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Votes at a glance: Clarks Board approves consent agenda, tax change, nuisance actions and wage increase
Summary
At its Aug. 19 meeting the Clarks Village Board approved the consent agenda, cut the occupation tax on liquor licenses to half the state rate, adopted nuisance-abatement resolutions (one 3-1), approved a special assessment for 609 E Amity, and authorized a 3% employee wage increase effective Oct. 1.
The Clarks Village Board of Trustees approved a slate of routine and substantive actions at its Aug. 19, 2025 meeting in Village Hall.
The board approved the consent agenda, which included minutes from July, a $1,500 transfer from Sales Tax to the NPAIT Water Resin Reserve Fund, and payroll and vendor warrants (payroll July: $19,875.99; payroll taxes/sales tax: $5,293.03), by a 4-0 roll-call vote on a motion from Trustee Dyrek Zoucha and second by Trustee Dylan Drummond.
On a separate motion, Trustee Dyrek Zoucha moved and Trustee James Parsons seconded a change to the occupation tax on liquor licenses, reducing it to one-half of the State liquor license rate. The motion passed on a 4-0 roll-call vote (Ayes: Chairman Donn Glynn; Trustees Parsons, Zoucha, Drummond).
The board adopted Resolution 2025-0813.1 (Municipal Annual Certification of the Program Compliance for 2025 for the Street Superintendent) unanimously on a motion by Trustee James Parsons and second by Trustee Dylan Drummond.
The trustees also acted on nuisance and abatement items: Resolution 2025-0819.2 to declare certain properties nuisances passed 3-1 (Ayes: Drummond, Zoucha, Glynn; Naye: Parsons). The board voted to start the nuisance-abatement process for 302 W Amity on a 3-1 roll-call. Separately, Resolution 2025-0819.3 to impose a special assessment and lien for nuisance abatement at 609 E Amity passed unanimously.
Other motions approved included hiring Cornhusker Parking Lot Cleaning to sweep streets before the Bean Day celebration (4-0) and adopting a 3% wage increase for village personnel effective Oct. 1 (motion by Trustee Dyrek Zoucha, second by Trustee James Parsons; roll-call 4-0).
The board discussed several informational items — including an insurance proposal from LARM (no interlocal action), pool and library season reports, planning and zoning permits, and maintenance issues at the water treatment plant and wells — before adjourning at 11:28 p.m.
The board set its next meeting for Sept. 10, 2025 at 7 p.m., which will include a public hearing on the budget.
