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Glendale council sets 4.5‑mill road levy for November after tabling competing 5‑mill measure
Summary
Council voted to place a 4.5‑mill, 10‑year permanent-improvement levy on the November ballot and tabled a proposed 5‑mill alternative; town halls are planned for September as officials seek to explain timing, costs and use of VPGI funds.
The Village of Glendale council voted Aug. 4 to proceed with a 4.5‑mill permanent‑improvement levy intended to fund road and related infrastructure work, and tabled a competing 5‑mill proposal.
Finance committee members and Village Administrator David Lumsden presented the options and tradeoffs. A 4.5‑mill levy is projected to generate about $613,000 per year and was presented as a 10‑year effort with some planned use of the village’s VPGI principal and state street funds to address lower‑priority streets. Proponents argued the levy targets long‑requested road work and avoids drawing down VPGI to dangerously low levels.
Resident Dan Reginald urged the council to use VPGI and surplus funds for Ivy Avenue repairs and criticized a perceived shortfall of local investment; he told council he saw the levy as an unfair shift of cost to property owners. "By taking 1.5 from the VPGI funds and using some of your surplus funds, you can reduce this property levy by a lot," Reginald said.
Council members debated whether to favor a larger, 5‑mill levy to accelerate work and provide a fiscal cushion or a smaller 4.5‑mill option more likely to gain voter support. The clerk and administration warned of a filing deadline, so council held the vote the same night. Members moved to table the 5‑mill resolution (2025‑24); the motion to table passed by roll call (tabled: 4 in favor, 2 opposed). Council then dispensed with three reads and adopted resolution 2025‑23 to place the 4.5‑mill levy on the November ballot by roll call vote.
Officials said town halls and an online session will be held in September to explain the levy, timelines and options for sequencing road, water and sewer work. Lumsden and councilors discussed potential contracting strategies including multi‑year contracts with inflation adjustments to lock prices and reduce future uncertainty. The ballot filing deadline for the levy was stated as Wednesday at 4 p.m., prompting the same‑night vote.
