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Barrington Hills board adopts $9.88 million appropriation ordinance, approves routine financial measures
Summary
The board approved the annual appropriation ordinance for fiscal 2026 setting legal spending authority at $9,877,519, adopted a temporary 10-ton road weight restriction, and voted to enter executive session on pending litigation; trustees called the roll and recorded affirmative votes for the enactments in the transcript.
The Village of Barrington Hills Board of Trustees voted on Feb. 23 to adopt the annual appropriation ordinance for fiscal 2026, establishing the village’s legal spending authority at $9,877,519 for the year. Trustees also approved routine financial measures, a temporary 10-ton weight restriction on village roads and moved into executive session to discuss pending litigation.
A finance presenter explained that the appropriation is higher than the working budget to cover items and potential overages, noting that a building renovation was budgeted in 2025 but included in the 2026 appropriation. "Total budget appropriation ordinance is $9,877,519, whereas our working budget was just over 8,600,000," the presenter said during the meeting.
Trustees moved to approve the appropriation ordinance (Ordinance 26-01). The roll-call votes recorded in the transcript showed recorded "yes" votes from Trustee McCleary, Trustee Clark, Trustee Hoffman, Trustee Ekstrom and Trustee Riff; the transcript does not record an audible vote for Trustee Strauss in that roll call sequence.
In other business, the board approved invoices totaling $310,145.44 (including two snowplow payments), accepted an overtime report showing $8,830.04, and approved the police pension report. Trustees also adopted a temporary resolution (Resolution 28-016-0101) reducing allowable vehicle weight to 10 tons on village-maintained roads effective Feb. 20 based on the village engineer's frost-line assessment; overweight permits tied to building permits were suspended during the restriction but may be applied for with higher fees.
Before closing the public meeting, trustees approved a resolution supporting Illinois’ America 250 commemoration and highlighted local events such as the Land We Love run. The board then moved, seconded and approved adjourning into executive session to discuss pending litigation under the statutory citation read on the record; the board stated it would not return to the regular meeting and adjourned at 7:08 p.m.
Next steps: Routine financial monitoring and web-posted information about overweight permits and a links map for affected roads; no further public action on the appropriation or litigation matters was recorded in the meeting transcript.
