North Lewisburg’s 2018 budget has been finalized and approved.
Village council members approved the revised budget at Tuesday night’s meeting. The budget shows the 2018 estimated revenue is $1.12 million while the 2018 total available budget is $2.08 million. With an estimated $1.24 million in expenses, this puts the 2018 ending balance at $840,384.72.
There was some concerns expressed about the specifics of the budget, such as the repeated mentioning of the entry “tax collection fees” on the expense report. Village administrator Andy Yoder said there were three separate occasions of paying real estate tax, involvement from the Regional Income Tax Agency and having money stay in a fund.
“We’ll segregate it out more as the year goes,” Yoder said. “We’ll get a better grasp of this.”
Also at the meeting, the council announced the sixth annual Ginny Davis 5K walk will be held at 1 p.m. April 29. Proceeds from the event will go toward the Cancer Association of Champaign County.
“This is a fundraiser for Ginny Davis, who was a World War II veteran,” mayor Cheryl Hollingsworth said. “She came back to our community and did a lot of work for our veterans administration. Unfortunately, she passed away with cancer, so her children have a run every year.”
Afterward, the council discussed its grant opportunities for mosquito spraying. Yoder said the village has received full reimbursement for its program, but getting grants is becoming more challenging.
“As things go, the grant opportunity is getting a bit tighter. All of those funds won’t be available, so we probably won’t see 100 percent reimbursement,” Yoder said. “We’ll get some money back. Every little bit helps, but it won’t be as good as what it was last year or the year before.”
Yoder also said he was surprised to see how much radon is “prevalent in Champaign County.” He distributed information at the meeting about how much the health department will be monitoring it in the future.
Also at the meeting, spring clean-up week is still being planned, as there were scheduling conflicts with the village’s “special events.” He said this will be updated in the future.