City of Fairbury City Council met Feb. 18.
Here is the agenda provided by the council:
. Call to order
2. Roll Call of Council Members
3. Pledge of Allegiance
4. Consent Agenda
A. Minutes from February 4, 2026
B. Voucher Invoice Register listing the bills
C. Treasurer’s Cash Report (second meeting of the month)
D. Check Register (second meeting of the month)
E. Sidewalk Request
F. Overtime Report
5. Public Comment
6. Reports of Departments
Streets – Lonnie Rhoads, Superintendent
Fire – Josh Hoselton, Chief
Sewer – Bruce Pride, Superintendent
Water – Mike Mellott, Superintendent
Police – Chris Edwards, Chief
City – Brett Ashburn, Superintendent
Legal – Matt Schrock, City Attorney
7. Reports of Aldermen
Gary Norris –
Steve Endres –
Charles Hoselton Jr –
Jon Kinate –
Bruce Weber –
Jerry Hoffman –
James Tipton –
Bill Schmidgall –
8. Items Removed from Consent Agenda
A. NONE
9. Old Business – Discussion/Action Items
A. NONE
10. New Business – Discussion/Action Items
A. Consideration to approve a liquor application from Wells on Main Guest House & Gatherings, LLC
B. Consideration to approve purchase of Scissor Lift for Street Department
C. Consideration to approve the purchase of two portable radios for the Police Department
D. Consideration to approve quote for the purchase of tablet for Fire Department
E. Consideration to approve Starcom contract for Fire Department radios
11. Other Items for Discussion & Information
12. Public Comment
13. Executive Session
A. Personnel – Section 2(c)(1) – Employee hiring, firing, compensation, discipline and performance. (Note: An independent contractor is not an employee).
B. Litigation – Section 2(c)(11) – Pending, probable or imminent litigation. Probable or imminent litigation requires specific finding to that effect in closed session minutes.
14. Adjournment
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