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City council approves 2026 utility budgets, tax levy, capital plan and library appointments
Summary
At its Nov. 24 meeting, the council approved multiple 2026 budget and levy resolutions — including the water and sewer utility budgets, the tax levy and the 2026 capital improvement budget — and appointed members to the library board; the transcript does not include vote tallies or budget dollar amounts.
Mayor Greuel presided as the city council on Nov. 24, 2025, approved a package of 2026 budget and levy measures and completed a series of routine appointments.
The council briefly adjourned to meet as the utility board and adopted the 2026 Water Utility Budget (Resolution NO RE 2025-199) on a motion by Alderperson Tetzlaff, seconded by Alderperson Vander Heiden, and the 2026 Sewer Utility Budget (Resolution NO RE 2025-200) on a motion by Alderperson Hurkman, seconded by Tetzlaff. The utility board also approved Resolution NO RE 2025-201 regarding Payment in Lieu of Taxes, moved by Tetzlaff and seconded by Schaumberg. The transcript records each motion as "motion carried" but does not provide roll-call vote tallies or the budget dollar totals.
After reconvening the regular council, members approved additional resolutions: accepting the library levy (RE 2025-202), setting non-represented employee wages for 2026 (RE 2025-203), adopting the tax levy (RE 2025-204), approving the 2026 Capital Improvement Budget (RE 2025-205) and appointing members to the Library Board (RE 2025-206). Movers and seconders are recorded in the minutes for each motion; the transcript does not list a recorded vote count or the specific levy rate, wage amounts, project-level CIP allocations or the names of the library appointees.
Administrator Sean Hutchison thanked council and staff for their work on the budget before the meeting adjourned. The clerk-treasurer's signature appears in the minutes as the meeting record. No public-comment discussion or contested debate on the recorded items appears in the transcript.
Votes at a glance • RE 2025-199 — 2026 Water Utility Budget: approved; motion by Alderperson Tetzlaff, seconded by Alderperson Vander Heiden; vote tally not specified in transcript. • RE 2025-200 — 2026 Sewer Utility Budget: approved; motion by Alderperson Hurkman, seconded by Alderperson Tetzlaff; vote tally not specified. • RE 2025-201 — Payment in Lieu of Taxes: approved; motion by Alderperson Tetzlaff, seconded by Alderperson Schaumberg; vote tally not specified. • RE 2025-202 — Accepting the Library Levy: approved; motion by Alderperson Tetzlaff, seconded by Alderperson Krull; vote tally not specified. • RE 2025-203 — Non-Represented Wages 2026: approved; motion by Alderperson Hurkman, seconded by Alderperson Tetzlaff; wage amounts not specified. • RE 2025-204 — Setting the Tax Levy: approved; motion by Alderperson Tetzlaff, seconded by Alderperson Schaumberg; levy rate and fiscal impact not specified. • RE 2025-205 — 2026 Capital Improvement Budget: approved; motion by Alderperson Krull, seconded by Alderperson Hurkman; project-level amounts not specified. • RE 2025-206 — Appointing Members to the Library Board: approved; motion by Alderperson Tetzlaff, seconded by Alderperson Krull; appointee names not specified in transcript.
What the transcript shows and what it does not: the meeting record documents motions, seconders and that motions "carried" for each item. The transcript does not supply vote tallies, specific budget or levy dollar figures, or the names of library appointees; those details would typically appear in the official minutes or supporting documents but are not recorded in the provided transcript.
