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Finance and Personnel Committee

January 26, 2026 ·5:30 PM Final-Revised

City Hall, Second Floor

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Agenda — 20 items

  1. 1 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: https://rockfordil.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx.
  2. I. CALL TO ORDER
  3. II. COMMITTEE REPORTS
  4. 1. Committee recommends approval of vouchers in the amount of $10,700,327.60 as approved at the Finance and Personnel Committee meeting on January 26, 2026. 26-00112
  5. 2. Committee recommends approval of the Accounting Policy. 26-00096
  6. 3. Committee recommends approval of the Capital Asset Policy. 26-00110
  7. 4. Committee recommends approval of the Police and Fire Pension Funding Policy. 26-00108
  8. 5. Committee recommends approval of the Unclaimed Property Policy. 26-00109
  9. 6. Committee recommends approval of an Agreement between the City of Rockford and Four Rivers Sanitation Authority (FRSA) for engineering and construction of sanitary utility work related to the city’s Davis Park project in the amount of $40,300.00. The cost is to be reimbursed back to the city by FRSA at 100%. 26-00089
  10. III. RESOLUTIONS
  11. 1. Committee recommends approval of the Award of Bid: Auburn Street Improvements Phase 1 (Central Ave to N Main Street) (Bid No. 126-PW-002) to N-Trak Group, of Loves Park, Illinois in the amount of $11,697,753.33. The contract duration is through October 2026. The funding source is General Fund 2022 Surplus. 26-00092
  12. 2. Committee recommends approval of the Award of Bid: Downtown Streetscape Improvements (Main Street: Jefferson Street to Park Avenue) (Bid No. 1125-PW-128) to Copenhaver Construction, of Gilberts, Illinois in the amount of $721,475.00. The contract duration is through July 31, 2026. The funding source is the 1% Infrastructure Sales Tax. 26-00091
  13. 3. Committee recommends approval of the Award of Bid: Lower Jefferson Street Storm Sewer Improvements (Bid No. 126-PW-004) to N-Trak Group, of Loves Park, Illinois in the amount of $518,090.20. The contract duration is through July 10, 2026. The funding source is the CIP General Fund. 26-00093
  14. 4. Committee recommends approval of the Award of Bid: Mason Avenue Reconstruction (Bid No. 126-PW-003) to Northern Illinois Service Co., of Rockford, Illinois in the amount of $457,295.44. The contract duration is through June 30, 2026. The funding sources are Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Grant Funds (DCEO) and 1% Infrastructure Sales Tax. 26-00094
  15. 5. Committee recommends approval of the Award of Construction Engineering Agreement: Downtown Streetscape Improvements (Main Street: Jefferson Street to Park Avenue) to H.R. Green, Inc., of McHenry, Illinois in the amount of $104,734.00. The contract duration is through July 31, 2026. The funding source is the 1% Infrastructure Sales Tax. 26-00090
  16. 6. Committee recommends approval of the Award of Sole Source Contract: Teledyne ISCO Stormwater Samplers and Rain Gauges to Gasvoda & Associates, Inc., of Calumet City, Illinois in the amount of $40,710.00. This is a one-time purchase. The funding source is the Stormwater Operating Budget. 26-00095
  17. 7. Committee recommends approval of the Award of RFP: Hotel Market and New Hotel Feasibility Study (RFP No. 925-CD-106) to Hunden Strategic Partners, Inc. dba Hunden Partners, of Chicago, Illinois in the amount of $40,000.00. The contract duration is seven (7) weeks. The funding source is the Planning Division Operating Budget. 26-00111
  18. 8. Committee recommends approval of a resolution authorizing the application and acceptance of the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Regional Site Readiness Grant in an amount up to $3,679,551.56. If awarded, the city would provide matching funds in the amount of $919,887.89. The funding source for the matching funds would be the Global Trade Park #2 TIF Fund. 26-00088
  19. IV. ADJOURNMENT
  20. 20 THE CITY OF ROCKFORD INTENDS TO COMPLY WITH THE INTENT AND SPIRIT OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT. IF A SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, PERSONAL P.A. SYSTEM, OR OTHER SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS ARE NEEDED, PLEASE CALL THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT AT (779) 348-7391 AT LEAST 48 HOURS IN ADVANCE, SO WE CAN BE PREPARED TO ASSIST YOU.