Plano City Council agenda includes $135,000 truck purchase; solar farm hearing returns July 6

The Plano City Council's June 22 meeting agenda featured a request to spend up to $135,000 on three new pickup trucks, alongside more than $550,000 in other expenditures reviewed by the Finance Committee. Minutes from the meeting have not yet been published, so vote outcomes are unavailable. A major solar farm proposal, Plano Skies Energy Center, will be back before the Plan Commission on July 6.

City Council

The June 22 regular meeting agenda listed a vote to purchase one GMC Sierra 1500 and two GMC Canyon trucks from Darcy Buick-GMC for an amount not to exceed $135,000. The council also was scheduled to approve two vendor payment runs totaling $147,177.35 and the April 2026 wage report of $406,246.65. The April sales tax report, showing $244,092.87 in collections, was presented for receipt. A closed session was planned to discuss pending or imminent litigation under Illinois statute ILCS 120/2(C)(11).

Committee of the Whole

Also on June 22, the Committee of the Whole had a single discussion item: a contract with Monroe Truck Equipment of Joliet for replacement of a dump body on a city dump truck, at a cost not to exceed $46,074.35. The committee makes recommendations to the full City Council.

Finance Committee

The Finance Committee reviewed three expenditure-related items before the council meeting. Two vendor payment batches—one for $104,810.32 and another for $42,367.03—were on the docket alongside the April wage report of $406,246.65. These items were later expected to appear on the council’s consent agenda.

Coming up

The Plan Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a continued public hearing on Monday, July 6, regarding the Plano Skies Energy Center. The project would place a ground-mounted solar farm on roughly 1,500 acres of rezoned and annexed property. Land along Miller Road and Rock Creek Road is proposed to be rezoned from R-5, B-5, and R-8 PUD districts to A-1 Agricultural. More than 1,000 acres from 10 parcels—including those on Sears Road, Galena Road, and Rock Creek Road—would be annexed into the city. The commission will also consider a special use permit for the solar farm, plus variations to install screening berms only in select perimeter areas rather than the entire boundary, and to defer filing of decommissioning financial surety until the building permit stage instead of before the special use permit is issued.

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