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Trustees reject golf-cart ordinance, approve landscaping project and reinvest a CD
Summary
The Village of Four Seasons trustees declined an ordinance permitting golf carts on village streets after safety concerns, approved a welcome-sign/flagpole landscaping estimate and voted to reinvest a maturing CD into a short-term certificate; trustees also canceled the February meeting and set the next meeting for March 11.
The Village of Four Seasons Board of Trustees considered a mix of operational and policy items after the special-use hearing and took several separate votes on local matters.
Golf-cart ordinance: Trustees read Ordinance 26-01 by title twice, an ordinance intended to regulate operation, equipment, registration and permitting of golf carts and low-speed vehicles on municipal streets. Discussion centered on the village’s narrow, curvy roads and residents’ safety concerns. After debate about speed limits, crossing locations and hills in the village, the motion to adopt the ordinance failed on a divided roll call; several trustees said the village road geometry and traffic made the ordinance inadvisable in its present form.
Landscaping and welcome sign: Trustees approved an estimate to replace mulch with decorative rock around the main welcome sign and the flagpole garden and to make related planting adjustments. Staff described the cost and locations; trustees approved the project and authorized staff to proceed.
CD reinvestment: Finance staff notified trustees of a certificate of deposit maturing at month-end. Trustees debated term length and rates, then voted to reinvest the maturing CD in a short-term certificate consistent with staff recommendations. The trustees also discussed broader cash-management planning for general and capital funds.
Administrative items: Trustees voted to eliminate the February meeting for 2026 and scheduled the next regular meeting for March 11. The board heard updates on pedestrian handrails, Trillium Park preparations and generator maintenance before adjourning.
No code changes were adopted tonight related to the golf-cart proposal; trustees asked staff and committee members to revisit safety and routing details for any future version of the ordinance.
