City of Kankakee - City Council Livestream

The City of Kankakee City Council meeting on November 3, 2026, approved the city’s bills totaling $1,838,091.70, Environmental Services Utility bills totaling $493,913.73, and Economic Development Agency bills totaling $73,052.49. Alderman Baron recorded conflict-related abstentions on specified checks in the city and utility bills. The council also approved an $84,100 AECOM proposal for design-report and drawing support for the Kankakee hydroelectric facility relicensing application (9–1), and a $26,645 Norfolk Southern Railroad agreement to review plans and specifications for the shared-use path beneath the railroad at Kennedy Drive (10–0). A resolution terminating the city’s development agreement with HB Equities LLC for 169 South Skyler Avenue passed 9–0, with one abstention.

Following an executive session on property, the council approved a resolution authorizing the mayor or designee to contract for the purchase of improved properties in the city and setting a maximum purchase limit; the limit was not stated in the transcript. The council also approved conditional-use ordinances for short-term rentals. No other specific procurement action was identifiable from the transcript.