ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — The Rockford City Council will take a second vote next week on a $200,000 public subsidy tied to a planned McDonald’s at W. State Street and Springfield Avenue.
The re‑vote follows a motion to reconsider made at a special meeting Monday night. The incentive was approved 9–4 on February 3 after earlier procedural confusion delayed a decision in January.
But at a special council meeting Monday, Alderwoman Karen Hoffman made a surprise motion to reconsider, which was seconded by Alderman Tamir Bell, sending the matter back for a re‑vote next week…