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Votes at a glance: Walworth County Finance Committee actions, April 24, 2025
Summary
Summary of motions, ordinances, resolutions and routine approvals taken by the Walworth County Finance Committee on April 24, 2025. Items include fund transfers, bid awards, write‑offs, closures of projects, an ordinance amendment, and calendar approvals; all were carried unless noted.
The Walworth County Finance Committee recorded the following formal committee actions on April 24, 2025. When the transcript did not capture a full motion text, the summary uses the agenda description as provided in the committee packet. Where a mover or seconder was stated in the transcript, it is listed; where not stated, the field is shown as "not specified." All items below were carried by the committee unless otherwise noted.
Votes at a glance
- Approval of the meeting agenda — motion to approve by Karbowski; carried.
- Approval of minutes from March 20, 2025 — carried.
- Consent items (Lakeland Health Care Center capital adjustments: whirlpool tubs and six on‑unit ice machines) — motion to approve (consent); carried.
- Transfer from highway fund and staffing reallocation for White River Park Pavilion and overflow parking project — moved by Kathy Ingersoll; carried.
- Bid award recommendations: mechanical HVAC preventative maintenance and repair services; electrical facilities, electrical maintenance and repair services; data communications and low voltage services — motions to approve as listed in the packet; carried.
- Report of 2024 fundraisers (roughly $7,100 raised) — accepted as filed.
- Update on tax increment financing district (Elkhorn) — report accepted as filed.
- Quarterly delinquent tax report (Q1 2025) — accepted as filed.
- Quarterly property loss report (Q1 2025) — accepted as filed.
- Out‑of‑state travel for Sheriff's Office, Jay Ortiz, to an educator/trainer conference in St. Louis — accepted; committee discussed vehicle/mileage entry but approved.
- Correspondence re: Delavan parcel XOP00040 — motion to table; carried.
- Resolution: authorizing write‑off of 2022 personal property taxes collectible in 2023 (Resolution 5‑25) — motion to approve; carried.
- Resolution: closure of highway project County Trunk Highway ES culvert replacement and transfer of remaining funds to Road and Bridge committed fund balance — motion to approve; carried.
- Resolution: closure of the Government Center exterior assessment and repair project and transfer of remaining funds to committed fund balance — motion to approve; carried.
- Uncollectible debt write‑offs: Health and Human Services (HHS) and Lakeland Health Care Center — motions to approve; carried.
- Ordinance 5‑25 amending Section 30‑286 of the Walworth County Code relating to Sheriff’s Office firearm storage fees — motion to approve ordinance amendment; carried.
- 2025 calendar for the 2026 budget process — motion to approve; carried.
- Resolution 5‑25 closing fiscal year 2024 and Resolution 5‑25 committing fund balances — motions to approve (see separate article); carried.
- Request for NACo advocacy: committee directed staff to draft a resolution opposing potential elimination of the tax‑exempt status of municipal bonds — motion to request staff draft resolution; carried.
- ARPA financial update — report filed.
The committee adjourned and confirmed its next meeting as May 22, 2025 at 10:00 a.m.
For motions where the transcript recorded a mover and seconder, that information is noted above; the transcript frequently recorded only "motion" or "second" without a full name, and vote tallies were recorded as "Aye"/"Opposed" with no roll‑call list in the transcript. Where the packet listed ordinance or resolution numbers, those identifiers are shown above.
