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Broadview trustees approve warrant list and abate 2018 bond levy; fire training remodel authorized
Summary
Broadview trustees approved a warrant list and several financial measures March 17, including payment of roughly $338,800 in bills, abatement of the 2018 capital bond levy and a budgeted remodel for the fire department training space; the board also authorized travel for the village president and advanced the FY budget process.
The Village of Broadview Board of Trustees on March 17 approved the finance department’s warrant list and a series of related financial actions, including an ordinance to abate debt service on the village’s 2018 general obligation bond.
Trustee Shelby, the finance chairwoman, read the warrant list and summarized vendor payments and fund balances before the board voted to pay the bills. “By these expenditures we have the general fund account in the amount of …” Shelby said while reading the account totals; the clerk recorded a grand total of expenditures on the record of roughly $338,800. The motion to approve the warrant list passed on a 4–0 roll call vote, with Trustees Armor and Miller absent at that time.
The board also approved an application to expend funds for a budgeted remodel of the fire-department training area. Chief Derek Bryant described the project as a planned renovation that will include drywall, painting, electrical work and ceiling tiles and said the expense was budgeted. Trustee Senior moved to approve the expenditure; Trustee Abraham seconded the motion, and the board recorded a 4–0 vote to authorize the contract.
During its finance discussion the board then considered an ordinance providing for abatement of principal and interest on the village’s 2018 capital bond. Finance Director Tom Hood explained the abatement means the principal and interest payments for that bond will be paid from an alternate source and not placed on property-tax bills. Trustee Shelby moved the ordinance; Trustee Abraham seconded, and the roll call reflected four votes in favor and one abstention (Trustee Miller), carrying the measure.
The board separately approved a resolution authorizing travel expenses for Village President Katrina Thompson to attend the National League of Cities Congressional Conference. The president listed registration and travel costs on the record and said the trip related to her committee work at the national level; that resolution passed unanimously in a 5–0 vote.
The finance director told trustees the village is completing auditor requests and that department heads are meeting to prepare the FY2025–26 budget, with a forthcoming finance-committee meeting to review the draft publicly.
What’s next: The warrant list and related vendor detail are on file with the clerk and in the finance office. The abatement ordinance and the fire-department contract proceed to administrative implementation; any contract documents and procurement records will be entered into the public record per village procedure.
