Kendall County Times

City of Plano City Council met Sept. 8.

Here are the minutes provided by the board:

The regular meeting of the Plano City Council was called to order on Monday, September 8, 2025, at 6:00 p.m., by Mayor Michael Rennels in the Council Room at City Hall. Mayor Rennels led the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.

Roll Call:

Stephen DeBolt Present    John Fawver Present

Kathy Wickens Absent       Neal Veen Present

Tommy Johns Present       Barb Nadeau Present

Scott Mulliner Present        Mark Swoboda Present

There was a quorum.

MINUTES:

A motion was made by Alderman Veen, seconded by Alderman DeBolt, to approve the minutes of the regular meeting on August 25, 2025. A unanimous “Aye” voice vote was heard. The motion passed.

AGENDA:

A motion was made by Alderman Fawver, seconded by Alderman Swoboda, to approve the agenda for the regular meeting of September 8, 2025. A unanimous “Aye” voice vote was heard. The motion passed.

WARRANTS:

A motion was made by Alderman Fawver, seconded by Alderman Johns, to accept the report of the Finance Committee and that orders are drawn on the Treasury to pay per warrant list dated September 2, 2025 in the amount of $26,101.61.

Roll Call:

Voting “Aye”: Fawver, Johns, DeBolt, Mulliner, Nadeau, Swoboda, Veen

Voting “Nay”:

Absent: Wickens

Motion passed.

A motion was made by Alderman Fawver, seconded by Alderman Johns, to accept the report of the Finance Committee and that orders are drawn on the Treasury to pay per warrant list dated September 3, 2025 in the amount of $119,248.65.

Roll Call:

Voting “Aye”: Fawver, Johns, DeBolt, Mulliner, Nadeau, Swoboda, Veen

Voting “Nay”:

Absent: Wickens

Motion passed.

A motion was made by Alderman Fawver, seconded by Alderman Johns, to accept the report of the Finance Committee and that orders are drawn on the Treasury to pay per warrant list dated September 8, 2025 in the amount of $165,496.79.

Roll Call:

Voting “Aye”: Fawver, Johns, DeBolt, Mulliner, Nadeau, Swoboda, Veen

Voting “Nay”:

Absent: Wickens

Motion passed.

A motion was made by Alderman Fawver, seconded by Alderman Johns, to accept the report of the Finance Committee and that orders are drawn on the Treasury to pay per warrant list dated September 9, 2025 in the amount of $86,204.00.

Roll Call:

Voting “Aye”: Fawver, Johns, DeBolt, Mulliner, Nadeau, Swoboda, Veen

Voting “Nay”:

Absent: Wickens

Motion passed.

WAGE REPORT:

A motion was made by Alderman Fawver, seconded by Alderman Johns, to accept the report of the Finance Committee and that orders are drawn on the Treasury to pay per wage report dated July 2025 in the amount of $562,008.05.

Roll Call:

Voting “Aye”: Fawver, Johns, DeBolt, Mulliner, Nadeau, Swoboda, Veen

Voting “Nay”:

Absent: Wickens

Motion passed.

INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS:

Guests and members of the press were welcomed by Mayor Rennels.

CITIZENS’ COMMENTS: none

MAYOR’S REPORT:

Mayor Rennels thanked everyone who supported Midweek Music this summer. There were three rain dates, but otherwise, all the Wednesdays in June, July, and August had musical events. He thanked Tomas from 2 Partners Restaurant for being at each event the last couple of years selling tacos.

CITY ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT: Martin Shanahan Jr.

City Administrator Shanahan gave several updates. He said the Hemmingsen and Little Rock Road intersection has had some improvements done by Kendall County. For the Little Rock Road railroad crossing, he said the City has put down cold patch and BNSF was reminded to give him an update on their work. He said the new server will be installed on Wednesday and the data migration will take a couple of days to complete. He is working on gather rebranding information for city vehicles and equipment, with the assistance of the department heads. The Feece Oil Company contract has been signed. He wished Mayor Rennels a happy birthday tomorrow.

CITY ATTORNEY’S REPORT: William Thomas

Ordinance #2025- 15 Text amendment for liquor license regulation restrictions

A motion was made by Alderman Swoboda, seconded by Alderman Veen, to approve an ordinance amending Title 3, Business and License Regulations, Chapter 2, Liquor Control, Section 5 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Plano; Text amendment regulation restrictions on issuance of liquor license. Attorney Thomas said there have not been many amendments to this section, but there have been two relevant state amendments in 2018 and 2019. By amending Plano’s regulations, they would be in agreement with the state’s regulations.

Roll Call:

Voting “Aye”: Swoboda, Veen, DeBolt, Fawver, Johns, Mulliner, Nadeau

Voting “Nay”:

Absent: Wickens

Motion passed.

Ordinance #2025- Amend building regulations

A motion was made by Alderman Fawver, seconded by Alderman Swoboda, to approve an ordinance amending Title 4, Building Regulations, in the City of Plano, Kendall County, State of Illinois. Attorney Thomas said that by amending these building regulations, they would be up to date. Mayor Rennels asked City Administrator Shanahan if deleting some of the codes would be making room for these new ones. City Administrator Shanahan said yes. There was discussion about permits that include different types of batteries and the Fire Department’s role in the permit process. This led to a revised motion as follows.

A subsidiary motion was made by Alderman Mulliner, seconded by Alderman Johns, to table approving an ordinance amending Title , Building Regulations, in the City of Plano, Kendall County, State of Illinois, until the September 22nd, 2025 Council meeting.

Roll Call:

Voting “Aye”: Mulliner, Johns, DeBolt, Fawver, Nadeau, Swoboda, Veen

Voting “Nay”:

Absent: Wickens

Motion passed.

Resolution #2025-44 Façade improvement grant agreement

A motion was made by Alderman Fawver, seconded by Alderman Nadeau, to approve a resolution approving and authorizing the execution of a façade improvement grant agreement, MajorLuv Southern Delights LLC (Darrick and Yvonnda Gardner), c/o Neon Art LLC, 6500 W. Route 34, Plano. Attorney Thomas said the Council recently approved a liquor license for this business, who is purchasing a new sign for their business.

Roll Call:

Voting “Aye”: Fawver, Nadeau, DeBolt, Johns, Mulliner, Swoboda, Veen

Voting “Nay”:

Absent: Wickens

Motion passed.

CITY CLERK’S REPORT: Carin Martin

The Fall Clean Up is the week of October 13th-16th, 2025, on residents regular garbage pick-up day.

CITY TREASURER’S REPORT: Zoila Gomez-nothing

POLICE CHIEF’S REPORT: Norm Allison-nothing

PUBLIC WORKS REPORT: Nick Rossaert, Josh Beyer Sr.-absent, Karl Tisberger

Nick said the centrifuge has been repaired and its first full run was completed today. Karl gave a few updates. He said brush pickup started today as well as the sidewalk program. Street light and fire hydrant blasting and repainting will be starting this week too. Karl said work at the Depot with doors and tuckpointing will be done later this month. IDOT did some inspections at the Little Rock Road railroad interlock, and found some issues to be fixed. Those repairs will be part of the 50-50 cost share.

DIRECTOR OF BUILDING, PLANNING, & ZONING’S REPORT: Jeff Sobotka-absent-nothing

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

ADMINISTRATIVE/HEALTH & SAFETY: Alderman Mulliner-nothing

BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, AND ZONING: Alderman Veen

Alderman Veen called a meeting for October 1st, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. to discuss the amended budget.

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: Alderman Fawver

Alderman Fawver called a meeting for October 1st, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. to discuss the amended budget.

FINANCE: Alderman Wickens-absent

Alderman Fawver called a meeting for September 22nd, 2025 at 5:15 p.m.

PARKS: Alderman Johns

Alderman Johns said the Splash Pad would be kept open as long as it is hot out. He called a meeting for September 16th, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. to discuss the amended budget.

PERSONNEL & INSURANCE: Alderman Swoboda-nothing

SPECIAL EVENTS: Alderman Nadeau

Alderman Nadeau called a meeting for September 16th, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. to discuss the amended budget.

STREETS & UTILITIES: Alderman DeBolt

Alderman DeBolt called meetingsfor September 16th, 2025 and September 30th, 2025, both at 6:00 p.m., to discuss the amended budget.

CITIZENS’ COMMENTS:

Greg Schwabek raised a concern regarding the use of herbicides around the perimeter of the dog park and pond. He asked that the herbicides not be used because they hurt animals the day of use and one to two days afterwards.

CLOSED SESSION: 5 ILCS 120/2

A motion was made by Alderman Swoboda, seconded by Alderman Fawver, to go into Closed Session, pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/(c)(2) collective negotiating matters between the public body and its employees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees. A unanimous “Aye” voice vote was heard. The motion passed.

A motion was made by Alderman Fawver, seconded by Alderman Mulliner, to return to Open Session. Attorney Thomas said no action was taken during Closed Session. A unanimous “Aye” voice vote was heard. The motion passed.

ADJOURNMENT:

A motion was made by Alderman Veen, seconded by Alderman DeBolt, to adjourn. A unanimous “Aye” voice vote was heard. The motion passed. The meeting adjourned at 6:43 p.m.

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