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Lake Bluff approves $303,880 in warrants; finance report shows sales-tax gains and a $68,039 engineering cost shift
Summary
The board approved payment of $303,879.86 in invoices and received a finance report showing year-to-date sales-tax gains; staff told trustees an engineering cost increase of $68,039 for the Green Bay Road design will be village-funded after IDOT funds were unavailable.
The Lake Bluff Village Board on July 20 approved the warrants report authorizing payment of $303,879.86 in invoices for July 15–28, 2025, and received a monthly finance update that reported higher-than-expected sales-tax receipts and several upcoming funding decisions.
Clerk and staff presented the warrants report; the board approved it by roll call. A trustee asked about a Tyler Technologies entry on the ledger; staff said the Tyler charge related to project management work to implement online ticket payment integrated with Glenview infrastructure for ticketing and dispatch. Trustees also noted a quarterly payment to the dispatch consortium.
Finance staff reported monthly sales-tax revenue on a cash basis of $381,730, which the finance presenter said was approximately 13.9% higher than the prior fiscal-year period. Fiscal-year-to-date general-fund revenues were reported at $3,891,310, about $329,834 greater than the prior year-to-date; fiscal-year-to-date expenditures of $1,000,005.91 were $225,073 lower than the same period in fiscal 2025.
Staff also reported that a May amendment for Baxter & Woodman phase 1 design engineering on the Green Bay Road project had increased costs. The presenter said the Illinois Department of Transportation originally would pay 80% of the increase; IDOT funds were not available, so the village will pay the entire $68,039 increase rather than the previously anticipated approximately $13,000. Staff said a budget amendment will be presented later to reflect the larger village share.
Trustees discussed the grocery-sales-tax option; staff said the village currently collects an approximately $200,000 annual local replacement for a state grocery tax and will need a board vote by October to continue the local collection for January. A finance committee meeting is planned to review the grocery-tax choice.
The board approved the warrants and accepted the finance report; staff will return with a proposed budget amendment for the Baxter & Woodman cost increase and additional materials for any grocery-tax decision.
