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Village board approves utility payment, awards reservoir work, signs multi-year assessor contract and adopts vendor-fee schedule
Summary
The July 28 meeting included approval of a $99,789.36 contractor payment for the 2025 utilities program, voucher approval, award of reservoir service work to Utility Service Company Inc., a four-year assessor contract with Catalyst, and adoption of a mobile-vendor fee schedule with adjusted nonresident daily rates.
At its July 28 meeting the Village Board approved a set of routine but substantive municipal actions: payments to a utilities contractor, a service agreement for water-reservoir maintenance, a four-year assessor contract and a new fee schedule for mobile food vendors.
Payments and vouchers: The board approved contractor payment No. 2 in the amount of $99,789.36 to Zignago Company Inc. for work under the 2025 utilities program and then approved the full vouchers for payment totaling $194,011.34, which included the Zignago payment. Both motions passed by voice vote.
Reservoir service award: Staff recommended and the board approved awarding a service agreement to Utility Service Company Inc. to add two Well No. 3 reservoirs to the village’s ongoing exterior/interior blasting, painting and inspection contract. The company (formerly operating under SUEZ in earlier contracts) will perform dive/ROV inspections and periodic cleaning per DNR regulations; staff reported no prior performance issues. The contract’s schedule includes a televised inspection in the coming year and a full drain-and-clean in 2030 as required.
Assessor services: The board approved a four-year assessor-services agreement with Catalyst for 2026–2029 totaling $224,400. Staff noted a full revaluation cycle occurs under the contract schedule, which aligns assessments with current market values and redistributes the tax base but does not raise village revenue by itself.
Mobile food vendor fees: The board adopted a fee schedule for mobile food vendors. Under the approved fee structure, resident carts are $75 per day and nonresident carts/trucks are $100 per day; annual resident-cart permits are $300 and annual nonresident-cart permits $1,000. The board indicated it may review fees after community experience and benchmarking with neighboring jurisdictions.
Ending: The measures passed as part of the regular consent and business agenda; staff will proceed with invoicing, vendor coordination and public notice for the new vendor-fee rules.
