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Gresham board approves 2025 budget, adopts tax levy and awards lift station work
Summary
At a Dec. 2 special meeting, the Village Board of Gresham approved the 2025 budget, adopted Resolution No. 204-04 to set the tax levy, and authorized Crane Engineering to proceed with a Cedar Lane lift station at a not-to-exceed cost of $150,000.
President Rick Giese presided over a special Village Board meeting in Gresham on Dec. 2, 2024, at which trustees approved the village’s 2025 budget, adopted a resolution setting the 2025 tax levy, and authorized work on a lift station on Cedar Lane.
Trustee T. Madsen moved to approve the 2025 budget; Trustee A. Bahr seconded the motion. The board approved the budget on a roll call vote with five votes in favor and two trustees absent (B. Hoffman and B. Nelson). Clerk/Treasurer Judith Kristof recorded the vote.
Trustee A. Bahr moved to adopt Resolution No. 204-04, described in the minutes as the budget adoption and tax levy resolution; Trustee T. Madsen seconded. The resolution passed by roll call vote (5 yes, 0 no, 2 absent).
Operations Manager B. Carroll presented a written quote from Crane Engineering, which the minutes state was lower than the quote presented at the prior meeting. Trustee A. Bahr moved and Trustee B. Ebert seconded a motion to proceed with Crane Engineering for the Cedar Lane lift station with a not-to-exceed limit of $150,000. The motion carried 5–0 with two trustees absent.
Board members also identified items for the next meeting agenda, including selecting winners of the village Christmas lighting contest. The minutes note that the wastewater meeting will be attended by B. Carroll, R. James and A. Bahr. There was no correspondence and no public additions recorded.
The meeting was adjourned at 6:27 p.m. by motion of Trustee T. Madsen and second by Trustee B. Ebert. The minutes were signed by President Rick Giese and Clerk/Treasurer Judith Kristof.
