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Wheeling board passes budget and land-use items, approves ambulance and water-rate changes
Summary
Trustees approved several consent-agenda and individual items including ambulance fee changes tied to federal GEMT rates, a 3.47% water/sewer increase and a $0.25 stormwater fee increase, multiple sign-code variations, and a special-use for a snow-plow contractor.
WHEELING — At the Dec. 1 meeting, the Wheeling Village Board approved a package of consent-agenda and individual items addressing infrastructure, rates, contracts and signage as part of routine and budget-related business.
Key votes and items at a glance: - Ambulance transport rates (Ordinance 13b): The board approved aligning the village fee schedule with the federal ground emergency medical transport (GEMT) rate. Staff said the change is expected to recover about $650,000 next year and reduce the need for balance billing.
- Water/sewer and stormwater rates (Ordinance 13c): The board approved a…
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