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Votes at a glance: Walworth County Finance Committee, March 20, 2025
Summary
The Finance Committee approved multiple consent items, contract change orders, ordinance amendments and surplus declarations; this roundup lists each formal action and outcome.
The Walworth County Finance Committee took the following formal actions on March 20, 2025. All items listed below were approved by committee vote unless otherwise noted.
1) Approve agenda and February 2025 minutes — Committee approved the meeting agenda and accepted the minutes as presented (pages 1–5).
2) Consent items (Item 7) — Approved a package of budget adjustments and transfers including: information technology vacancy reallocation for increased temporary health services (pages 6–7); Lakeland Healthcare Center vacancy reallocation for increased professional liability coverage (pages 8–9); Public Works Highway reallocation for signed truck replacement project (page 10); fuel master live program annual maintenance transfer (page 11); Sheriff’s Office reallocations (predictive analytics to speed grant) and establishing revenue/expense budgets for municipal law enforcement services (pages 12–14).
3) Bid contract approvals — Approved contract change order for HVAC maintenance and repair service (pages 15–16). Approved contract change order for the 9-1-1 radio system replacement project to improve interoperability with Lake Geneva and to upgrade storm sirens (pages 17–22).
4) Surplus declarations — Declared a Land Use and Resource Management pickup truck surplus and authorized staff disposal (page 23). Declared two Public Works Mack Truck tandems and a pickup truck surplus and authorized disposal (page 24). Declared Public Works 2009 Mac Tandem truck and attachments surplus (pages 45–46).
5) Reports accepted — Committee received updates on tax-incremental financing (City of Elkhorn pending vote), the county’s fourth-quarter sales-tax report (sales up 4% year over year) and the OPEB investment summary for 12/31/2024 (pages 25–39).
6) Resolutions and transfers — Approved resolution for highway project County O to County Highway A to State Highway 12 and transferring remaining funds to the road and bridge construction committed fund balance (pages 40–42). Approved Resolution 4-25 authorizing closure of the sheriff’s office parking lots project and transferring remaining funds to the general-fund building equipment reserve (pages 43–44).
7) Ordinances — Approved Ordinance 4-25 amending section 30-182 to remove the Wellness Council reference and allow the Human Resources Department to continue wellness activities (pages 51–55). Approved Ordinance 4-25 amending section 30-182 language related to property and risk insurance fund minimum net position balance and volunteer medical coverage (pages 56–62). Approved amendments in chapter 17 relating to purchasing contract requirements and thresholds (pages 63–76).
8) Grants and ARPA financial items — Authorized United Way of Walworth County to allocate up to $250,000 this grant round from ARPA social-service funds (page 77). Received an ARPA financial update and summary of projects (pages 78–80).
9) Inventory and procedural items — Approved Public Works year-end inventory adjustments (pages 47–49). Considered correspondence from Delavan regarding parcel XOP00040 (51 East Walworth Ave.) and carried the item to the next meeting for further investigation (page 50).
10) Administrative updates — Received payroll and time-and-attendance project updates (pages 81–91). Adjourned; next meeting scheduled for April 24, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. in the County Boardroom.
Notes: Where the transcript did not list individual roll-call votes by name, committee approval indicates a majority vote. If specific vote tallies or named roll calls are required, those will be recorded in county board minutes or subsequent transcripts.
