Golf Manor finance committee reviews $30,000 appropriations list, defers vote to July 7

The Golf Manor Village Finance Committee discussed a roughly $30,000 appropriations amendment tied to a police Tahoe camera purchase and ongoing cloud subscription costs and reviewed the village's 2026 tax-budget packet, but committee members deferred any vote on appropriations until the committee's July 7 meeting.

The discussion centered on a new camera system for a police Tahoe that the village expects will cost $13,100 for hardware and an associated cloud service, replacing an earlier $2,500 camera purchase the vendor advised against. "There was originally budgeted for a used camera...that camera is actually not even available," said Britney, a village staff member, explaining why the department moved to the newer, cloud-based system. The staff estimate presented to the committee listed the camera hardware at about $9,000 and a total purchase price of $13,100.

Why it matters: committee members were asked to track several small appropriations so the village can include them in a single operations amendment rather than approving piecemeal changes later in the fiscal year. Staff said the running list of items is currently just over $30,000; some of that…