09/22/2026
Great Village Board meeting this evening. For your perusal, please see my President's Report that I shared this evening.
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President’s Report – September 21, 2026
Good evening, everyone!
I hope that you all had a wonderful weekend even though we had lots of moisture once again.
The leaves are starting to change, the nights are getting shorter & little colder, and tomorrow is the official start of Autumn.
Take advantage of the coming days.
As just think, the snow season is right around the corner.
And speaking of right around the corner, In the News You Can Use section of this report, starting this coming Saturday, September 26th through Sunday, September 27th, Oktoberfest will be held at Dheinsville Historical Park within the Village.
Come on out as there are many fun events, music, food and drink.
Phase 1 of the Division Road reconstruction project continues as does the spot curb replacement in the Esquire Estates subdivision reconstruction project which will be followed by the road reconstruction.
The Plan Commission held a meeting this past week where among other things, on a unanimous 7-0 vote, the Heyday proposed residential project is moving forward to the full board.
The 7-0 vote was done after a full Public Hearing to amend the 2050 Future Land Use Plan, to create a Planned Development Zoning District and then to rezone approximately 71 acres.
This planned development is going to bring green space, public walking paths and a 5-acre retention pond to mitigate storm water runoff.
This proposed development - which no Public Assistance dollars are required - will lessen the tax burden on all taxpayers within the Village.
In addition, this proposed development will not have a negative impact on the projected 28 additional students going to Germantown Schools.
Much needed revenue streams, that include YoY tax revenue of $363K to the Village and $541K to the School District will be realized.
This also includes YoY water and sewage fees of $199K, which may lessen future fee increases for all of us.
And one-time payments of $2.8M in Impact & Connection Fees and project Building Permit Fees.
Of the $2.8M in one-time payments, much needed revenue of $336K is destined for Park & Recreation and $182K for the library.
And $1.6M is destined to support water & sewage which will positively impact all of the water & sewage users within the Village.
The positive impact on the taxpayer and on our community is great.
In addition, the Plan Commission was updated on the following projects.
The Village Center District Community Engagement initiative is coming to an end.
The August 13 Community Open House had approximately 170 attendees.
And tentatively, plans are to have a joint meeting of the Plan Commission and the Village Board on October 26 to review the draft report findings and recommendations with the goal of creating an RFP that will be sent to developers.
The Holy Hill Gateway District initiative held a Community Open House on August 25th, with 65+ attendees.
A Neighborhood Worship was held on September 3rd, with 30+ attendees.
Preliminary land use concepts will tentatively be presented to the Plan Commission on October 12th.
And the already approved Sutton Farms residential development is moving forward with expected grading of the site being this Fall.
Roads & utilities are expected to be installed in the Spring of 2027.
And Phase 1 of homes will start in the Summer of 2027.
This coming Thursday, we have our first of many budget meetings.
The Committee of the Whole or COW will be meeting starting at 5:30 PM to review and consider capital budget requests from staff.
For those that do not know what a Committee of the Whole is (I didn’t know at first), it is simply the entire Village Board meeting as one large committee under more flexible rules.
It’s a parliamentary tool used widely in municipal government to allow deeper discussion, easier debate, and more efficient handling of complex issues.
Then on October 13th, 14th and if needed on the 15th, we have more COW meetings to review the 2027 Operating Budget in detail.
Finally, on November 16th at 7:00 PM, we will be holding a Public Hearing, and the Village Board will take action on the Adoption of the 2027 Budget and Tax Levy.
The Economic Development Commission Survey of Local Businesses was launched today.
In partnership with the Germantown Area Chamber of Commerce, the survey was created to inform the EDC on how they may help support our local business needs.
Thank you to Trustee Scott Hefle, the Chair of the EDC for your leadership in this.
Moving on to this evening’s Village board meeting. Our agenda includes many items.
The Board will be taking action on the appointment of a new member to the Economic Development Commission.
The Board will also be taking action on approving the Development Agreement with Cirrus Property Group for The Carillon residential development.
The Board will also consider a Restructuring of the Public Works Department.
Discussion and action on a Village wide IT Services RFP will also occur as will expanding the number of already approved recordings of committee and commission meetings, to add the Building Construction Oversight Committee meetings.
Finally, the Board will be discussing and taking action on the acquisition of property for the relocation of Wastewater Utility Lift Station 6, that is currently located on County Line Road.
Again, lots going on.
I’m looking forward to this evening as we all work together to make Germantown a better place to live, work and play.
Thank you.
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P.S. - For additional awareness, see the below Info Graphic that was shared at last week's Plan Commission meeting for the proposed Heyday development. I referenced many of these figures in my President's Report above.
