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Golf Manor advances multi-year contracts and ordinances; staff warns of $215,000 annual gap on fire/EMS contract by 2027
Summary
Council approved a five-year solid-waste contract and a five-year fire-protection agreement and passed ordinances to adjust pay ranges and appropriations; staff told council the planned fire agreement will create an estimated $215,000 annual shortfall by the contracts final year without new revenue or spending changes.
Council approved two multi-year agreements and moved to adopt budget and pay-range changes during the same meeting that considered a confirmation for the police chief.
Village staff presented a draft five-year fire-protection agreement with the Deer Park–Silverton Fire District that includes progressive inflationary increases. The acting village administrator told council staff will forward a file modeling the contracts multi-year fiscal impact and said, "by the time in the last year of this upcoming contract ... we will have a deficit of about $215,000 annually," warning that the village will need to consider general-fund transfers, raising revenue or other measures when preparing the 2027 budget.
Council voted to approve Resolution 2026-8, which authorizes a contract with the selected solid-waste collection vendor to begin after 10/01/2026, and Resolution 2026-9, the fire-protection agreement, and directed the administrator to execute the contracts. The village solicitor also presented two ordinances: an amendment to 2026 appropriations (Ordinance 2026-3) that clarifies termination-benefits language and authorizes a general-fund transfer if needed, and an ordinance updating police pay ranges (Ordinance 2026-4) to allow previously proposed 6% increases. Council moved to suspend three readings for the ordinances and approved them as presented.
Council members discussed options to close the projected gap, including a possible levy or income-tax change, and asked staff to model scenarios and bring recommendations during the budget cycle. The administrator said staff will provide updated projections and options before the 2027 budget season.
