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Walden trustees approve year-end transfers, defer fence decision for 15 Walden Estates; board moves to executive session
Summary
Trustees adopted two year-end budget-transfer resolutions and approved payment of ordered bills. The board deferred a resident’s request for a fence on a drainage easement at 15 Walden Estates pending clarification of location and documentation, and voted to enter executive session on personnel and a property matter.
The Village of Walden Board of Trustees approved two year-end budget-transfer resolutions and authorized payment of ordered bills at a regular meeting.
Resolution 15-20-21 was presented as a fiscal-year cleanup to align audit numbers. A trustee moved and a second were recorded and the motion carried; the transcript records the outcome as "motion carried" but does not include a roll-call tally.
Resolution 16-20-21 included several small transfers and a transfer covering sewer maintenance while a state loan or grant remains pending. Trustees discussed specific line transfers cited in the discussion: a $3,000 transfer to sewer maintenance, $159 for the treasurer's line, and $45.26 for the building department (software/office equipment). A motion and second were made and the motion carried; the meeting transcript does not list vote tallies.
Trustees also discussed a resident’s request to place a fence on a drainage easement at 15 Walden Estates. Staff reported a sketch showing a fence in a different location than earlier drawings; trustees agreed that if the fence is in the same location as the original easement it is allowed, but if it is in a different location it requires board approval. Trustees asked staff to clarify the fence’s location, include a provision that the homeowner would bear removal and replacement costs if village work requires fence removal, and return the item to the next meeting with documentation and the resident available to answer questions.
Before adjourning to executive session, trustees moved and seconded a motion to enter executive session for personnel matters and attorney-client discussion related to a village property; the motion carried.
What happens next: staff will prepare the requested easement documentation and place the item on the next meeting agenda; any further budget or grant approvals will come back to the board for formal action. The transcript did not provide final vote tallies for the recorded motions.
