Shorewood board approves 2024 tax levy and veterinary clinic PUD; several contracts cleared

The Shorewood Village Board on Dec. 10 adopted its 2024 tax levy, approved a planned unit development and conditional-use permit for a veterinary clinic at Shorewood Town Center, and approved multiple contracts and budget adjustments ahead of the new year.

Finance staff presented the second reading of the proposed levy, saying the plan "is to capture some of our EAV growth without adjusting that final tax rate," and listing a total proposed levy of $2,190,188.75. Trustees then voted to adopt the ordinance by roll call.

Planning staff detailed the Shorewood Veterinary Clinic proposal — a roughly 12,712-square-foot building, 61 parking spaces (including three ADA), and a fenced 3,000-square-foot dog play yard — and trustees voted to grant the conditional-use permit and final PUD plat after questions about traffic access, lighting and animal handling. The board also approved a not-to-exceed $140,000 landscape maintenance contract with K and D Landscaping and a $14,780.40 change order increasing a pavement-marking contract to $98,320.40; a separate payment of $78,016.20 to road-striping contractors was approved at the meeting.

Smaller items included appointment and swearing-in of a deputy clerk, designation of FOIA officers, repeal of a previously accepted but unsigned plat vacation for 25511 Regent Boulevard, and formation of an alternate voting representative to the village's insurance cooperative. Two public hearings — for a County Line Solar annexation and a Town Center 2 (Kent/Lennar) annexation — were continued to January at petitioners' request.