Juniata board adopts 2025–26 budget, sets final tax request and approves staff raises

The Juniata Village Board of Trustees on Sept. 11 approved Ordinance No. 434 adopting the village budget for fiscal year 2025–26 and adopted Resolution No. 313 setting the village's final tax request. Motions on those items and several consent-agenda measures were made, seconded and carried, according to the meeting record; the transcript does not record vote counts or the names of movers and seconders.

The approvals came during a combined budget hearing and regular meeting held at Village Hall, where trustees Renschler, Ford, Scott, Uldrich and Kulhanek were listed as present. The measures adopted included a 2025/2026 insurance renewal with the Jones Group, extra meeting pay for staff (amount not specified), authorization for employee coats and an overnight stay related to a training class in Norfolk (costs not specified), and a 3% cost-of-living raise for village employees.

The board also approved a PC Service bid for security cameras totaling $4,000.00; the transcript names the bid amount but does not provide contract terms or an award vendor beyond that item description. The record shows the board authorized entering and exiting executive session during the meeting, but the subject of that executive session and any related findings are not specified in the transcript.

The meeting minutes state that motions were "made, seconded and carried" for the listed business items. Because the transcript does not include vote tallies, mover/second names, levy figures, insurance premiums, or the costs associated with the travel and coats, those details are reported here as not specified in the record.

The board adjourned at 8:21 p.m. The adopted ordinance and resolution were entered into the record at the Sept. 11 meeting; public records or the village clerk can be consulted for vote tallies, full contract documents and any executive-session minutes released under applicable law.