# City of Belvidere Illinois Live Stream


**Body:** City of Belvidere Illinois
**Date:** October 06, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

**Tags:** Construction & Infrastructure, Energy & Utilities, Physical Infrastructure


The City of Belvidere City Council meeting was held October 6, 2026. The main procurement actions were approvals of public works spending: the council waived competitive bidding for wastewater-treatment-plant disc filter repairs and approved a Veolia Water Technologies proposal to rebuild filter vessels 2 and 3, for an amount transcribed as $159,141 (the transcript’s figure is unclear). It also approved a $17,540 design-engineering change order for Arc Design Resources for the Kishwaukee Riverfront path and awarded the low bid of $1,987,322.50 to Entra Group for the Allen Street Pond Outlet project. These motions passed; the Arc Design Resources vote included an abstention. The council also approved intergovernmental agreements concerning maintenance of the Irene Road bridge with Boone County and the Flora Township Road District, including a separate agreement involving the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority.

The council approved a special-use ordinance for a bank site at 1862 Crystal Parkway, subdivision-code amendments establishing a plat-of-consolidation process, and placement of Perry Elementary School on the city’s historic registry. Public commenters strongly opposed the proposed Project Hawkeye data center, raising concerns about farmland, water and energy use, noise, health, property values, AI-related risks, and transparency; the council took no data-center action during the meeting. The school district thanked the city for installing a stop sign near Washington Academy and said it would submit a request for another near Mien Elementary. No other procurement activity was identified in the public comments.

**Source:** City of Belvidere Illinois