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Waldo board adopts 2026 budget, updates codes and approves routine payments
Summary
The Village of Waldo Board approved the 2026 budget and tax levy, adopted two ordinances updating subdivision and public-works standards, approved monthly vouchers totaling $60,927.95, allowed a sidewalk removal, and gave the fire department first right of refusal on proposed land.
President Travis Thomas presided over the Village of Waldo Board of Trustees meeting on Nov. 10, where trustees adopted the village’s 2026 budget and established the necessary tax levy.
The board opened a public hearing on the proposed 2026 budget at 5:45 p.m.; no members of the public spoke, and President Travis Thomas closed the hearing at 6:00 p.m. Later in the meeting, President Thomas moved to approve Resolution 2025-14 adopting the 2026 budget and establishing the tax levy; Trustee Joshua Behr seconded and the motion carried.
Why it matters: approving the budget and levy sets taxing authority and the framework for village operations next year. The board did not specify the total budget amount in the meeting record.
Other approvals: trustees approved several ordinance and administrative actions. Trustee Michael Hintz moved to adopt Ordinance 2025-14 amending Chapter 189 (Subdivision of Land); Trustee Jerome Hammarlund seconded and the motion carried. Clerk/Treasurer Lisa Gillette explained that the Public Works Construction Standards (originally approved in 2001 and updated in 2005) had not been formally added to the code; Trustee Hintz moved to adopt Ordinance 2025-15 to add the standards to the Village Code Appendix as PW-1; Trustee Hammarlund seconded and the motion carried.
Financial items: Trustee Dennis Reinemann moved to approve the Treasurer’s Report as presented; Trustee Joshua Behr seconded and the motion carried. Trustee Michael Hintz moved to approve vouchers #DD1013-DD1018 and #16916-16934 and online payroll liabilities totaling $60,927.95; Trustee Joshua Behr seconded and the motion carried.
Local decisions and administrative actions included allowing a resident to remove remaining sidewalk on a Third Street property (motion by Trustee Jerome Hammarlund, seconded by Trustee Dennis Reinemann, motion carried) and giving the Waldo Fire Department the first right of refusal for land of their choosing for a new fire station (motion by Trustee Dennis Reinemann, seconded by Trustee Joshua Behr, motion carried). The board agreed Clerk/Treasurer Lisa Gillette will send a map to Berry Subdivision residents to explain a park easement.
Votes at a glance: President Travis Thomas moved to adopt Resolution 2025-14 (2026 budget); Trustee Joshua Behr seconded; motion carried. Ordinance 2025-14 (Subdivision of Land): moved by Trustee Michael Hintz, seconded by Trustee Jerome Hammarlund; motion carried. Ordinance 2025-15 (Public Works Construction Standards): moved by Trustee Michael Hintz, seconded by Trustee Jerome Hammarlund; motion carried. Vouchers totaling $60,927.95: moved by Trustee Michael Hintz, seconded by Trustee Joshua Behr; motion carried.
What’s next: The minutes record that the board placed school bus stop issues, the village dam and the park’s brick area on the agenda for a future meeting.
(Reporting based on Village of Waldo Board meeting minutes provided by Clerk/Treasurer Lisa Gillette.)
