20251029 Special Village Board Minutes

VILLAGE OF ARGYLE SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES The Argyle Village Board held a special meeting on October 29th, 2025 at 7:00PM at the Argyle Community Building located at 401 E Milwaukee Street in the meeting hall. The meeting was called to order by President Thomas Moore with Helfvogt absent. Proper posting was acknowledged. Approval of the previous minutes was waived. King motioned to approve the agenda, Hinojosa seconded, motion carried. Citizen Comment A question was asked to the board if the budget would be approved at this meeting, and it was relayed it would not be ; the board will be working on the preliminary budget and it will be approved at a future meeting. Agenda Well #2 was removed and inspected, however is it is not operating as it should. There are a few option s to attempt to res tore it. Be fore it was out of service, it was pumping 250 gallons per minute, then 350 gallons per minute after the pump was repaired and the well was re-installed, however it is not getting enough water to feed the pump. Option 1 is to lower the well in the casing. It is currently at 60’ and could go down another 50’ to 110’ as the limit is 145’. It would cost around $15,000 and is not a guaranteed fix. Opt ion 2 is to rehab the casing and force nitrogen in to attempt to break up the ground and still lower the well. This will likely cost around $20,000 and is also not a guaranteed fix. Option 3 is to abandon the well and drill a new one elsewhere at a cost of $3 -4 million. A roll call vote was taken with Option 2 as the choice for all. Webster motioned to proceed with Option 2, Hinojosa seconded, motion carried. The First National Bank and Trust in Argyle will be closing at the end of the year, and Clerk Flannery stated that the water, sewer, electric, cemetery, library, and other accounts are currently at this bank. She requests that we move the accounts we have to Woodford Bank and pool the utility accounts. This will cause less transactions. The ACH Utility accounts will also come out of Woodford. Roll call vote was taken with all in favor of switching the accounts. Webster motioned to move the accounts and poo l the utility accounts, Johnson seconded, motion carried. The 2026 Caucus needs to be scheduled by November 20th. It will be scheduled for Tuesday, January 6th, 2026 at 9:00AM in the Community Building with President Moore, Trustee Webster, Trustee Rossing, and Trustee Johnson’s seats up for election. King motioned to schedule the caucus, Hinojosa seconded, motion carried. The board worked on the Preliminary 2025 Budget Payable 2026 and approved a preliminary budget with state allowable levy of $ 124,395.00 and adding general obligation debt of $160,600.00 for a total levy of $ 284,995.00. This budget will increase the budget by $7,160.00 which is 2.58% from last year’s levy. A public hearing was scheduled for Monday, November 24th, 2025 at 6:45PM prior to the monthly meeting at 7:00PM. Hinojosa made a motion to adjourn at 8:31PM, King seconded, motion carried. Mallory McGuire Deputy Clerk