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Board authorizes certified letters and possible shutoff to enforce water meter replacements
Summary
Trustees authorized sending certified letters to residents with old water meters, citing Village Water Ordinance 2020-02 Section 8 and giving 30 days to schedule a replacement with Treasurer Gary Whitcomb and another 30 days to complete before shutoff.
Clerk Melody Hall reported she consulted the village lawyer and cited Village Water Ordinance 2020-02 Section 8, which grants the village authority to turn off water service for noncompliance. Trustee Tim Stage proposed a two-step certified-letter approach: first, a certified letter giving residents 30 days to contact Treasurer Gary Whitcomb to schedule a replacement; second, a 30-day window to complete the meter swap or face water shutoff.
Trustee Diane Brown moved to send the certified letters and the board approved the motion unanimously. The motion directs the clerk to prepare and send the letters and instructs Treasurer Whitcomb to schedule the meter replacements. The transcript records the operative timeline: "they have 30 days to contact Gary to make a date to change out the meter, then they have 30 days to complete it or the water will be shut off."
