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Votes at a glance: board approves payroll, park equipment, TIF sidewalk repair and schedules budget hearing
Summary
The Village of Beecher Board of Trustees on March 24 approved bills/payroll totaling $490,534.97; authorized up to $4,500 for Waltonstead Park soccer goals; approved a $2,500 TIF payment for sidewalk repairs; set a public hearing on the proposed budget for April 28, 2025; and moved into executive session on employee matters.
At its March 24, 2025 meeting the Village of Beecher Board of Trustees recorded several formal motions and roll‑call votes on routine financial and operational matters.
The board approved a list of bills and payroll in the amount of $490,534.97. The board also approved purchase of park equipment for Waltonstead Park (soccer goals, nets and related hardware) not to exceed $4,500 to support community and school use of the field.
Trustees authorized a $2,500 expenditure from the TIF fund to repair broken sidewalk at the south end of a downtown ramp and agreed the work was appropriate TIF infrastructure. The board voted to hold a public hearing on the proposed 2025 budget at 6 p.m. on Monday, April 28, 2025. Finally, the board approved a motion to go into executive session to discuss employee matters.
Votes (as recorded in the meeting roll calls): - Approval of March 10 minutes: approved (roll call: Stacy, Terry, Krause, Gardner, Dachenko, Weisbach — all "Yes"). - Bills and payroll, $490,534.97: approved (roll call recorded as "Yes" by board members present). - Waltonstead Park equipment, not to exceed $4,500: approved (roll call recorded as "Yes" by members present). - TIF expenditure for sidewalk repair, $2,500: approved (roll call recorded as "Yes" by members present). - Public hearing on proposed budget scheduled for 6 p.m. April 28, 2025: approved (roll call recorded as "Yes" by members present). - Motion to enter executive session to discuss employees: approved (roll call recorded as "Yes" by members present).
The meeting transcript records the roll calls for each motion; no votes were recorded as "No," "Abstain" or "Recused."
