425 E. State Street  
Rockford, IL 61104  
www.rockfordil.gov  
City Council  
Meeting Minutes  
Monday, May 11, 2026  
5:45 PM  
SPECIAL MEETING  
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:  
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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  
Mayor McNamara called the meeting to order at 9:15 p.m.  
A.  
Roll Call  
Present:  
Jonathan Logemann  
Chad Tuneberg  
Kevin Frost  
Gabrielle Torina  
Aprel Prunty  
Janessa Neal  
Dawn Granath  
Frank Beach  
Jaime Salgado  
Gina Meeks  
Tamir Bell  
Karen Hoffman  
Late:  
Tim Durkee  
Mark Bonne  
Absent:  
Alderman Hoffman arrived at 9:18 p.m.  
II.  
NEW COMMITTEE REPORTS  
A.  
Planning and Development Committee  
B.  
Code and Regulation Committee  
1.  
2914 West State Street  
26-00464  
Liquor and Tobacco Advisory Board of Appeals recommends approval for:  
a. The Sale of Packaged Liquor (Class PKG) and  
b. The Sale of Tobacco Products in conjunction with a gas station and  
convenience store in an I-1, Light Industrial Zoning District at 2914 West  
State Street (Ravi Patel/Priyank Patel/Khodiyar 364001, Inc. dba Way  
Low Citgo/Applicants)  
Alderman Bell, on behalf of the Code and Regulation Committee, read in the  
committee report and placed it up for passage.  
The committee report was ADOPTED by the following vote:  
Logemann, Tuneberg, Prunty, Neal, Hoffman, Granath,  
Salgado, and Bell  
Aye:  
Frost, Torina, Beach, and Meeks  
Nay:  
Durkee, and Bonne  
Absent:  
Enactment No: 2026-96-CR  
C.  
Finance and Personnel Committee  
III. NEW BUSINESS ORDINANCES  
A.  
B.  
Planning and Development Committee  
Code and Regulation Committee  
1.  
An ordinance approving the Sale of Packaged Liquor (Class  
PKG) in conjunction with a gas station and convenience store in  
an I-1, Light Industrial Zoning District at 2914 West State Street  
(Ravi Patel/Priyank Patel/Khodiyar 364001, Inc. dba Way Low  
Citgo/Applicants).  
26-00550  
Alderman Bell, on behalf of the Code and Regulation Committee, read in the  
ordinance and placed it up for passage.  
The ordinance was ADOPTED by the following vote:  
Logemann, Tuneberg, Prunty, Neal, Hoffman, Granath,  
Salgado, and Bell  
Aye:  
Frost, Torina, Beach, and Meeks  
Nay:  
Durkee, and Bonne  
Absent:  
Enactment No: 2026-81-O  
2.  
An ordinance approving the Sale of Tobacco Products in  
conjunction with a gas station and convenience store in an I-1,  
Light Industrial Zoning District at 2914 West State Street (Ravi  
Patel/Priyank Patel/Khodiyar 364001, Inc. dba Way Low  
Citgo/Applicants).  
26-00551  
Alderman Bell, on behalf of the Code and Regulation Committee, read in the  
ordinance and placed it up for passage.  
The ordinance was ADOPTED by the following vote:  
Logemann, Tuneberg, Torina, Prunty, Neal, Hoffman,  
Granath, Salgado, and Bell  
Aye:  
Frost, Beach, and Meeks  
Nay:  
Durkee, and Bonne  
Absent:  
Enactment No: 2026-82-O  
C.  
IV. ADJOURNMENT  
Alderman Bell moved to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Alderman Granath. MOTION  
Finance and Personnel Committee  
PREVAILED with a unanimous voice vote (Aldermen Durkee and Bonne were absent). The  
meeting was adjourned at 9:20 p.m.  
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SPIRIT OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT. IF A SIGN LANGUAGE  
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