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At a glance: Sleepy Hollow votes on budget, personnel appointments and studies
Summary
The board approved the FY2027 appropriations ordinance, authorized an actuarial IMRF study, rescinded a temporary assistant building-official appointment, appointed and swore in a new village clerk, and authorized attorney review of an amusement/streaming tax draft.
Several formal votes closed out the Sleepy Hollow board meeting:
- Appropriations (Ordinance 2026-5): The board approved the fiscal year 2027 appropriation ordinance after discussion in the appropriations meeting. The motion passed on a roll-call vote with all members present voting aye.
- Actuarial study (IMRF): The board authorized Chief Parma to proceed with an actuarial study to assess IMRF (Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund) liabilities for the village, a step related to collective bargaining and retirement planning.
- Amusement/streaming tax: Trustees authorized the village attorney to review a draft ordinance (from Hampton Hills) to determine whether a local amusement/streaming tax is compatible with Sleepy Hollow code; no tax rate was adopted, but staff noted a 5% rate is commonly used by reference municipalities.
- Personnel: The board voted to rescind Administrator Van’s temporary appointment as assistant building official effective 06/29/2026 and to appoint Jennifer Reed as village clerk; Reed took the oath of office during the meeting.
- Other approvals: The board approved warrants (amount noted in the packet) and several routine minutes approvals during the meeting.
These votes were recorded in roll-call form; where tallies were given they matched the verbal roll calls in the meeting minutes.
