A. Village Board & Board Committee
Regular MeetingLake Zurich, IL · November 18, 2023
Agenda
VILLAGE OF LAKE ZURICH
Board of Trustees
Committee of the Whole Budget Workshop
Police Department Community Room, 200 Mohawk Trail
Saturday, November 18, 2023 9:00 am
Public Notice is hereby given that there will be a special meeting of the Lake Zurich Village Board
Committee of the Whole on Saturday, November 18, 2023 at 9:00 A.M. This meeting will be held at
the Lake Zurich Police Department, 200 Mohawk Trail, Lake Zurich, Illinois, in accordance with the
Illinois Compiled State Statues.
SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL: Mayor Thomas Poynton, Trustee Dan Bobrowski, Trustee Mary Beth Euker,
Trustee William Riley, Trustee Marc Spacone, Trustee Roger Sugrue, Trustee Greg Weider.
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
a. November 16, 2022 Committee of the Whole Budget Workshop at Police Department
Community Room.
4. PUBLIC COMMENT
This is an opportunity for residents to comment briefly on matters included on the agenda
and otherwise of interest to the Board of Trustees. Public Comment is limited to 30 minutes
total and up to 5 minutes per speaker.
5. BUDGET WORKSHOP TO DISCUSS FISCAL YEAR 2023 PROPOSED BUDGET
a. Budget Message Village Manager
b. Financial Overview Finance Director
c. Questions and Comments
6. ADJOURNMENT
The Village of Lake Zurich is subject to the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Individuals with disabilities who
plan to attend this meeting and who require certain accommodations so that they can observe and participate in this meeting, or who
have questions regarding the accessibility of the meeting or the Village’s facilities, should contact the Village’s ADA Coordinator at
847.438.5141 (TDD 847.438.2349) promptly to allow the Village to make reasonable accommodations for those individuals.
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UNAPPROVED MINUTES
VILLAGE OF LAKE ZURICH
Board of Trustees
Committee of the Whole Budget Workshop
Police Department Community Room
200 Mohawk Trail
Wednesday, November 16, 2022 at 6:00 pm
1. CALL TO ORDER by Mayor Tom Poynton at 6.01pm.
2. ROLL CALL: Mayor Thomas Poynton, Trustee Dan Bobrowski, Trustee Janice
Gannon, Trustee Marc Spacone, Trustee Jonathan Sprawka, Trustee Greg Weider.
Trustee Mary Beth Euker was absent and excused. Also in attendance Village
Manager Ray Keller, Asst. Village Manager Roy Witherow, Finance Dir. Amy
Sparkowski, Dir. of Management Services Michael Duebner, Fire Chief David Pilgard,
Police Chief Steve Husak, Dir. Of Community Development Sarosh Saher, Public
Works Dir. Mike Brown, Park and Rec Dir. Bonnie Caputo, H.R. Dir. Doug Gibson,
Asst. to the Village Manager Kyle Kordell, D.C. Dave Anderson and D.C. Robert
Johnson, LZFD, Park and Rec Jenna Stanonik. Guests: Tom Johnson, LZFD Rural
District member, Mary Kozub, Eric Dubiel. Jeff Halen (arr. 6.55pm)
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
a. January 22nd, 2022 Committee of the Whole Supply Source Workshop.
Motion was made by Trustee Sprawka, seconded by Trustee Spacone, to approve the
minutes of the January 22nd, 2022 Committee of the Whole Supply Source workshop.
AYES: 5, NAYS: 0, ABSENT: 1. VOICE VOTE
MOTION CARRIED.
4. PUBLIC COMMENT
Eric Dubiel, 25 N. Pleasant Rd, addressed the meeting on the lack of video streaming
of the meeting.
5. BUDGET WORKSHOP TO DISCUSS FISCAL YEAR 2023 PROPOSED BUDGET.
a. Budget Message – Village Manager. Village Manager Ray Keller gave a
PowerPoint presentation on the process of preparing the 2023 budget with the
Department Directors. He did a recap of the 2022 almost $60m Budget and the
actual 2022 budget, with the revenues coming in at $64.1m. The proposed
budget is almost $74m with staffing increasing for Technology Dept, Fire Dept,
Public Works and Park and Rec. This is an increase of 6. This is a balanced
budget V.M. Keller went through the Strategic Objectives which will be
included in the budget. Board members asked questions as the presentation
was ongoing. These included among others - Water/Sewer rates and Lake Co.
rate increase, retirements and proposed Public Works projects.
b. Financial Overview – Finance Director Amy Sparkowski continued the
presentation going through the various funds which are used in the proposed
budget. Board members asked questions as the presentation continued.
c. Questions and Comments.
These were handled by staff during the presentation. V.M. Keller concluded
the presentation by asking Board members to contact him about any questions
or changes they have. Mayor Poynton thanked the Board and Staff for their
input and stated that this proposed Budget is a fluid document.
6. ADJOURNMENT
Motion was made by Trustee Weider, seconded by Trustee Sprawka, to adjourn the
meeting.
AYES: 5, NAYS: 0, ABSENT: 1. VOICE VOTE
MOTION CARRIED.
Respectfully submitted:
Kathleen Johnson, Village Clerk.
Approved by:
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Mayor Thomas M. Poynton Date.
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