St. Charles City Council members voted to reject a proposed contract with the city’s current energy provider during a meeting this week. Sandy Bressner/Shaw Local News Network

After more than a year of discussion, St. Charles City Council members rejected a proposed contract with the city’s current energy provider.

St. Charles still has 10 years remaining on its current power contract with Illinois Municipal Electric Agency. However, the agency asked St. Charles and other municipalities to enter into new 20-year deals that would last through 2055.

The city had been weighing the decision since IMEA proposed the new contract over a year ago. It decided against it just over a week before the Aug. 19 deadline from IMEA.

The motion to accept the new contract was denied Monday in an 8-1 vot

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