Key Actions & Decisions

• ◆ • Approved the Dec. 27, 2023 meeting minutes, 3-0 (Trustee Barry and Trustee Buczek absent)
• ◆ • Authorized the attorney to negotiate a requested lease agreement with Crown Castle, to return to the board Feb. 14, 2024, 3-0
• ◆ • Approved hiring Hodgson Russ for services in labor-contract negotiations, 3-0 as recorded — the motion is attributed to Trustee Barry even though the same roll call lists him absent
• ◆ • Ordered all village vehicles decaled except the Police Chief's, 3-0
• ◆ • Received a Fire Department debt schedule showing $70,000.00 in principal and $3,262.50 in interest due in 2025 and $75,000.00 in principal and $1,687.50 in interest due in 2026 on a fire truck, plus $60,000.00 in principal and $1,380.00 in interest due in 2025 on a roof replacement, with no 2026 figures recorded for that project
• ◆ • Set ten department budget hearings running Feb. 6 through March 7, 2024 (Animal Control, Parks and Rec, Code Enforcement, Cemetery, Fire Dept, PCF, Police, DPW, WTP and Clerk), 3-0, and scheduled the public hearing on the 2024-2025 budget for March 27, 2024 at 6 p.m., 3-0
• ◆ • Tabled a cannabis code change until March 13, 2024, after Dr. Brandy Young and Drake Thomas discussed cannabis/marijuana testing under public health
• ◆ • Approved letting Election Inspectors reside outside the village, 3-0, and named Denise Cornick, Democrat, and Beth Schmidt, Republican, as Election Inspectors for the March 19, 2024 election, 3-0
• ◆ • Entered executive session at 7:17 p.m. to discuss personal matters, 3-0; returned at 7:37 p.m., 3-0; adjourned at 7:38 p.m., 3-0
• ◆ • Deputy Mayor Riley told the board that folding the Cemetery department into DPW would not cost any current employee a job, with staffing changes to be addressed only as individuals retire