Key Actions & Decisions

• ◆ • March 13, 2024: Board adopted a supplemental bond resolution raising the water project's estimated maximum cost to $5,241,440, after costs ran $1,992,440 over the $3,249,000 originally authorized in 2019 (Javier, Riley, Buczek, McMurray aye; Barry absent)
• ◆ • Same meeting: approved $3,000,000 in short-term financing for the WIIA 2 project pending EFC financing
• ◆ • Feb. 20, 2024: Board increased WIIA 1 contingency by $520,000 for an amended bond resolution
• ◆ • March 25, 2024: Board adopted a second supplemental bond resolution for the water project referencing authorization of up to $7,855,059 in aggregate principal, in the same document noting actual costs had run approximately $3,563,441 above earlier estimates; the same meeting the board voted to retain the Law Office of Robert King, PLLC and Stage Liuzza, L.L.C. for a PFAS soil-and-water contamination lawsuit
• ◆ • March 28, 2024: Board voted 3-1 with one abstention (Javier nay, Barry abstained) to advance proposed water/sewer rate increases of up to 60 percent
• ◆ • April 10, 2024: After a public hearing, board adopted final water and sewer rate increases, including raising the base charge on a standard 3/4-inch water meter from $21.00 to $33.60 and the residential inside volumetric water rate from $3.39 to $3.90 per 1,000 gallons
• ◆ • May 8, 2024: Hiring of a Water Treatment Plant operator position tabled "until 5/22/24 and leaks are addressed"; Trustee Gabalski assigned to work with DPW Superintendent Jay Pahura on leak detection
• ◆ • May 30, 2024: Board funded a $7475.00 leak detection survey from water capital reserves and contingency
• ◆ • Aug. 28, 2024: Chief Water Treatment Plant Operator Adam Rush's resignation accepted, effective Sept. 20; Sept. 3, 2024: civil-service replacement pay range set at $65k-$75k; Sept. 11, 2024: Levi Boyer appointed acting Chief Water Treatment Plant Operator, effective Sept. 21, with a prorated $5K pay increase
• ◆ • July 9, 2025: Trustee Riley reported a settlement agreement with 3M in the PFAS litigation; settlement payments to the village followed, including $22,614.83 (July 30, 2025), $53785.30 as a "2nd payment" (Aug. 13, 2025), $13,364.97 as a "4th payment" (April 6, 2026), $5591.84 as a "5th PFAS payment" (April 22, 2026) and $20,558.81 as a "6th PFAS Payment" (June 10, 2026)
• ◆ • Sept. 24, 2025: After a public hearing, board adopted a phased water and sewer rate/base-charge schedule for 2026-2028, citing "current capital project debt service at the water plant"; board noted the numbers could still be revised pending Chief Operator Levi Boyer's review of a large-user rate option
• ◆ • May 13, 2026: Board shifted $154,600.00 from a debt-service interest line to a debt-service principal line specifically "to pay down WIIA I principle"