The City is sponsoring a document shredding event on Saturday 9/11/2021 between 8 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. in the municipal parking lot behind City Hall and the Police Department- 132 E. Prairie Street.  Please have your items in the trunk or back of your car ready for removal. Due to time constraints and safety measures, a limit of 5 boxes or bags is requested and no plastic bags or plastic/cardboard that cannot be shredded is allowed.  Any questions can be directed to City Hall at 815-568-7112.  More information can be found here.

Beginning Monday, August 16th, the municipal parking lot on E. Washington Street will be closed (until further notice) due to the sidewalk restoration project.   There are additional municipal lots behind City Hall at 132 E. Prairie and at the lot at the corner of W. Washington and S. Ann.

Schroeder Asphalt Services will be repaving South Street, Jacquelyn Court, Barbara Court and the South end of Dietz Street starting the 1st week of August, weather permitting.

The City will be conducting a special brush pick-up on Wednesday, July 28th. This is for brush only. Brush must be placed in the right of way before 7 a.m. on July 28th. Crews will not come back if it is not curbside in time.

The City of Marengo is in the process of appointing a Ward 4 Alderman. If you are interested in becoming a Ward 4 Alderman and currently reside in that ward, please contact Megan Lopez at City Hall 815-568-7112 ext. 217 to set up an interview with Mayor Koziol.

The precautionary boil order that was in place for the residents in the effected area shown below has been canceled.  All water samples have been tested and have passed enabling the City to lift the boil order as of 10:24 a.m. 4/15/2021.

The City of Marengo, Illinois, (Population 7,648), a growing community in southwest
McHenry County, is seeking qualified applicants for the position of Police Chief.
Marengo is situated in southwest McHenry County along 1-90, Illinois Route 176, Illinois
Route 23 and U.S. Route 20.

The Police Department budget is approximately $2.5 million. The Chief oversees a
department of 16 employees, including three Sergeants, one detective, and eight patrol officers.
The Chief is appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the City Council and reports
directly to the Mayor. [Read more…] about Accepting Applications For Chief of Police

The City of Marengo is accepting applications for the newly implemented Facade Improvement Program beginning October 30, 2020. Applications are due December 31, 2020. The Facade Improvement Program Guidelines are available
at the Marengo City Hall and the Marengo Building Department.

The City of Marengo Facade Improvement Program is designed to help strengthen and
enhance the City’s downtown neighborhood and other areas in which eligible properties
are located. This program offers a 90% expense reimbursement up to $15,000 to eligible commercial
and industrial businesses and property owners who are willing to complete qualified
facade rehabilitation projects. Eligible work includes facade renovation, masonry repairs, and
tuckpointing, repair or installation of storefront windows, display areas, windows and doors, signs and
graphics, awnings, exterior lighting, and certain security and energy conservation systems.

Before applying applicants must meet with the City of Marengo Building department to
determine eligibility. Once the application is received, it will be reviewed by the Building
Department and if necessary, placed in a lottery. If the application is chosen, the City of
Marengo Building Department will review the application and then forwarded it to the
City Council for consideration. All applications and necessary steps to receive the expense
reimbursement can be found in the Marengo Facade Improvement Program Guidelines
available at Marengo City Hall or Marengo Building Department.
Please contact Teresa Nortillo (847) 414-8559 or Dan Streit (815)-568-2669 for more information.

Due to the Covid pandemic, the City of Marengo’s fireworks have been postponed. We are holding onto hope that we can still have them sometime this year. The Mayor has been in contact with the Settlers’ Days Committee and are discussing the possibility of the fireworks coinciding with Settlers’ Days. Both Settlers’ Days and fireworks depend greatly on donations from our business community but we feel our businesses have been hit hard enough this year preventing us from asking for donations. Stay tuned as this develops.

The non-emergency phone line for the Police Department is experiencing technical difficulties.  Please call 815-363-2130 for non-emergencies and 9-1-1 for emergencies.

On Tuesday May 19th, Prospect Street will be closed between Greenlee Street and IL Route 176 for street repairs. If you normally travel this route, please make other arrangements for this date.

Mayor Koziol joined 24 other McHenry County Mayors and County Board Chairman Franks in requesting the following from Governor Pritzker:  (1)- Acknowledge that McHenry County does not belong grouped into the Northeast Health Region with the City of Chicago. (2) Acknowledge and approve the County to move from Phase 2 to Phase 3 of the Restore Illinois Plan effective immediately, upon independent confirmation that we have met all five criteria in the Restore Illinois Plan. (3) Provide a commitment to a timely review and approval of our transition to move to Phase 4.

Please see the attached Letter for additional details. The City of Marengo would like to acknowledge the support of the other Mayors and Chairman Franks in making this request to Governor Pritzker.