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Ravenswood council approves routine payments, draws and ordinance readings; lease delayed
Summary
Council approved prior minutes, multiple vendor invoices and water/sewer pay draws, adopted a golf-cart ordinance amendment and took first reading of a sewer bond ordinance; the proposed Welcome Center lease with Smokehouse Pavilion was tabled and will be reconsidered later.
Ravenswood Mayor Josh Miller convened a special meeting of the Common Council on April 21, 2026, and the body approved a slate of routine fiscal items, adopted a golf-cart ordinance amendment and advanced a sewer bond ordinance to first reading.
On motions generally moved by Councilor Todd Ritchie and seconded by other members, the council approved minutes from April 7 and April 17, vendor invoices tied to waterfront EEGF projects (examples include Sir Speedy and R.D. Newell & Assoc.), and large pay draws for water and wastewater work (examples in the record include FAMCO $498,894.99 and Thrasher $22,780.00). The council also approved Sewer Phase 2A draw 29 (including Pro Contracting $25,437.75; Thrasher $12,750.00) and voted to lay the FY 2027 levy as presented.
The council adopted a golf-cart ordinance amendment on its second reading; Councilor Amanda Slaven moved the measure and Councilor Eric Cullen seconded. The transcript records motions as "All Approved" but does not supply individual roll-call vote tallies.
The meeting recorded the first reading of a sewer bond ordinance covering related wastewater financing; the ordinance’s first reading and related motions were recorded as approved for the reading to proceed.
The council tabled two agenda items connected to a proposed lease for the Welcome Center/Incubator with Smokehouse Pavilion; the body allowed public comment from attendees before scheduling further action. The meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m.
Votes listed in the meeting record are summarized as motions with "All Approved;" the transcript does not include individual yes/no votes by name for those items.
The council set its next meeting for May 5, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.
