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Manhattan board adopts 2026–27 budget, renews leases and approves police contracts in unanimous votes
Summary
The Village of Manhattan board approved the FY2026–27 budget, renewed farmland leases, adopted collective bargaining agreements with the Illinois Council of Police, approved a dual‑role compensation MOA, authorized summer hires, released multiple letters of credit for the White Feather subdivision, and made planning‑board appointments; all motions carried on roll call.
The Village of Manhattan Board on April 21 approved a package of routine and substantive actions, voting on the annual budget and a series of contracts, leases and personnel items.
Budget: The board adopted an ordinance approving the village's annual budget for the fiscal year beginning May 1, 2026 and ending April 30, 2027. The ordinance, which the presenter said reflects minor updates to revenues and expenditures since its April 7 introduction, passed on a roll call vote with recorded affirmative votes from members listed in the record.
Leases: The board approved renewals of cash‑rent farmland leases on village‑owned land. One lease covers just over 14.5 acres on Route 52 south of Bruns Road with Ron Crawford Sr. at $210 per acre through Oct. 31, 2026; another higher‑revenue lease on Bruns Road with Ray Nent at $210 per acre was also approved and was reported to generate $12,180 in rental income. (A rental figure in the transcript for the first lease is garbled and is marked not specified in clarifying details.)
Labor agreements: Trustees approved a memorandum of understanding with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (District Lodge 124) correcting effective dates in a collective bargaining agreement, and adopted ordinances authorizing collective bargaining agreements with the Illinois Council of Police covering full‑time patrol officers and sergeants effective May 1, 2026–April 30, 2030.
Dual‑role compensation: The board approved a memorandum of agreement with the Illinois Council of Police establishing compensation guidelines for an employee working part time across two village departments; the transcript provides a fiscal‑impact figure transcribed as "$77,51" that is unclear and is reported as not specified in clarifying details.
Personnel and planning: The board authorized hiring seven Public Works summer‑help employees at $17/hour, and approved appointments to the Planning & Zoning Commission: Dan Beamster (to fill a term ending May 1, 2027) and reappointments of Gwen Petrella and Michael Kramerich to terms ending May 1, 2030.
Subdivision acceptance: The board approved releasing multiple letters of credit and accepting completed public improvements in the White Feather subdivision after engineer sign‑offs; three separate LOC items and corresponding improvements (mass grading, underground, roadway, parkway) were recorded and approved by roll call.
All motions referenced above carried on roll call; the transcript records board members answering affirmatively during each roll call. No recorded votes in the transcript were recorded as opposing or abstaining.
Next procedural step: trustees went into executive session to discuss personnel and collective bargaining matters and later returned to open session and adjourned.
