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Wellington lays out capital priorities including athletics complex, park upgrades and Town Center improvements
Summary
Village officials reviewed multi‑year capital projects during a visioning session, highlighting the Wellington Athletics public‑private partnership, a reconfigured South Shore Park, Town Center work including an aquatics facility and possible fountain, and policy items such as fence/hedge code updates and flex‑zoning review.
Village Manager Jim Barnes told the council the annual visioning session exists to align council direction with the coming year’s budget and longer‑range capital improvement planning.
“The primary reason for our, trying to get together at this point is to hear from council where they see us going over the next year,” Barnes said, asking council to provide guidance that staff will use while drafting the fiscal 2026 budget.
Why it matters: the session tied near‑term budget timing to projects conceived in earlier visioning work. Officials said some items on the list are now moving into delivery or near completion, while…
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