04/15/10: Minutes - March 31, 2010 - Budget Workshop
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VILLAGE OF HILLCREST
BUDGET WORKSHOP
MARCH 31, 2010
7:00 P.M.
The Hillcrest Village Board of Trustees met in special session Wednesday, March 31, 2010 for a Budget Workshop, at the Hillcrest Village Hall. Village President, Rich Hicks, called the meeting to order at 7:03 p.m. Answering the roll call were Trustees Jim Mecklenburg, Rich Elliott, Randal Salsbury and Vicki Stewart. Trustee Jim McMullin was absent due to a conflict with his place of employment and Trustee Trevor Unger was on vacation.
President Hicks stated at last month’s budget meeting Trustee Mecklenburg gave everyone a copy of the Village’s revenues and expenses, budgets for each of your departments along with various other reports; hopefully everyone has had an opportunity to get started and with that being said President Hicks turned the meeting over to Trustee Mecklenburg.
Trustee Mecklenburg gave a brief summary of the economy and shared how that impacted his place of employment; due to the economy university is expected to have to cut $250,000 out of the budget by June of this year and next year the university is expecting to have to but $500,000 from the budget. Trustee Mecklenburg stated the economy is down and revenues are down everywhere the State still owes the university fifty-five million dollars for this fiscal year which represents approximately one-half of the entire appropriation. Trustee Mecklenburg stated that he is trying to help the Board of Trustees put things into perspective. Trustee Mecklenburg stated the Village is no different from any other municipality or government funded agency; for the Village this means cutting one hundred thousand dollars out of last year’s budget in order to continue to operate in the black.
Trustee Mecklenburg stated I am sure you have all reviewed your budgets and you are thinking that there is no way to cut your budgets any further but; the fact is that the Village is going to have less money to operate on and we can’t pay out what we don’t have. Trustee Mecklenburg stated that Buildings & Grounds, Ordinances and Health & Welfare do not have much in their budgets to cut and the Water Department is an enterprise fund. Trustee Mecklenburg stated revenues from the Water Department keep the water system up and running but; the Village really doesn’t make any money off of water sales; the motor fuel tax fund helps the Village maintain the streets and everything else comes from the general fund.
Trustee Mecklenburg stated the reason that the budget numbers look as good as they do is because the Village has been without a treasurer for the last eleven months which represents approximately $20,000 and the Village has been without a police officer too and that represents approximately $18,000 for a total savings of $38,000 this fiscal year. Trustee Mecklenburg stated that when the Village lets employees go the budget should be reduced to reflect those changes because that is the only way to keep the budget balanced. Trustee Mecklenburg stated that he is concerned about a comment that was made in a previous meeting that there is money for a certain line item because it was allocated and budgeted so, that money can be spent. Trustee Mecklenburg stated normally that would be true however; revenues are not coming in as expected. Trustee Mecklenburg stated the budget hinges on the projected revenues coming in as expected and also budgeting revenues and expenses correctly.
Trustee Mecklenburg stated that he wanted to discuss two of the Village’s major expenses: Baxter & Woodman Consulting Engineers and Drinker, Biddle & Reath, LLP. Trustee Mecklenburg stated that four years ago the Board of Trustees approved the sewer project that is why payments to Baxter & Woodman Consulting Engineers have not come before the Board of Trustees for individual approval; as it stands today the Village owes Baxter & Woodman Consulting Engineers approximately $275,000 and if you look at the last treasurer’s report the general fund has $200,000 in it which means the Village is $75,000 short. Trustee Mecklenburg stated that would be a problem if the Village had to pay this debt off all at once however; Baxter & Woodman Consulting Engineers understands that it takes time to find financing, to get everything in place and to get it approved so, they have agreed to take monthly installments of $5,000 with no interest charges. Trustee Mecklenburg stated that once everything for the sewer lines up and the Village has all of the necessary approvals then that is when the Village goes to the bank and we pay Baxter & Woodman Consulting Engineers with that money and then the Village pays the bank with the revenue from the sewer. Trustee Mecklenburg stated that this is not unusual this is all part of financing infrastructure. Trustee Stewart stated that is paying down the initial debt, correct. Trustee Mecklenburg stated yes and if Baxter & Woodman Consulting Engineers were charging the Village interest the monthly installments would be higher.
Trustee Salsbury asked if the Village pays $60,000 in the next two years and the Village gets a grant will the Village get that money back. President Hicks stated yes, the Village has to show that as a cost and then we will be reimbursed. President Hicks stated that the Village needs to budget for that $100,000 stimulus money that State Representative, Bob Pritchard said the Village is going to get because if we don’t budget for it we can’t spend it. Trustee Mecklenburg stated that he had not seen any letter promising the Village money. President Hicks stated the Village received a letter about six months ago from Bob Prichard stating that the Village would receive $100,000. Clerk Adams confirmed that the Village did receive a letter from Representative Pritchard. President Hicks insisted that the $100,000 be added to the upcoming budget. Trustee Mecklenburg stated that the Village cannot count on promises; we did not see any of the stimulus money that we were told to expect however; if the Village should receive this $100,000 then we can amend the budget at that point.
Trustee Mecklenburg stated that Attorney Temple had brought it to his attention that there is a Village ordinance that says that the Village has to pay its bills within thirty days. Clerk Adams stated that Attorney Temple had mentioned in an executive session that state statue dictates that municipalities have to pay their bills in a timely manner which is thirty days. Trustee Mecklenburg stated at any rate this is an infrastructure bill that takes years to pay off just like your mortgage. Trustee Mecklenburg stated that he wants to make sure that the Village isn’t violating some state statue.
Trustee Mecklenburg explained that the Village’s expenses can run approximately $400,000 per year and since we have to pay Baxter & Woodman Consulting Engineers $60,000 that means we still have $400,000 in expenses and only $340,000 in revenue so, we are going to have to get serious about cutting expenses. Trustee Mecklenburg stated the Village also owes Drinker, Biddle & Reath, LLP approximately $19,000 plus the Village is being billed approximately $1,500 to $1,600 per month and we still don’t have a contract. Trustee Mecklenburg stated that with $60,000 for Baxter & Woodman Consulting Engineers and $19,000 for Drinker, Biddle & Reath, LLP that is almost $80,000 taken off the top from the Village’s revenue streams.
Trustee Mecklenburg stated that the Village’s new hire for the police department has punched in every morning this week at 8:00 a.m. and he isn’t even suppose to be on the payroll until the first of April. Trustee Mecklenburg cautioned the Board about keeping a close eye on the expenses concerning the police department. Trustee Elliott stated that Chief Messer had talked about possible grant money, grant money for what. Clerk Adams stated that Chief Messer told her that he may be able to secure a grant to pay the salary of one full-time officer. Once again Trustee Mecklenburg cautioned the Board of Trustees about spending in the police department.
Trustee Mecklenburg pointed out that the Village saved $20,000 by letting the treasurer go but, the Village has to replace the treasurer at some point. Trustee Mecklenburg stated it is getting very busy in the Clerk’s office due to all the new changes in the FOIA laws, often the Clerk has to take time out to work on various projects and pull information together for the engineers or for one of us and it puts her behind in her other duties. Trustee Mecklenburg stated he would like for the Board of Trustees to start thinking about hiring a Deputy Clerk even if it is for ten hours a week that way when the Clerk takes vacation the office doesn’t shut down.
Trustee Mecklenburg stated of course another way of cutting costs is to let somebody go there was a brief discussion concerning all classes of employees and where possible cuts could be made. Trustee Mecklenburg stated that for years this Village has operated with only one maintenance man now we have two; if the Village were to cut one maintenance man that would be a savings of approximately $36,000. Clerk Adams cautioned the Board of Trustees not to get to specific concerning human resource issues in open session. President Hicks stated that he would prefer not to get into specifics at all and changed the subject.
Trustee Mecklenburg stated with what the Village owes Baxter & Woodman Consulting Engineers and Drinker, Biddle & Reath, LLP and the treasurer’s position we are talking about approximately $99,000 off the top of our revenue before the Board of Trustees even decides what you are going to try to accomplish for the year. Trustee Salsbury stated how do we generate revenue. Trustee Mecklenburg stated that is the question, well you have to build homes, you have to generate jobs and we need to bring in new businesses.
Trustee Salsbury asked if Metal Recyclers are paying sales tax. Clerk Adams stated that she would have to check with the Illinois Department of Revenue concerning that issue. Trustee Mecklenburg stated that he was not aware that there was such a business in the Village and asked where it was located and about the zoning for that particular property. President Hicks stated that Building and Zoning Administrator, Casper Manheim has issued a letter to the property owner and he has given the tenant a timeline to vacate the property.
There was a brief discussion about the types of business within the Village and whether or not they paid sales tax. Clerk Adams stated that two years ago when the Board of Trustees decided to pursue home based businesses she sent a letter to Teri Looker at the Illinois Department of Revenue to confirm who was paying sales tax and whether the individual businesses were properly coded so that the Village actually received the correct amount of sales tax and at that time all of the businesses in the Village that were supposed to be paying sales tax were.
Trustee Mecklenburg stated that Village Attorney, Shane Temple offered to change the rates that the Village is paying for legal expenses from an hourly rate to a flat rate of $3,000 per month. Trustee Mecklenburg explained that the Village’s legal expenses were approximately $42,000 last year and if the Village accepts Attorney Temple’s offer that would save $6,000 per year; Attorney Temple has also offered to reevaluate the flat rate in six months if the Village’s need for legal advice should decrease. After a brief discussion it was the consensus of the Board of Trustees to accept Attorney Temple offer of restructuring the Village’s legal fees from an hourly rate to a flat monthly rate of $3,000.
President Hicks stated that he had reviewed his budget and had made approximately $14,000 in cuts and then he turned his worksheets into Trustee Mecklenburg to use to create the budget for fiscal year 2010 – 2011. Trustee Mecklenburg stated that the Board of Trustees needed to start looking at all of the things motor fuel tax money can be used for and may be some of the salaries for streets can be paid out of this money.
Trustee Mecklenburg asked Clerk Adams the status of the water revenue. Clerk Adams responded that the water rates have not increased the total of the billing as expected. Clerk Adams stated the base rate was dropped when the new rate structure was adopted and it caused a large number of bills to actually go down therefore; decreasing the total billing. Clerk Adams suggested that the Board of Trustees reinstated the base rate in order to achieve their original goal. Trustee Mecklenburg stated that the residents should be paying for debt service. Trustee Salsbury suggested that the Village adopt an availability fee for residential users as well as the non-residential users. Trustee Elliott stated that Jerry Bever of Baxter & Woodman Consulting Engineers had given him some paperwork that compared rates of other municipalities in Northern Illinois and it showed a special assessment for large bills. Clerk Adams explained that once the sewer project is let out for bids and a bid is accepted then Baxter & Woodman Consulting Engineers will have hard numbers to work with and they will calculate the amount of debt service that each customer will have to pay. After further discussion it was the consensus of the Board of Trustees to review the newly adopted water rate structure.
The Board of Trustees took a ten minute break from 8:00 p.m. to 8:10 p.m.
Clerk Adams stated that while she does not have her own budget she has suggestions on how to cut $3,700 from the budget. Clerk Adams suggested that the Board of Trustees cut the fall clean up because it costs more than the spring clean up and there is not as much participation. Clerk Adams stated that for the past four years the residents of the Village have not paid for recycling and suggested that each water customer be billed $1 per month to cover the cost. Trustee Mecklenburg noted Clerk Adams’ suggestions. The Board of Trustees had a brief discussion about instituting a Hillcrest sales tax as a way to generate revenue.
Trustee Mecklenburg stated that he wanted to come up with a reasonable estimate of what the Village’s revenue will be and he would rather be conservative and be wrong and make more money than to be optimistic and make less. Trustee Mecklenburg stated once he has a good estimate of the projected revenue then he will take the worksheets for each department adjust the budget to reflect the suggested cuts you have all made and then that will be the number that we will have to work with. Trustee Mecklenburg invited the Trustees to make individual appointments with him to go over their department budgets between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Trustee Stewart stated that she was able to cut another $400 from her budget and turned her worksheets into Trustee Mecklenburg. Clerk Adams stated the Village experienced some savings this year on the purchase of road salt due to the fact that the Village joined a joint purchasing cooperative which cut the Village’s costs in half.
There being no further business to transact, a motion to adjourn was made by Trustee Stewart; and was seconded by Trustee Salsbury. Vote was as follows: Mecklenburg – yes, Elliott – yes, Salsbury – yes and Stewart – yes. The vote passed unanimously. The workshop adjourned at 8:20 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Teresa J. Adams,
Village Clerk
BUDGET WORKSHOP
MARCH 31, 2010
7:00 P.M.
The Hillcrest Village Board of Trustees met in special session Wednesday, March 31, 2010 for a Budget Workshop, at the Hillcrest Village Hall. Village President, Rich Hicks, called the meeting to order at 7:03 p.m. Answering the roll call were Trustees Jim Mecklenburg, Rich Elliott, Randal Salsbury and Vicki Stewart. Trustee Jim McMullin was absent due to a conflict with his place of employment and Trustee Trevor Unger was on vacation.
President Hicks stated at last month’s budget meeting Trustee Mecklenburg gave everyone a copy of the Village’s revenues and expenses, budgets for each of your departments along with various other reports; hopefully everyone has had an opportunity to get started and with that being said President Hicks turned the meeting over to Trustee Mecklenburg.
Trustee Mecklenburg gave a brief summary of the economy and shared how that impacted his place of employment; due to the economy university is expected to have to cut $250,000 out of the budget by June of this year and next year the university is expecting to have to but $500,000 from the budget. Trustee Mecklenburg stated the economy is down and revenues are down everywhere the State still owes the university fifty-five million dollars for this fiscal year which represents approximately one-half of the entire appropriation. Trustee Mecklenburg stated that he is trying to help the Board of Trustees put things into perspective. Trustee Mecklenburg stated the Village is no different from any other municipality or government funded agency; for the Village this means cutting one hundred thousand dollars out of last year’s budget in order to continue to operate in the black.
Trustee Mecklenburg stated I am sure you have all reviewed your budgets and you are thinking that there is no way to cut your budgets any further but; the fact is that the Village is going to have less money to operate on and we can’t pay out what we don’t have. Trustee Mecklenburg stated that Buildings & Grounds, Ordinances and Health & Welfare do not have much in their budgets to cut and the Water Department is an enterprise fund. Trustee Mecklenburg stated revenues from the Water Department keep the water system up and running but; the Village really doesn’t make any money off of water sales; the motor fuel tax fund helps the Village maintain the streets and everything else comes from the general fund.
Trustee Mecklenburg stated the reason that the budget numbers look as good as they do is because the Village has been without a treasurer for the last eleven months which represents approximately $20,000 and the Village has been without a police officer too and that represents approximately $18,000 for a total savings of $38,000 this fiscal year. Trustee Mecklenburg stated that when the Village lets employees go the budget should be reduced to reflect those changes because that is the only way to keep the budget balanced. Trustee Mecklenburg stated that he is concerned about a comment that was made in a previous meeting that there is money for a certain line item because it was allocated and budgeted so, that money can be spent. Trustee Mecklenburg stated normally that would be true however; revenues are not coming in as expected. Trustee Mecklenburg stated the budget hinges on the projected revenues coming in as expected and also budgeting revenues and expenses correctly.
Trustee Mecklenburg stated that he wanted to discuss two of the Village’s major expenses: Baxter & Woodman Consulting Engineers and Drinker, Biddle & Reath, LLP. Trustee Mecklenburg stated that four years ago the Board of Trustees approved the sewer project that is why payments to Baxter & Woodman Consulting Engineers have not come before the Board of Trustees for individual approval; as it stands today the Village owes Baxter & Woodman Consulting Engineers approximately $275,000 and if you look at the last treasurer’s report the general fund has $200,000 in it which means the Village is $75,000 short. Trustee Mecklenburg stated that would be a problem if the Village had to pay this debt off all at once however; Baxter & Woodman Consulting Engineers understands that it takes time to find financing, to get everything in place and to get it approved so, they have agreed to take monthly installments of $5,000 with no interest charges. Trustee Mecklenburg stated that once everything for the sewer lines up and the Village has all of the necessary approvals then that is when the Village goes to the bank and we pay Baxter & Woodman Consulting Engineers with that money and then the Village pays the bank with the revenue from the sewer. Trustee Mecklenburg stated that this is not unusual this is all part of financing infrastructure. Trustee Stewart stated that is paying down the initial debt, correct. Trustee Mecklenburg stated yes and if Baxter & Woodman Consulting Engineers were charging the Village interest the monthly installments would be higher.
Trustee Salsbury asked if the Village pays $60,000 in the next two years and the Village gets a grant will the Village get that money back. President Hicks stated yes, the Village has to show that as a cost and then we will be reimbursed. President Hicks stated that the Village needs to budget for that $100,000 stimulus money that State Representative, Bob Pritchard said the Village is going to get because if we don’t budget for it we can’t spend it. Trustee Mecklenburg stated that he had not seen any letter promising the Village money. President Hicks stated the Village received a letter about six months ago from Bob Prichard stating that the Village would receive $100,000. Clerk Adams confirmed that the Village did receive a letter from Representative Pritchard. President Hicks insisted that the $100,000 be added to the upcoming budget. Trustee Mecklenburg stated that the Village cannot count on promises; we did not see any of the stimulus money that we were told to expect however; if the Village should receive this $100,000 then we can amend the budget at that point.
Trustee Mecklenburg stated that Attorney Temple had brought it to his attention that there is a Village ordinance that says that the Village has to pay its bills within thirty days. Clerk Adams stated that Attorney Temple had mentioned in an executive session that state statue dictates that municipalities have to pay their bills in a timely manner which is thirty days. Trustee Mecklenburg stated at any rate this is an infrastructure bill that takes years to pay off just like your mortgage. Trustee Mecklenburg stated that he wants to make sure that the Village isn’t violating some state statue.
Trustee Mecklenburg explained that the Village’s expenses can run approximately $400,000 per year and since we have to pay Baxter & Woodman Consulting Engineers $60,000 that means we still have $400,000 in expenses and only $340,000 in revenue so, we are going to have to get serious about cutting expenses. Trustee Mecklenburg stated the Village also owes Drinker, Biddle & Reath, LLP approximately $19,000 plus the Village is being billed approximately $1,500 to $1,600 per month and we still don’t have a contract. Trustee Mecklenburg stated that with $60,000 for Baxter & Woodman Consulting Engineers and $19,000 for Drinker, Biddle & Reath, LLP that is almost $80,000 taken off the top from the Village’s revenue streams.
Trustee Mecklenburg stated that the Village’s new hire for the police department has punched in every morning this week at 8:00 a.m. and he isn’t even suppose to be on the payroll until the first of April. Trustee Mecklenburg cautioned the Board about keeping a close eye on the expenses concerning the police department. Trustee Elliott stated that Chief Messer had talked about possible grant money, grant money for what. Clerk Adams stated that Chief Messer told her that he may be able to secure a grant to pay the salary of one full-time officer. Once again Trustee Mecklenburg cautioned the Board of Trustees about spending in the police department.
Trustee Mecklenburg pointed out that the Village saved $20,000 by letting the treasurer go but, the Village has to replace the treasurer at some point. Trustee Mecklenburg stated it is getting very busy in the Clerk’s office due to all the new changes in the FOIA laws, often the Clerk has to take time out to work on various projects and pull information together for the engineers or for one of us and it puts her behind in her other duties. Trustee Mecklenburg stated he would like for the Board of Trustees to start thinking about hiring a Deputy Clerk even if it is for ten hours a week that way when the Clerk takes vacation the office doesn’t shut down.
Trustee Mecklenburg stated of course another way of cutting costs is to let somebody go there was a brief discussion concerning all classes of employees and where possible cuts could be made. Trustee Mecklenburg stated that for years this Village has operated with only one maintenance man now we have two; if the Village were to cut one maintenance man that would be a savings of approximately $36,000. Clerk Adams cautioned the Board of Trustees not to get to specific concerning human resource issues in open session. President Hicks stated that he would prefer not to get into specifics at all and changed the subject.
Trustee Mecklenburg stated with what the Village owes Baxter & Woodman Consulting Engineers and Drinker, Biddle & Reath, LLP and the treasurer’s position we are talking about approximately $99,000 off the top of our revenue before the Board of Trustees even decides what you are going to try to accomplish for the year. Trustee Salsbury stated how do we generate revenue. Trustee Mecklenburg stated that is the question, well you have to build homes, you have to generate jobs and we need to bring in new businesses.
Trustee Salsbury asked if Metal Recyclers are paying sales tax. Clerk Adams stated that she would have to check with the Illinois Department of Revenue concerning that issue. Trustee Mecklenburg stated that he was not aware that there was such a business in the Village and asked where it was located and about the zoning for that particular property. President Hicks stated that Building and Zoning Administrator, Casper Manheim has issued a letter to the property owner and he has given the tenant a timeline to vacate the property.
There was a brief discussion about the types of business within the Village and whether or not they paid sales tax. Clerk Adams stated that two years ago when the Board of Trustees decided to pursue home based businesses she sent a letter to Teri Looker at the Illinois Department of Revenue to confirm who was paying sales tax and whether the individual businesses were properly coded so that the Village actually received the correct amount of sales tax and at that time all of the businesses in the Village that were supposed to be paying sales tax were.
Trustee Mecklenburg stated that Village Attorney, Shane Temple offered to change the rates that the Village is paying for legal expenses from an hourly rate to a flat rate of $3,000 per month. Trustee Mecklenburg explained that the Village’s legal expenses were approximately $42,000 last year and if the Village accepts Attorney Temple’s offer that would save $6,000 per year; Attorney Temple has also offered to reevaluate the flat rate in six months if the Village’s need for legal advice should decrease. After a brief discussion it was the consensus of the Board of Trustees to accept Attorney Temple offer of restructuring the Village’s legal fees from an hourly rate to a flat monthly rate of $3,000.
President Hicks stated that he had reviewed his budget and had made approximately $14,000 in cuts and then he turned his worksheets into Trustee Mecklenburg to use to create the budget for fiscal year 2010 – 2011. Trustee Mecklenburg stated that the Board of Trustees needed to start looking at all of the things motor fuel tax money can be used for and may be some of the salaries for streets can be paid out of this money.
Trustee Mecklenburg asked Clerk Adams the status of the water revenue. Clerk Adams responded that the water rates have not increased the total of the billing as expected. Clerk Adams stated the base rate was dropped when the new rate structure was adopted and it caused a large number of bills to actually go down therefore; decreasing the total billing. Clerk Adams suggested that the Board of Trustees reinstated the base rate in order to achieve their original goal. Trustee Mecklenburg stated that the residents should be paying for debt service. Trustee Salsbury suggested that the Village adopt an availability fee for residential users as well as the non-residential users. Trustee Elliott stated that Jerry Bever of Baxter & Woodman Consulting Engineers had given him some paperwork that compared rates of other municipalities in Northern Illinois and it showed a special assessment for large bills. Clerk Adams explained that once the sewer project is let out for bids and a bid is accepted then Baxter & Woodman Consulting Engineers will have hard numbers to work with and they will calculate the amount of debt service that each customer will have to pay. After further discussion it was the consensus of the Board of Trustees to review the newly adopted water rate structure.
The Board of Trustees took a ten minute break from 8:00 p.m. to 8:10 p.m.
Clerk Adams stated that while she does not have her own budget she has suggestions on how to cut $3,700 from the budget. Clerk Adams suggested that the Board of Trustees cut the fall clean up because it costs more than the spring clean up and there is not as much participation. Clerk Adams stated that for the past four years the residents of the Village have not paid for recycling and suggested that each water customer be billed $1 per month to cover the cost. Trustee Mecklenburg noted Clerk Adams’ suggestions. The Board of Trustees had a brief discussion about instituting a Hillcrest sales tax as a way to generate revenue.
Trustee Mecklenburg stated that he wanted to come up with a reasonable estimate of what the Village’s revenue will be and he would rather be conservative and be wrong and make more money than to be optimistic and make less. Trustee Mecklenburg stated once he has a good estimate of the projected revenue then he will take the worksheets for each department adjust the budget to reflect the suggested cuts you have all made and then that will be the number that we will have to work with. Trustee Mecklenburg invited the Trustees to make individual appointments with him to go over their department budgets between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Trustee Stewart stated that she was able to cut another $400 from her budget and turned her worksheets into Trustee Mecklenburg. Clerk Adams stated the Village experienced some savings this year on the purchase of road salt due to the fact that the Village joined a joint purchasing cooperative which cut the Village’s costs in half.
There being no further business to transact, a motion to adjourn was made by Trustee Stewart; and was seconded by Trustee Salsbury. Vote was as follows: Mecklenburg – yes, Elliott – yes, Salsbury – yes and Stewart – yes. The vote passed unanimously. The workshop adjourned at 8:20 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Teresa J. Adams,
Village Clerk
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