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Trustees approve $445,000 in DPW equipment purchases and $42,000 for IT upgrades
Summary
The board approved capital spending for a backhoe and claw and fleet replacements (about $445,000, funded with future debt) and authorized $42,000 in unassigned fund balance for DPW computer upgrades to maintain software and cybersecurity.
Administrator Jim Palmer explained that DPW needs a backhoe equipped with a claw and two rack bodies to replace aging equipment and to make leaf collection and limb pickup more efficient; the board approved about $445,000 in equipment spending, with the village requesting the use of future debt to fund the purchases. Palmer said the claw can scoop leaves and limbs into trucks, reducing labor and vacuum-truck reliance.
Trustees also voted to use $42,000 of unassigned fund balance for DPW hardware and service upgrades to maintain software licenses and mitigate cybersecurity risk; the board noted that computer hardware has a shorter useful life and that periodic replacements are part of normal capital maintenance.
