Sycamore City Council

City officials this week said Sycamore can afford to pass a property tax levy which would offer taxpayers a bill about $62 less than what they paid last year, though some alderpersons said they aren’t sure that’s the best decision.

At least four, and maybe more Sycamore residents will campaign to be elected to a city office in the 2025 consolidated election, but only one of them isn’t currently an elected official, according to city documents.

A construction manager for a proposed new fire station in Sycamore has been awarded a $837,031 contract in the city’s next step to overhaul its main digs for the Sycamore Fire Department.

The Sycamore City Council during its Monday meeting could approve a funding policy for the city’s police and firefighter pension plans, according to city documents.

After city officials identified all lead service lines attached to the public works, Sycamore City Council on Oct. 21 approved parameters for how the city will handle future service line replacements.

The Louisville, Kentucky-based operator of Kindred Hospital in Sycamore intends to close the long-term acute care facility within the next six months, city and hospital officials have confirmed.

New plans for a second phase of Old Mill Park, a 55-plus community in Sycamore, received city approval after the developer tweaked his idea multiple times to reduce the density of the proposed residential complex.

A new location has been proposed for a Sycamore fire station, which still requires city approval before it’s built.

After being denied twice in two months by the Sycamore City Council, the developer of a 55-and-older living community in Sycamore received an initial approval this week for amended, lower density condominiums. The new single units would start at $280,000, he said.

The developer behind Old Mill Park, a 55-and-older living community in Sycamore, is coming back to the city on Monday with scaled-back plans for the second phase of his development, city documents show.

The city of Sycamore is on track to borrow as much as $5.7 million from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to fund improvements to its water system.

A developer hoping to build 40 townhomes in Sycamore received a thumbs up from city officials this week with his latest plans to build in a subdivision behind Blain’s Farm & Fleet. The units would sell between $350,000 and $375,000, and need additional city approval.

The Old Mill Park developer who said Sycamore residents want smaller condos will have to come up with a new proposal if he wants to add single-bedroom units to his community, after another failed attempt to get city support.

The Sycamore City Council dissolved multiple city committees officials said were long inactive and voted instead to create a special committee system the mayor will oversee.

In late August Sycamore residents received an email indicating they do not owe the city anything on their next water bill, but city officials said that’s not the case. Here's what to do if you received an incorrect bill, says city manager Michael Hall.

After the Sycamore City Council said no to his request for more condo units at his Sycamore housing development, the Old Mill Park property developer has asked the city to reconsider his proposal.

A developer’s request to add one-bedroom units to Old Mill Park, a 55-and-older community in Sycamore, was denied by the city this week.

Anna Aska, a 2024 Sycamore High School graduate, was recognized by the city this week for her work in designing a logo for the Sycamore beautification committee during her senior year.

Some residents of southeast Sycamore, near where Ideal Industries donated land to the city for a proposed new fire station, told the city this week they’d rather the new facility be built elsewhere.

Ahead of an anticipated presentation on the matter, Sycamore officials say the city can afford a new fire station without additional taxes.

After receiving a thumbs up from the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission Monday, a Sycamore developer is one step closer to adding more residential units in multiple buildings at Old Mill Park.

A Sycamore developer has asked the city for permission to add more units to the Old Mill Park condominium complex. If approved, the complex would offer 116 single and multi-family units among 21 buildings, project plans show.

A contract for Sycamore’s 2024 crack sealing road work approved by the Sycamore City Council this week could cost the city nearly $10,000 more than what the contractor had bid.

Future members of Sycamore City Council are getting a raise, after the City Council approved a 10% pay increase in a split vote Monday.

City officials are expected to discuss Sycamore‘s options for the facilitation of future private lead service replacements at Monday’s City Council meeting, according to the meeting’s agenda.

The acquisition of two police patrol vehicles was budgeted for in the Sycamore Police Department’s fiscal 2024 capital budget, documents show.

Two Sycamore road construction projects were greenlit by the City Council recently for concrete spot repairs in and around the city and road paving.

Sycamore alderpersons held a special City Council meeting Saturday in Streamwood to help themselves visualize what a new Fire Station No. 1 could look like if fully authorized.

Saturday morning the Sycamore City Council will hold a special council meeting inside a fire station in Streamwood, as city officials continue to mull over proposed plans for a new facility.

T-Mobile recently awarded the city of Sycamore almost $23,000 as part of the company’s Hometown Grant program.

A logo designed by Sycamore High School graduate Anna Aska could soon adorn downtown flower boxes, part of a plan by city leaders to enliven the downtown corridor.

The majority of the nearly $120,000 Sycamore residents were overtaxed on their 2022 city property tax bills has been refunded, officials said this month.

A business that recently donated land for a proposed new fire station has gained city approval to build a public walking path around a retention pond near its campus in southeast Sycamore.

The Sycamore Police Department this week became one of 61 departments in Illinois with tier one accreditation under the Illinois Law Enforcement Accreditation Program.

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency officials recently told Shaw Local News Network the agency isn’t concerned about chlorine levels in Sycamore’s water. Here's what to know and the latest update on city drinking water:

Sycamore Mayor Steve Braser has announced he will seek reelection in the 2025 Consolidated Election – the first time in more than a decade an incumbent mayor as sought a second term.

One year after Sycamore Fire Chief Bart Gilmore was sworn in, he said his first year leading Sycamore Fire Department had its share of challenges but he’s still enjoying the opportunity.

The city of Sycamore will pay less than half of the total cost of this year’s Somonauk Street project, which is on pace to finish next month, the city said in a construction update this week.

More than a dozen buildings in Sycamore are taller than three stories, but the Sycamore Fire Department does not have a ladder truck. The lack of "one of the glaring areas" where the department comes up short, Sycamore Fire Chief Bart Gilmore said.

Local businesses have a new way to advertise themselves, now that the outdoor sound system, which was approved by Sycamore City Council in April, has been installed downtown.

Mayor and City Council program expenses were significantly higher than Sycamore officials had anticipated them to be four months into the year, according to a recent budget update prepared by Finance Director Kristian Dominguez.

A Sycamore City Council meeting will take place outside of the city in July in an effort to help alderpersons visualize what a new fire station could look like, officials said.

City engineer Mark Bushnell told city manager Michael Hall, in a May 14 letter, the project will include roadway work on Mediterranean Drive, Brickville Road, Perry Court, Meadow Lane, Freed Road and Page Street.

Sycamore Public Works will soon have a new service truck, despite the vehicle and required equipment costs exceeding the city’s budget for the project, according to city documents.

Those who frequent downtown Sycamore will soon see Sycamore Moose Lodge No. 1506 get a facelift, as the City Council approved funds recently for the organization to benefit from Sycamore’s downtown improvement program.

A dozen flower boxes now can be found outside a variety of businesses in Sycamore, after the city’s beautification committee arranged to have the flowers placed in town.

The new Sycamore Fire Station No. 1 moved one step closer to reality Monday after the Sycamore City Council unanimously OK’d an agreement with an architecture firm.

The next step needed for Sycamore to construct a new fire station estimated to cost more than $10 million will be up for a vote Monday from the Sycamore City Council. Latest vote would greenlight next steps for architecture firm; city eyes 2026 as tentative move-in date

KeeLey Meyer is the first woman to be hired as a full-time firefighter in the history of Sycamore, and Carlos Aburto is the first Latino at the Sycamore Fire Department.

Sycamore City Manager Michael Hall this week said he and 1st Ward Alderman Alan Bauer talked at the Sycamore Pumpkin Festival in 2023 about the need for a new downtown sound system.