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Wauconda board adopts annual appropriation ordinance; meeting record includes conflicting amount statements
Summary
The Wauconda Village Board adopted its annual appropriation ordinance for the fiscal year beginning May 1, 2025, following a presentation by Director McPannus. The meeting transcript records two different figures for the appropriation, and the minutes should clarify the correct amount.
Director McPannus presented the annual appropriation ordinance at the July 14 Wauconda Village Board meeting, describing the ordinance as the municipality’s legal spending limit for the coming fiscal year and urging adoption.
"Tonight we're considering our annual appropriation ordinance. This establishes our legal limit for spending for the next year," Director McPannus said during the presentation.
During the presentation the transcript records the appropriation figure as "about $4,054,000,000." After discussion and a request for a motion, the board moved, seconded, and adopted the ordinance by roll call with all recorded members voting yes. Later in the meeting the mayor referred to the figure as "dollars 54,000,000," creating a discrepancy in the meeting record between the clerk’s/read figure and the mayor’s later reference.
The clerk had earlier read and the board approved a consent agenda that included multiple bills and payments: a bills-for-payment amount read as $1,315,987.13 for 06/21/2025–07/03/2025; an earlier period entry read in the transcript as "612,117 thousand dollars and 59¢" (the spoken phrasing is unclear in the record and should be clarified in the official minutes); and a $22,500 payment to the Jerry Golden Revocable Trust for property on South Main Street. The consent agenda also referenced a professional services agreement with AT and T Engineers for sanitary sewer spot repairs.
The board took the appropriation vote at the meeting; no written dissent or public comment on the ordinance was recorded during the earlier public hearing, according to the presenter. The mayor said the ordinance was ready to adopt and the motion carried.
What remains to be clarified: the official minutes should record the correct appropriation amount (the transcript includes both "about $4,054,000,000" and later "dollars 54,000,000") and clarify the earlier unclear dollar phrasing in the clerk’s reading of bills. The village clerk or finance director should confirm the adopted appropriation amount for the fiscal year and correct the minutes if necessary.
