104

www.rockfordil.gov

Monday, May 11, 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.

CALL TO ORDER

II.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Approval of vouchers in the amount of $11,816,448.08.

26-00567

26-00568

Approval of the Bond Sale for the issuance of $103,000,000.00 in taxable

General Obligation Bonds (Alternate Revenue Source), for Convention

Center and Hotel - Public Private Partnership with Hard Rock Rockford

(815 Entertainment LLC).

Approval of an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) between the City of

Rockford and the Board of Education of the Rockford Public Schools,

District No. 205 (RPS 205) for Summerdale Early Childhood Center

services for the 2026-2027 school year. The agreement is from July 1,

2026 through June 30, 2027. The funding source is Head Start Grant

Funds.

26-00569

26-00570

Approval of the Lease Agreement with Comprehensive Community

Solutions, Inc., of Rockford, Illinois for office space located at 917 South

Main Street to support the operations of the Violence Prevention

Coordinating Council (VPCC) Community Conveners initiative in the

not-to-exceed amount of $6,600.00. The contract duration is from April 1,

2026 to March 31, 2027. The funding source is the Illinois Department of

Human Services Community Convener Grant Award.

Approval of the release of Liens in the total amount of $35,635.15

incurred when the properties were owned by the Winnebago County

Trustee for properties located at 205 N. Hinkley Avenue (PIN:

11-22-129-016), 709 Lee Street (PIN: 11-22-229-008), 2143 South 4th

Street (PIN: 11-35-401-016), 517 Island Avenue (PIN: 11-27-451-030),

and 5XX Foster Avenue (PIN: 11-21-404-013).

26-00571

Approval of an Agreement between the City of Rockford and Chicago

Central & Pacific Railroad (CCPR) for 6th Street and 9th Street Two-Way

Conversion Preliminary Engineering services in the amount of $25,000.00.

The funding source is the 1% Infrastructure Sales Tax.

26-00572

26-00573

III. RESOLUTIONS

Award of Engineering Agreement: Rockford Complete Streets

Revitalization Project (Construction Engineering) to H.R. Green, Inc., of

McHenry, Illinois in the amount of $1,761,096.00. The contract duration is

from September 2026 to December 2028. The funding sources are Motor

Fuel Tax Funds, State Funds, and Federal Funds (Build Grant).

Award of Bid: City Wide Street Repairs Group No. 4 - 2026 (Concrete)

(Bid No. 426-PW-037) to Stenstrom Excavation, of Rockford, Illinois in

the amount of $2,492,072.02. The contract duration is through October 2,

2026. The funding source is the 1% Infrastructure Sales Tax.

26-00574

26-00575

26-00576

Award of Bid: Jamestown Ditch Drainage Improvements (Bid No.

426-PW-039) to N-Trak Group, of Loves Park, Illinois in the amount of

$123,414.52. The contract duration is through November 28, 2026. The

funding source is the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) General Fund.

Award of Bid: Demolition Group 33 (Bid No. 1125-CD-129) to Northern

Illinois Service, of Rockford, Illinois in the amount of $30,858.00. The

properties included are 1814 Kishwaukee Street (PIN: 11-35-251-015) and

1822 Reed Avenue (PIN: 15-01-178-023). The contract duration is

through completion of the demolition project. The funding source is the

Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) Strong Communities

Grant.

Award of Bid: Bituminous Patching Rebid - 2026 (Bid No. 426-W-038) to

DPI Construction, of Pecatonica, Illinois in the estimated annual amount

of $734,340.50 (based on unit pricing). The contract duration is one (1)

year with three (3) possible annual extensions. The funding source is the

Water Operating Budget.

26-00577

26-00578

Award of RFP: Third Party Administration of FMLA Leave Management

(RFP No. 725-HR-093) to Sedgewick Claims Management Services, of

Memphis, Tennessee in the amount/rate of $3.39 per employee per month,

for a total annual estimated administrative amount of $44,015.00. The

contract duration is three (3) years with two (2) annual extensions. The

funding source is the Human Resources Operating Budget.

Award of Sole Source Contract: Police Communication Radios and

Accessories to Motorola, of Schaumberg, Illinois in the amount of

$169,464.24. This is a one-time purchase. The funding source is the Police

Capital Budget.

26-00579