South Barrington trustees adopt FY 2023/24 budget, OK Lake Michigan water feasibility study and several vendor agreements

The Village of South Barrington Board of Trustees approved the village's Fiscal Year 2023/24 Operating Budget and a package of resolutions and ordinances at its May 10, 2023 meeting.

Mayor Paula McCombie called the meeting to order at 8:08 p.m., and Village Clerk Daniel Dani Zierk recorded a quorum with Trustees Joseph Abbate, Kanu Panchal, Hina Patel and Anthony Stagno present; Trustees Edgar Alvarado and Stephen Guranovich were listed as absent earlier in the minutes.

The board approved three warrant runs totaling $578,010.99 (Warrant Run #1: $75,996.07; #2: $176,014.38; #3: $326,000.54) and accepted the Statement of Revenues and Expenditures and the Detailed Balance Sheet as of April 30, 2023. Trustee Joseph Abbate made the motions to approve the warrant runs; those motions were seconded and passed by roll call (Ayes-4, Nays-0, Absent-2).

On fiscal matters, Trustees adopted the FY 2023/24 Operating Budget by resolution after Finance Committee review. The minutes note that the Annual Appropriation Ordinance was presented in advance of a June 8 public hearing. The minutes do not list a total dollar amount for the adopted operating budget in the record and the budget document was not available at the meeting.

The trustees also approved a resolution to retain Greeley and Hansen to perform an initial feasibility study examining…