Votes at a glance: Walworth board actions July 13, 2026
Summary
The board carried unanimous votes on payables ($258,579.20), two lead-project change orders totaling $1,536,395.36, ambulance sale/borrowing authorization ($380,000), adoption of Ordinance 2026-3, reimbursements and appointments, and a closed-session referral on an offer to purchase.
At its July 13 meeting the Village Board recorded the following formal actions and outcomes (all motions carried unanimously unless noted):
- Approve General Fund & Utility payables plus additions: $258,579.20. - Approve Change Order No. 1 (lead project): $843,696.73. - Approve Change Order No. 2 (lead project): $692,698.63. - Approve operator's license for Steven Husaboa (BP Gas). - Add appeal by Harminder Bhatoya/The Variety Room LLC to next month's meeting in closed session (attorney noted a required 10-day notice). - Approve sale of current ambulance on Wisconsin Surplus and initiate borrowing of $380,000 (10-year term) for a new ambulance. - Maintain prior status quo of not charging for fire inspections. - Enter litigation over PFAS turnout gear for Fire/Rescue. - Adopt Ordinance 2026-3 amending Title 10, Chapter 2 (bicycles, e-bikes, e-scooters, electric personal assistive mobility devices and related vehicles). - Approve reimbursement to Arlene Rauland for sewer portion of bills during a meter leak. - Approve payout of accrued vacation hours to Chris Holt (Public Works). - Approve Hometown Tech monitored backup service for the police department at $35/month. - Vote to submit a claim to the village's insurance provider for potential negligence regarding financials from a prior clerk's administration. - Enter closed session under Wis. Stat. 19.85(1)(e) to consider an offer to purchase village property; upon return to open session, the board referred the offer to the Plan Commission with attorney recommendations.
The minutes show unanimous support for recorded motions and include a roll-call aye vote for entering the closed session (Fell, Ball, Hovestol, Yunker, Ellerth, Hubertz, Czaja).
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