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Votes at a glance: Wauconda board approves consent agenda, liquor-license adjustment and enters executive session

Wauconda Village Board · April 7, 2026
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Summary

Trustees approved a consent agenda including $811,350.85 in bill payments, a water and sewer ordinance amendment, HMG Engineers professional services for lead service line inspections, a change order for well No. 8 rehabilitation, and a three-year Everbridge contract (transcript shows a garbled annual figure); the board also approved recreating a liquor license for Liberty Street Liquors and voted to enter executive session.

At its April meeting the Wauconda Village Board approved a multi-item consent agenda, a liquor-license adjustment, and a motion to enter executive session.

Consent agenda: The clerk read and the board approved the consent agenda, which included payment of bills totaling $811,350.85; an ordinance amending Chapter 51 of the village code concerning water and sewer regulations and construction/irrigation rates; a professional services agreement with HMG Engineers for lead service line inspections; change order No. 1 with Great Lakes Water Resources Group Inc. for well No. 8 rehabilitation; and a three-year agreement with Everbridge Inc. for emergency mass notification and smart weather alerting systems (the meeting transcript contains a garbled annual dollar figure for the Everbridge contract that is not clear).

Liquor license: Staff (Mr. Deax) explained a request to recreate a specific liquor license for Liberty Street Liquors — a core license required prior to installing video gaming — after the business resolved earlier lease restrictions. The board approved the amendment to the village code adjusting the number of authorized liquor licenses.

Executive session: The board moved and seconded to go into executive session to discuss employee appointment/employment/compensation/discipline/performance/dismissal, legal counsel matters, and purchase or lease of real property; the motion passed by roll call at 6:14 p.m., and the board planned to adjourn directly from the executive session.

Votes summary: Roll-call votes recorded Trustees How, Shaw, Stout, Stein and Gary voting yes on the items above; Trustee Brown was absent. Meeting minutes did not record any dissent.