Hainesville trustees adopt FY2025–26 appropriation ordinance, approve budget and several contracts

The Village of Hainesville Board of Trustees on April 22 approved the fiscal 2025–26 appropriation ordinance, adopted the fiscal-year budget and an estimate of revenue, and authorized a series of contract awards, including the lowest bid for construction of a village well.

The public hearing on the appropriation ordinance for the period May 1, 2025, through April 30, 2026, was opened at the start of the meeting. Village finance staff described changes to the draft budget prompted by the low bid for a fourth well and by the timing of planned public-works projects. Staff said they removed construction costs for resurfacing of the public works parking lot and North Street from the current-year spend, reduced engineering fees for those projects and left engineering design money in the next fiscal year. The revisions were estimated to reduce the draw on the general capital account by about $226,000 and to leave a projected general capital reserve of approximately $424,000 at the end of…