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Village reviews 2025 permanent improvement fund; $72,000 police cruiser, EMS monitors and pool work discussed
Summary
Council members discussed 2025 allocations from the permanent improvement fund including a $72,000 request for a police cruiser, required cardiac monitors for fire/EMS, the village's $84,000 share of a pool project and additional masonry work for the concourse; officials said donations already received will be carried forward into project funds.
Miss Rankin walked council members through a worksheet showing carryover balances and estimated 2025 revenue for the permanent improvement fund, saying the worksheet reflects funds available after tax collection fees are deducted and lists proposed expenditures for the year.
"The first line being the $72,000 for a police car," Miss Rankin said, adding that car computers would be paid from a different account. She also told the group that cardiac monitors required for the fire and EMS department were included in the same permanent improvement allocation.
Members queried whether private donations and unspent 2024 contractor purchase orders for the pool project would carry into 2025. One participant emphasized that the village's share is $84,000 and that the remainder of the pool cost is expected to come from private funds; Miss Rankin confirmed donations and previously received funds will carry forward and that no further appropriations were required that night for funds already on hand.
Council members also raised the concourse project as the community's top priority, noting that additional masonry repairs had been discovered since the original budget. Speakers discussed using existing balances or temporarily borrowing to accelerate work; one participant estimated an extra $40,000 might be needed for masonry in addition to lumber and finishing costs, but all agreed a firm bid is required before authorizing additional appropriations.
Miss Rankin said the permanent improvement fund target is to maintain at least $200,000 and that the current remaining balance shown on the worksheet was about $232,000, leaving some capacity to fund additional work if the council chooses once bids and estimates are in hand.
The council did not take a formal vote during the portion of the transcript provided. Next procedural steps included obtaining contractor bids (McCarran was named as a potential bidder) and returning to appropriate or transfer funds only after receiving firm estimates.
