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West Bend BID Board approves 2025 financial report, allocates $10,000 to 2026 marketing
Summary
The City of West Bend BID Board approved its financial report for the year ending Dec. 31, 2025, and voted to allocate unspent 2025 funds so the 2026 marketing budget starts at $10,000. Board members were urged to have dissatisfied BID members raise concerns directly and to complete an upcoming survey.
The City of West Bend Business Improvement District (BID) Board voted at its Feb. 3 meeting to accept the financial report for the year ending Dec. 31, 2025, and to transfer unspent 2025 funds into the 2026 marketing budget so it begins the year with a $10,000 balance.
A staff presenter summarized the packet, saying the books are “essentially the closure of the books for 2025,” and that there were no anticipated outstanding invoices. The presenter noted a small $2 overage in one line that was offset by savings elsewhere. Chair Peggy asked for a motion to approve the report; the motion was moved and seconded and the board voted verbally in favor.
Board members then discussed carryover funds and marketing for 2026. Staff proposed reallocating undesignated 2025 funds to ensure the BID’s marketing line remains at $10,000. A board member moved to approve that allocation, a second was recorded and the motion carried.
Peggy also used the president’s report to address internal concerns about spending, urging members who are unhappy to raise those issues at meetings or contact board members directly: “We are all here as volunteers to be good stewards of the bid funds, and threatening to disband the bid does no one any good whatsoever.” She said a survey about BID spending will be circulated in the next couple of months and asked members to complete it.
No formal roll-call vote tally was recorded in the transcript; motions were moved, seconded and adopted by voice vote. The board also approved minutes from its Nov. 4 meeting during the session.
Next steps: staff will work with accounting to effect the transfer of unspent funds into the 2026 marketing budget and circulate the member survey as announced.
