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Board accepts clean audit, approves $448,130.51 accounts payable and repeals blanket winter parking ban
Summary
The village received a clean (unmodified) 2025 audit and approved the audit, accepted a reduced police‑pension actuary contribution recommendation, authorized about $448,130.51 in accounts payable, approved several small‑value capital purchases and repealed a blanket winter parking ban in favor of event‑driven enforcement.
At the Hampshire village board meeting, remote auditor Monica Danske presented the 2025 financial audit and reported an unmodified (clean) opinion. "The village did receive an unmodified opinion this year," Danske said, and she walked trustees through fund balances, pension trust figures and business‑type fund results.
Finance staff also summarized a police pension municipal compliance report; staff said actuary guidance reduced the recommended contribution from roughly $658,000 to about $505,000, and the board accepted the report. The board approved accounts payable totaling $448,130.51 and asked a few operational questions about vehicle and equipment purchases.
Trustees approved several small capital items: new man doors at treatment facilities (approximately $29,000), a replacement contract with H & H Builders and a surge‑protection device purchase (about $33,000) discussed as recurring maintenance. All motions passed on roll call.
On a policy item, trustees repealed the village’s prior blanket winter parking ban and approved text amendments that instead prohibit parking only during a publicly announced snow/ice event; the ordinance ties enforcement to National Weather Service forecasts and the start of falling snow/ice, and staff committed to using the village app, social media and signs to notify residents when events are declared.
What happens next: staff will record the annexation and zoning changes with the county (where applicable), attach permit conditions to land‑use approvals, post signage for the parking changes and work with schools and residents on Safe Routes construction timing and communication.
