Below are the formal actions recorded at the Nov. 3, 2025 Germantown Village Board meeting. Where the transcript did not record full roll-call tallies, the entry notes that counts were not specified.

• Consent agenda (minutes and a revision to the clerk’s department fee schedule): Motion to approve consent agenda carried (voice vote). Motion and second recorded; trustees voted aye and motion carried.

• Reconsideration of October 27 sidewalk snow-and-ice removal ordinance (section 8.02): Trustee Jan Miller moved to reconsider her prior vote; the initial motion to reconsider failed (opposed by multiple trustees raising hands). Outcome: reconsideration defeated; the October 27 action stands.

• Recreation budget amendment: Board approved an amendment to increase recreation revenue and offsetting expenses resulting from higher-than-expected program receipts (unanimous voice vote). Finance director and trustees described the amendment as revenue-offsetting with no net impact to general fund.

• Report on cost of August storm response and FEMA funds: Informational report. Finance/administration reported roughly $467,000 in storm-related expenses to date, possible state reimbursement of about $250,000 for certain categories; village may levy or use fund balance if unreimbursed. No formal action taken.

• Ordinance to amend election campaign sign placement (section 19.19): Board adopted an ordinance aligning village code with state and county practice to prohibit campaign signs in the right-of-way. Motion carried.

• Resolution encouraging state legislature action on local home-rule authority: Board adopted a resolution urging preservation of local control over zoning and development decisions; one trustee voted against the resolution.

• Limekiln Solar conditional use permit (1 Energy / Overmyer): Approved with conditions (landscape/screening plan, spot spraying only, village added to pollution-liability insurance, prohibition on lithium batteries). Plan commission had recommended denial. Vote recorded as passing with a majority (transcript shows several yes votes; final tally recorded in staff minutes).

• Blackstone Creek PDD amendments & CSM (Jim Sedgwick / Blackstone Creek LLC): Motion to approve plan development district amendments and certified survey map failed on roll call (motion did not carry). No zoning change or parcel split enacted.

Formal actions and next steps: Approved items are subject to permit compliance, final engineering, and staff review as required. Failed items may be refiled in revised form by the applicant; staff noted that any land-exchange proposals must be presented to the board separately.