The Pingree Grove Village Board voted Dec. 1 to accept collector roads in the Cambridge Lakes North 2 development — including Providence Street, Reinking Road and Ranking Road — but tied the action to a specific technical condition after trustees pressed staff over recent snow‑plowing and long‑term maintenance concerns.

Trustee Peony moved that the board release the developer’s performance bonds and accept the collector roads “subject to the CAD drawings of such collector roads being submitted to the village and being approved by its consulting engineer,” and the motion passed with two trustees recorded as voting no. The board’s approval makes the roads eligible to move from performance bonds to a one‑year maintenance bond once the required as‑built materials are provided and approved.

The item produced the meeting’s longest debate. Several trustees said they were uneasy that contractor snow‑removal earlier in the week left neighborhood streets impassable and argued that continuing construction traffic could cause premature pavement failure. “They don’t wanna plow these roads,” one trustee said, summarizing frustration over the contractor’s response to the storm. Trustees pressed whether the annexation agreement or the final engineering plans required a thicker base or a separate construction route to protect the pavement during heavy construction use.

Seth, the village engineer, told the board the inspector team had completed punch‑list inspections and that the roads were built to the reviewed engineering design drawings; he described the bond‑release recommendation as an objective, standards‑based finding. Village attorney Michael advised the board that the village’s legal recourse is limited by the terms negotiated in the annexation agreement and that the typical practice is to rely on the final engineering plans and the one‑year maintenance bond to address defects that appear shortly after acceptance.

To address trustees’ concerns, the motion approved by the board conditions acceptance on submission and engineering approval of as‑built CAD files and drawings; staff said the roads do not formally transfer to village maintenance until the maintenance bond and as‑built documents are provided and accepted. Board members who opposed the motion said they wanted a longer warranty or stronger contract leverage to protect taxpayers if the roads deteriorate after the one‑year bond expires.

The vote followed staff assurances that remaining punch‑list items had been corrected and that the engineering review supported the release. The board’s action authorizes staff to complete the administrative acceptance steps once the required documents are submitted and approved; it does not change the annexation agreement’s warranty period or other negotiated terms.

The board also previously approved a separate resolution to release bonds and accept public improvements for Thurnau Road, Richard J. Brown Boulevard and related water‑main work earlier in the meeting.