City council and planning meetings
Big Water City Council and Planning Commission meetings, item by item: what was proposed, what was decided and how members voted. Written from the official agendas, packets and minutes, with links to each.
At a glance
Big Water has 2 meetings written up, from October 7, 2026 to October 28, 2026: 2 City Council.
Those meetings recorded 3 counted votes; 0 were not unanimous.
City Council minutes, by year →
October 2026
Wed, Oct 28 · City Council
Big Water council agenda: $190,476 federal firefighter grant, picnic pavilion funds and a deputy fire chief pay scale
The Big Water Town Council's Oct. 28 agenda included two public hearings on amending the 2026-27 budget and a regular meeting to consider Resolution 2026-21, which would appropriate a $190,476.19 Department of Homeland Security Assistance to Firefighters grant, the remaining $46,927.36 of a Kane County Recreation and Transportation Special Service District grant for the picnic pavilion, $3,716 in fire donations for breathing apparatus and a $1,500 state grant. Ordinance 14-2026 would amend the pay scale to add a deputy fire chief position. Other items were town hall parking lot repair, a street sweeping proposal, a $1,548 concrete invoice for the pavilion, a privacy policy and town hall security cameras. Results were not yet posted.
Wed, Oct 7 · City Council
Big Water council names an independent investigator for employee complaints after a 2 hour closed session
At a special meeting on Oct. 7 the Big Water Town Council heard residents on employee complaints and town accountability, then met in closed session for personnel issues from 1:30 to 3:43 p.m. Back in open session it unanimously rescinded its Oct. 1 appointment of two council members to look into the complaints, appointed them instead to an advisory committee that gives non-binding recommendations on community topics, and approved Roger Carter of Five Counties as the independent investigator.
- Citizen comments on employee complaints and town accountability Discussed
- Rescind the Oct. 1 appointment of two council members to look into employee complaints Approved · 5-0
- Advisory committee of Council Members Lassen and Gangola Approved · 5-0
- Independent investigator for employee complaints Approved · 5-0