Northfield council adopts 2025 tax budget, approves codification updates and summer recess

The Village of Northfield Council on June 12 adopted its tax budget for the fiscal year beginning Jan. 1, 2025, approved an ordinance updating the village codified ordinances, and voted to cancel the first council meetings in July and August for a summer recess.

Law Director Brad Bryan read Resolution No. 2024-19, the tax budget, by title. Councilmember Alan Hipps moved to suspend the three-reading rule; Councilmember Gary Vojtush seconded. The suspension passed on a roll-call vote recorded as Jesse Ferko-yes; Renell Noack-yes; Gary Vojtush-yes; Alan Hipps-yes; Kevin Lewis-yes. Hipps then moved to adopt the resolution, Vojtush seconded, and the council approved the resolution by the same recorded vote.

Bryan then read Ordinance No. 2024-20, an emergency ordinance to edit and include certain ordinances as parts of the codified ordinances and to repeal conflicting provisions. Councilmember Renell Noack moved to suspend the three-reading rule; Kevin Lewis seconded. The suspension and subsequent motion to adopt (mover: Noack; seconder: Lewis) were approved on recorded roll-call votes (Ferko-yes; Noack-yes; Vojtush-yes; Hipps-yes; Lewis-yes).

Earlier in the meeting Council approved the minutes from the May 22 council meeting after a motion by Kevin Lewis and a second from Renell Noack (roll-call: Noack-yes; Ferko-yes; Vojtush-yes; Hipps-abstain; Lewis-yes). Council later voted to cancel the first meetings in July (July 10) and August (Aug. 14) for a summer recess; that motion, moved by Noack and seconded by Vojtush, passed on recorded votes.

The meeting adjourned at 7:42 p.m. The published minutes record the roll-call tallies for each vote as above. The transcript shows a discrepancy in the adjournment roll call (it records a vote by “Mr. Magistrelli” although he is listed earlier in the minutes as not present); that inconsistency is noted in the meeting record and audit.