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Votes at a glance: Roselle Village Board approves budget items, tax abatements and appointments
Summary
On Jan. 14 the Village Board approved multiple consent-agenda items, accounts-payable lists, abatement ordinances consolidated into one motion, a resolution endorsing DuPage Mayors & Managers Conference legislative priorities, and appointed Tim Smeltzer as fire chief following executive session.
The Village Board recorded multiple formal actions during its Jan. 14 meeting. The motions below are listed as recorded during the meeting; roll-call statements in the record were “aye” except where noted.
- Adopted an Illinois Department of Transportation resolution authorizing maintenance expenditures under the Illinois Highway Code totaling $1,140,000 of motor-fuel-tax funds for 2025 (consent agenda). Motion carried by roll call; result recorded as "the motion carries."
- Approved a resolution authorizing the mayor to execute an agreement for bidding, construction and post-construction engineering services for the wastewater treatment plant biological nutrient removal upgrades, clarifier and headworks improvement project between the Village and the listed engineering firm, in the amount recorded in the board packet ($7,720,300 as stated on the record). Motion carried on the consent agenda (roll call recorded as "Aye").
- Approved multiple accounts-payable lists: Dec. 10, 2024 ($2,562,981.45), Dec. 23, 2024 ($2,652,919.75), and Jan. 13, 2025 ($2,276,641.79). The board recorded roll-call approvals for each invoice list. The Dec. 10 payables roll call included one abstention recorded on the public record (Trustee Domke stated an abstention); each payables motion otherwise carried.
- Consolidated and approved abatement ordinances (agenda items 14e, 14f, 14g and 14h) to abate property taxes for certain general-obligation bond series (2016A, 2018, 2020/2022 alternate revenue sources and 2024 taxable general obligation bonds). Trustees moved to consolidate and approve; roll call recorded as "Aye" and the motion carries.
- Adopted a resolution endorsing the DuPage Mayors & Managers Conference 2025 legislative-action program (protect municipal revenues, address unfunded mandates, review FOIA/Open Meetings Act changes and pension protections). Motion to adopt the resolution was moved and seconded; roll call recorded "Aye."
- Appointed Deputy Chief Tim Smeltzer as Fire Chief, effective Jan. 27; motion carried by roll call. The board congratulated the appointee following the vote.
Ending
The meeting record shows the board approved the listed consent-agenda resolutions and accounts payable lists, consolidated abatement ordinances, endorsed the DuPage Mayors & Managers Conference legislative program, and appointed Tim Smeltzer as fire chief. The meeting then recessed into and returned from executive session prior to the fire chief appointment.
