Galesburg City Council will meet on Monday night and can amend a lease agreement with Community Power Group as they develop three community solar gardens.
Two would be located at the Logistics Park and one would be at Galesburg Municpal Airport as well as a distributed generation solar array at the water treatment plant in Oquawka.
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The term of the original lease was 25 years with an automatic extension of up to two consecutive periods of five years each upon mutual agreement of the parties.
Council can also approve a new agreement for Knox College students, faculty and staff to ride Galesburg Transit for free.
The original service contract was established in 2021 and has been negotiated and renewed annually since its inception.
The City of Galesburg and Knox College recently agreed upon a service contract in the amount of $2500. If approved, City of Galesburg Transit will track the ridership of Knox students between March 2024 and February 2025.
Aldermen can also approve the purchase of seven snow plows.
The low and best bid was submitted by Monroe Truck Equipment out of Monroe, Wisconsin in the amount of about $60,000.
The snowplows are currently in stock and will be delivered by Monroe Truck Equipment to Central Garage for city staff to install onto the city’s pickup trucks.
