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Votes at a glance: Riverwoods Board approves yoga pilot, easement settlements, TIF transfers and other measures
Summary
The Village of Riverwoods Board of Trustees cast votes at its regular meeting to approve a summer yoga pilot funded up to $1,500, authorize settlement offers for Saunders Road easements, ratify a resolution permitting TIF revenue transfers between two redevelopment areas, and create a special project‑evaluation committee, among other items.
The Village of Riverwoods Board of Trustees voted on multiple items at its regular meeting. Highlights: the board approved program and contract items, authorized settlement amounts for easements needed for Saunders Road reconstruction, ratified a resolution to allow transfers between two tax increment financing (TIF) districts, and created a special project evaluation committee. Individual vote outcomes and key details follow.
Votes at a glance
- Approval of minutes (Board/Appropriations hearing of March 18 and Board meeting of March 18): Motion(s) carried (voice/roll-call recorded as aye). Specific roll‑call names were recorded in the meeting minutes during the motions for approval.
- Approval of bills: Motion carried on roll call (ayes recorded by trustees present).
- First reading, amendment to liquor ordinance (delete second whereas clause; add ordinance language that would require server training): Board approved first reading by voice vote. Second reading and final adoption to be scheduled at a later meeting.
- Pilot yoga program: Motion to create a 10‑week resident yoga pilot and fund the instructor up to $1,500 for Summer 2025 — APPROVED. Roll call recorded multiple ayes; motion carries.
- Approval of settlement offers/amounts for easements related to the Saunders Road resurfacing project: Motion APPROVED on roll call. The packet showed updated settlement figures (originally lower; revised totals presented). The county agreed to grant one easement at no cost; other negotiated amounts total described in the meeting packet.
- Resolution authorizing use/transfers of TIF revenues between the Milwaukee‑Deerfield and Deerfield Road Redevelopment Project Areas: Motion APPROVED on roll call. The resolution finds both TIFs’ project purposes ongoing and authorizes transfers from TIF #1 to TIF #2 to support TIF #2 expenses.
- Creation of a Project Evaluation special committee (to meet as needed and to evaluate resident or trustee project proposals prior to board consideration): Motion APPROVED on roll call. The committee is to be appointed by the village president with board approval per village code.
- Approval of HVAC maintenance contract with Emmy Bach in an amount not to exceed $7,700: Motion APPROVED on roll call.
- Authorization of Gaywalt, Hamilton & Associates (GHA) 2025 hourly rates: Board discussion concluded with a request that staff ask GHA for written justification for the proposed 2025 rates; the board asked staff to return with further information in two weeks. No approval of the rate schedule was finalized at the meeting.
Notes: Where the meeting transcript recorded roll calls, the minutes include the trustees’ recorded ayes. The meeting also included multiple informational presentations (MS4/stormwater, demolition progress at the Federal Life parcel, open‑burning ordinance implementation and the fire district referendum update) that did not require board votes but informed several agenda decisions.
