Votes at a glance: Shorewood board approves North Shore Fire capital plan, fee schedule, lead-service-line policy change and several contracts

Summary

The Village of Shorewood Village Board approved a suite of resolutions, contracts and policy changes at its Oct. meeting, including a multi‑year North Shore Fire Department capital budget, an updated ambulance fee schedule, a utility policy change for lead‑service‑line financing and vendor selection for a lead‑service‑line evaluation.

The Shorewood Village Board took several formal actions at its Oct. meeting. Highlights below list the motion language when available, the mover/second (when recorded in the minutes), and the recorded outcome.

Votes at a glance

1) North Shore Fire Department: multi-year capital budget (2026–2030) - Motion: “Approve resolution 2025-512, a resolution approving a single or multi-year capital budget to purchase large apparatus equipment from 2026 to 2030.” - Mover/Second: Trustee Stokbrand moved; Trustee Warren seconded. - Outcome: Approved by roll-call vote; President McCaig and trustees voted yes; motion carries. - Notes: Staff said the 2026 municipal contribution was reduced to about $905,848 by applying one-time federal Medicare/Medicaid receipts; the plan still requires approval by all seven municipal governing bodies that fund the consolidated department.

2) North Shore Fire Department: ambulance/EMS fee schedule for 2026 - Motion: Approve resolution adopting the 2026 NSFD fee-for-service schedule. - Mover/Second: Trustee Warren moved; second recorded. - Outcome: Approved by roll-call vote; motion carries. - Notes: Change includes a move from itemized billing to bundled (‘‘bundled’’) billing for ambulance transports, adjusted resident and nonresident rates and alignment with industry practice and Medicare/Medicaid claim…

Votes at a glance: Shorewood board approves North Shore Fire capital plan, fee schedule, lead-service-line policy change and several contracts

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