Robbins board adopts ordinance changing water-account payment plans

The Village of Robbins Board of Trustees on April 25 approved Ordinance 4-25-23, amending the village’s water-account payment plans.

Trustee Tiffany S. Robinson moved to approve the ordinance after an initial motion to defer the matter (moved by Trustee Michael Collier Sr. and seconded by Trustee Gregory N. Jackson) was denied. The final approval passed with Trustees Ernest Maxey Jr., George Brewton, Tiffany S. Robinson, Gregory N. Jackson and Michael Collier Sr. voting aye; Trustee Sharon Dyson was absent.

Mayor Darren E. Bryant introduced the meeting and made a series of community announcements before the ordinance vote. Robinson, who sponsored the approval motion, did not provide further details in the minutes about specific changes to the payment-plan language; the ordinance is recorded on the April 25 agenda as “an ordinance amending water account payment plans.”

The vote prompted questions from residents during the public-comment period about water rates and payment compliance. A resident asked whether the water increase would take effect June 1 and what percentage of residents are current on water bills; meeting minutes record the question but do not include a staff response or a specified effective date.

Trustee George Brewton asked for a finance meeting to follow up; the board scheduled a finance meeting for May 2 at 5:00 p.m. to review fiscal issues and related agenda items.

The ordinance approval is recorded in the meeting minutes; the minutes do not list the ordinance’s full text or implementation timetable. For formal details and enforcement dates, the village clerk’s office is the appropriate source.