City Council & Committee of the Whole Meetings, Oct. 5, 2026

The City of Geneva City Council and Committee of the Whole met on Oct. 5, 2026 (the meeting metadata is dated Oct. 6 UTC). The council approved payment of municipal bills, including a reported payment of more than $1 million to ME Electric for construction related to SEM; staff agreed to provide an update on project spending and anticipated additional large costs. It also approved an adaptive reuse grant agreement with 422 State Street LLC for interior and exterior improvements. Staff said the project budget was about $569,000 and noted a possible additional $10,000 request for landscaping and signage, while cautioning that available TIF funds are limited and largely committed to the East State Street project. The council also approved zoning text amendments establishing rules for event venues.

In the Committee of the Whole, members unanimously approved a MetroNet license agreement to install fiber-optic cable in specified public utility easements; staff said it was MetroNet’s third such request, and no dollar amount was stated. Members also considered an agreement with Milsoft Utility Solutions for outage-management and interactive voice-response software. Staff estimated first-year costs at about $26,400 and described a recurring charge of $2,200 per month, with implementation costs also discussed; the transcript ends before a vote or final action is shown. No other procurement decisions are identifiable in the available transcript.