Welcome to the City of Rock Falls

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Historically, the area is quite interesting. Recreation opportunities abound. The Rock River and Hennepin Canal offer fantastic fishing, boating, hiking and biking, and beautiful scenery.

Our location is excellent. You can get here easily from anywhere, by traveling Interstate 88 or scenic highways U.S. Route 30 or Illinois Route 40. Then, just as easily you can get to Rockford, the Quad Cities, Chicago and other metropolitan areas for a taste of "Big City Life."

Browse our site for government, community and business information, as well as external links of interest.

Energy Audit Service Available

The City of Rock Falls Electric Department has partnered up to provide homes an energy audit service, free of charge.  Please click on the icon below to begin your free Home energy Audit.

2008-2009 Fiscal Year Audit Available.

The Audit for the fiscal year ending April 30th 2009 is now available for interested parties to review.  Please click on the link below to download a copy of the audit in PDF format.  Users will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on their computer to view this file.  Adobe Acrobat Reader is available on the Adobe website.

City of Rock Falls Audit 04 30 09

Single Family Owner Occupied Rehabilitation Grant  Applications available

The City of Rock Falls has been awarded a housing grant from the Illinois Housing Development Authority for rehabilitation of Single Family Owner Occupied housing located in Rock Falls.   The program will put up to $40,000 in any owner occupied house for rehabilitation purposes.  The owner of the property does not have to match these funds with any of their own money. 

If you are interested in picking up an application please contact Richard Downey the City Administrator for more details about the program or call his office at 815-564-1366.

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Small Rental Property Program Applications available

The City of Rock Falls has been awarded a housing grant from the Illinois Housing Development Authority for rehabilitation of rental units located in Rock Falls.   The program will put up to $14,999 per unit in any rental units that are to be rehabilitated and will require at least a 25% match from the land owner.

If you are interested in picking up an application and submitting your rental unit for rehabilitation, please contact Richard Downey the City Administrator for more details about the program or call his office at 815-564-1366.

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2009-2010 Budget Document Available

The 2009-2010 Budget has been passed by the City Council and is now available in electronic form for all to review.  Users will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed to view the document.   In this year's document, there are hyperlinks for better navigation around the document.

2009-2010 Budget Document Download link

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Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

Please use the form below to request any and all information from the City of Rock Falls' records.  Fill the form out and then submit the printed form to the City Clerk's office at 603 W. 10th Street.

FOIA Form

You will need to have Adobe Acrobat installed to see use this form.

Costs associated with FOIA requests can be found here.

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LIHEAP

The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) offers cooling grants to at-risk applicants. For more information from the Governor's office, download this press release. LIHEAP

Households interested in applying can get a complete listing of LIHEAP's local administrating agencies and additional information about the grant program by going to www.liheapillinois.com, or by calling the toll-free LIHEAP information line at 1-800-252-8643 during business hours Monday through Friday.

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