09-15-2025 City Council Highlights

FREEPORT, IL — Highlights from the September 15, 2025 Freeport City Council meeting include improved technology for the Freeport Police Department and improved roadways for the Gladewood Subdivision.

Police Improves Technology

The Freeport Police Department was awarded a $9,000 Organized Retail Crime Grant from the Office of Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and $630,000 in FY26 appropriations from US Senator Dick Durbin’s office.

The appropriations will go toward the purchase of the following:

• Funding the existing Sound Thinking Shot Spotter coverage
• Leasing a live video camera trailer and a radar trailer equipped with a License Plate Reader
• 20 additional body worn cameras
• Two additional squad video cameras and dvrs
• Skydio X10 drone
• Leasing additional LPRs for two years
• Mobile command trailer

This agreement is contingent upon the passage of the appropriations bill.

Gladewood Special Service Area Created

A Special Service Area (SSA) was approved for the Gladewood Subdivision where road infrastructure improvements will be funded through an annual levy of $400 per taxable parcel across 16 parcels. Specifically, this SSA ensures improvements to the subdivision’s upper and lower entrances, including roadway base and asphalt upgrades.

More information about these topics and more can be found in the City Council meeting packet, viewable here: LINK TO AGENDA

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