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Delavan council approves series of purchases, a facade grant, sewer assessment and municipal policy
Summary
The Delavan Common Council approved multiple motions including a facade grant for 323 E. Walworth Ave., purchase of three police vehicles, 300 water meters, aeration-tower cleaning, a State Trust Fund loan for golf-course equipment and a preliminary special assessment for sewer work.
The Delavan Common Council approved a package of purchases, grants and administrative actions during its meeting, including a facade improvement grant, vehicle and utility-equipment purchases, a loan authorization for golf-course equipment and a preliminary special assessment tied to sewer main installation.
The council voted to grant up to $2,918.93 for facade improvements at 323 East Walworth Avenue for a business identified in the motion as “yoga home,” contingent on plans complying with city ordinances. The motion passed on a roll call in which Aldermen Square, Armstrong Garcia, Wilson and Beazer were recorded as voting yes.
Council members also authorized the police department to buy three Ford Police Interceptors from Qness Automotive Group at a total cost of $140,677.50. That motion passed on a roll call in which Aldermen Armstrong Garcia, Sack, Wilson and Beazer were recorded as voting yes.
The council approved purchase of 300 water meters and cellular endpoints from Midwest Meters at a cost recorded in the meeting as “117 hundred dollars” (as stated in the transcript). The purchase motion passed on a roll call that recorded Aldermen Sack, Wilson, Beazer, Square and Armstrong Garcia voting yes.
A proposal from Blue Earth Products to clean media in the aeration towers at the central treatment plant was approved at a cost of $33,201.80. The motion passed with yes votes recorded for Aldermen Wilson, Gessert, Square, Armstrong Garcia and South.
For Del Brook (Delabrook/Del Brook) Golf Course maintenance equipment, the council approved a resolution authorizing a loan application through the State Trust Fund Loan Program, with a loan amount reported as $287,129. The motion passed with yes votes recorded for Aldermen Beazer, Square, Armstrong Garcia, Westaff and Wilson.
The council adopted a preliminary special assessment resolution to cover prior expenses related to installing sanitary sewer mains servicing the area north and east of the Spring Grove Cemetery property (referred to in the motion as the proposed Bluff Lake Comas subdivision area). The motion passed unanimously by voice vote.
The body also approved a municipal citation write-off policy and the regular warrants (warrant 2025-04) as presented.
Most of the motions were moved, seconded and carried with no further substantive discussion recorded in the transcript beyond the roll calls. Several of the approvals were explicitly contingent on compliance with city ordinances (for example, the facade grant).
