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Board directs attorney to draft ordinance raising trustee pay to $100 per meeting, to take effect for incoming posts
Summary
Trustees instructed the village attorney to prepare ordinance language to set trustee pay at $100 per compensable meeting (regular, special, committee of the whole and study sessions with public notice) effective for positions sworn in May 2027; staff will reconcile past payments back to May 1, 2025 at the ordinance-corrected rate.
Trustees debated a proposed increase to trustee compensation and how to define what kinds of gatherings count as compensable meetings. Staff reviewed the village’s ordinance history, noting that an $80-per‑meeting rate appears to be the ordinance standard while payroll had been paying $81.50; staff recommended fixing the inconsistency, clarifying which meetings are compensable, and drafting ordinance language for council consideration.
After extended debate about committee meeting pay, retroactive reconciliation and whether the change should apply immediately or only to incoming officeholders, trustees voted to direct the village attorney to prepare an ordinance setting trustee compensation at $100 per compensable meeting with clarifying language that compensable meetings are meetings of the board (regular, special, committee of the whole and properly noticed study sessions). The board also directed staff to go back to 05/01/2025 to reconcile payments at the ordinance-corrected rate for the applicable trustees; board members noted the ordinance would take effect for positions beginning 05/01/2027.
