Yodee Rivera

Seconded and voted to partner with Energy Management Solutions to seek grants for solar panels on city buildings at no cost to the city. All members voted yes.

August 18, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Seconded and voted for final passage of Ordinance 628, which ended the Cemetery Commission and gave its work to the Park Board. It passed on a roll call vote with no one opposed.

June 16, 2025Supports Government Efficiency

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Voted for a resolution asking the Legislature to let Glencoe hold a vote on a 0.5% local sales tax for 15 years to fund parks ($1,225,185) and trails ($1,649,815). It passed with no votes against.

January 20, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Seconded and voted for the 2026 city property tax levy of $3,824,000, an increase over 2025. It passed with no one opposed. She also voted to deny Go For It Gas an off-site sign over safety concerns, which passed 4-1.

December 1, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Moved to buy a police drone with state public safety aid money. All members voted yes.

May 19, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Seconded and voted for a new city housing study costing up to $18,500, helped by a $5,000 grant from Compeer Financial. All members voted yes.

April 7, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Seconded and voted to start pouring concrete for a new pickleball court, partly paid for by a local pickleball group. All members voted yes.

August 5, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Moved to buy a police drone with state public safety aid money. All members voted yes.

May 19, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Moved to start the court process to force repairs or demolition at 1234 Greeley Avenue, a building the council had declared hazardous. The motion included a lien on the property for city costs.

May 6, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for a resolution asking the Legislature to let Glencoe hold a vote on a 0.5% local sales tax for 15 years to fund parks ($1,225,185) and trails ($1,649,815). It passed with no votes against.

January 20, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure

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Seconded and voted to charge Hennepin Avenue property owners special assessments for the street rebuild. It passed on a roll call vote with no one opposed.

October 6, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure

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Seconded and voted to award the $5,432,104.36 Hennepin Avenue rebuild contract to Holtmeier Construction. It passed on a roll call vote with no one opposed.

April 21, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure

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Seconded and voted to order the rebuild of Hennepin Avenue and nearby streets, including new water and sewer lines. It passed 3-2.

September 3, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure

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Seconded and voted to start pouring concrete for a new pickleball court, partly paid for by a local pickleball group. All members voted yes.

August 5, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure

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Abstained from the vote making the city the fiscal host for Together We Are Glencoe because she is a member of that group.

June 15, 2026

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Seconded and voted for the second reading of Glencoe's updated liquor ordinance, which allowed limited exceptions to the open-container ban in public rights of way. It passed with no one opposed.

April 6, 2026

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Moved final passage of Ordinance 631, the city's updated rules for golf carts and ATVs on city streets. It passed on a roll call vote.

July 7, 2025

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Moved to extend the city's trash pickup contract with Waste Management for five years, through 2029, which came with a garbage rate increase. All members voted yes.

March 17, 2025

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Seconded and voted to appoint Scott Maynard to the open Precinct 2 council seat. All members voted yes.

January 6, 2025

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Voted to override the mayor's veto of the resolution setting the size of the city's Economic Development Authority. The override passed 4-1.

May 20, 2024

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Moved a city charter change letting the fire department drop its own bylaws and follow the city personnel policy (Ordinance 624). It passed 5-0 on a roll call vote.

February 5, 2024

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Seconded and voted to create a city Economic Development Authority, with its two council seats picked by majority council vote instead of by the mayor. All members voted yes.

December 4, 2023

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Seconded and voted for a one-year extension of the city's property tax break agreement with the Glencoe Hotel Group. All members voted yes.

September 5, 2023

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Seconded and voted for a new police policy on handling public gatherings and free speech activity. All members voted yes.

August 21, 2023

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Seconded final approval of Glencoe's short-term rental rules (Ordinance 619) and voted for an emergency ban on using cannabis in public places (Ordinance 622). Both passed 5-0.

August 7, 2023

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Won appointment by the Glencoe City Council to the open at-large council seat. The vote tied 2-2 and the mayor broke the tie in her favor.

July 17, 2023

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Rose from part-time cashier at Coborn's in 2012 to store director of the Coborn's Marketplace in Glencoe, per her speaker profile for a women's leadership event.

May 16, 2022

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