Dolton trustees unanimously approve minutes, payments, hires and three ballot questions for March 2026

The Dolton Board of Trustees took several formal actions during its Nov. 3 meeting, voting unanimously on minutes, payments, personnel hires and a set of ballot questions that village attorneys said must be submitted to the county by year-end to appear on the March 17, 2026 ballot.

Minutes and warrants

Deputy Clerk presented minutes from multiple prior meetings (including the regular meeting of Sept. 2, 2025 and subsequent committee minutes). Trustee Norwood moved to approve the minutes; Trustee Belcher seconded. The roll call recorded "yes" or "aye" from Trustees Sam Brown, Belcher, Steve and Norwood; the motion passed.

The board then approved an electronic warrant list (ending 9/30/2025) that showed combined corporate and water-fund electronic payments of $617,733.04 and later an accounts-payable (AP) warrant and payroll items that brought total corporate payments to $2,304,865.23. Trustee Norwood moved the electronic warrant approval (second: Trustee Stan Brown). The subsequent AP warrant was moved by Trustee Norwood and seconded by Trustee Steve. Both measures passed on unanimous roll calls.

Hires and personnel

The board approved four personnel items: a police inspector replacement, a part-time code-enforcement replacement, a new accounts-receivable position (intended to bring accounting functions in-house and offset outside CPA costs), and a fire inspector replacement. The hires were presented as replacements except the accounts-receivable role, which the mayor said would be offset by reductions in contracted accounting services. Trustee Norwood moved the hires; Trustee Belcher seconded; roll call recorded unanimous approval.

Resolutions and ballot questions

The board approved four resolutions that will either appear as advisory or binding questions on the March 17, 2026 ballot:

- Resolution 25-016 (honorary street naming) — approved (motion by Trustee Steve; second Trustee Norwood).

- Resolution 25-017 — an advisory public-policy question seeking additional state funds from the Illinois General Assembly to mitigate flooding within Dolton; Attorney McGrath explained deadlines for submitting referendum language to the county. Motion passed unanimously.

- Resolution 25-018 — an advisory question asking the village to dedicate future sales-tax receipts for public infrastructure investments (roads, alleys, paths, sidewalks). Motion passed unanimously.

- Resolution 25-019 — a binding charter amendment question asking Dolton voters whether elected officers should be allowed to serve up to four four-year terms beginning with the next municipal election. Attorney McGrath and the mayor described this as a voter-facing charter question; the board unanimously voted to submit the question to voters.

The recorded roll-call pattern for all votes consistently listed Trustees Sam Brown, Belcher, Steve and Norwood voting in favor; no "no" votes, abstentions or recusals were recorded in the meeting transcript for these items.

What passed (selected figures and items)

- Electronic warrant list (ending 9/30/2025): $617,733.04 (corporate + water fund). - AP warrant and payroll totals shown at meeting: $2,304,865.23 (total corporate payments). - Hires: police inspector (replacement); part-time code-enforcement (replacement); accounts receivable (new); fire inspector (replacement). - Ballot items: Res. 25-017 (flood mitigation advisory), Res. 25-018 (dedicate sales-tax revenue advisory), Res. 25-019 (binding term-limits charter amendment).

All motions referenced were approved by recorded roll call with affirmative votes from all trustees present.