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Committee approves minutes, forwards firefighter contract to board, accepts $177,000 EMS grant and awards parks turf contract
Summary
The Germantown General Government and Finance Committee approved minutes, recommended a firefighters’ collective bargaining agreement be forwarded to the Village Board, approved a $177,000 county grant for fire/EMS, and awarded a parks turf management contract to Total Lawn Care for $33,635.
The General Government and Finance Committee approved several administrative items and passed motions on three formal items at its meeting.
The committee unanimously approved the minutes from Jan. 20 and Feb. 17 following a motion and second; the record in the meeting shows the motion carried with a voice vote.
On a labor matter, the committee voted to forward a proposed collective bargaining agreement titled in the packet as “Professional Firefighters International Association of Firefighters local 48 54 AFL CIO CLC Union Collective Bargaining Agreement” (retroactive to Jan. 1, 2025, through Dec. 31, 2028) to the Village Board for final action. Committee discussion noted the contract is a four-year agreement that includes the same salary increases provided to other village employees and changes to vacation accrual consistent with other village personnel practices. The committee’s motion to forward the agreement carried; the transcript does not record an individual roll-call tally.
The committee approved a budget amendment to recognize a county award for fire/EMS services of $177,000 and to appropriate those funds for corresponding fire department expenses. “So it's just an accounting. Right?” a trustee asked; staff confirmed the amendment increases both revenues and expenditures by the grant amount so it is a net-zero change to the general fund. The motion to approve the budget amendment passed by voice vote.
The committee also approved a contract for parks turf management with Total Lawn Care for 2025–26. The lone bidder’s total cost for services across park sites was $33,635, which committee members confirmed was included in the budget. The motion to award the contract to Total Lawn Care carried.
All recorded actions in the meeting were approved by voice vote; individual yes/no counts and named vote records were not provided in the transcript.
Other informational items discussed but not voted on included the 2024 general fund year-end summary (staff reported a general-fund surplus of approximately $165,000) and finance-department priorities for 2025, including possible RFPs for banking, investment advisory, and municipal advisory services.
