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Board approves village welcome-park signs contract and designates ARPA funds, but amounts differ in minutes
Summary
Trustees approved a contract with Signarama to purchase and install seven village signs and separately approved a resolution designating ARPA funds up to $80,600 for the signs; the contract amount recorded ($81,000) exceeds the ARPA designation by $400, an inconsistency the minutes do not reconcile.
The board reviewed a proposal for new park and welcome signs and then approved a contract with Signarama for purchase and installation of seven signs in the village on a motion by Trustee Chuck Hornung, seconded by Trustee John Duffy. The minutes record the contract amount as up to $81,000 and the motion carried 5–0.
Separately, the board discussed and approved Resolution-18-2024, which would designate American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds of up to $80,600 to purchase and install the new welcome and park signs. Trustee Ann Price moved the resolution and Trustee John Duffy seconded; the resolution was approved 5–0.
The minutes record both the contract approval and the ARPA designation but do not explain the $400 difference between the $81,000 contract cap and the $80,600 ARPA allocation recorded in Resolution-18-2024. The transcript does not specify how the board intended to cover any gap if the contract cost reaches the full $81,000.
Why it matters: The board committed to a vendor contract and to using ARPA funds to pay for the signs; the recorded discrepancy in amounts is a budgetary detail staff should clarify before invoicing.
Next steps: Staff will need to reconcile funding sources and report whether the ARPA amount and contract cap are intended to match or whether additional funds will be provided from other village accounts; the minutes do not record that reconciliation.
