Board of Trustees Town Board Meeting Monday, April 27, 2026 07:00 PM Lions Den, 70 S Llanos St Cortland, IL 60112

CALL TO ORDER / PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE / ROLL CALL

APPROVAL OF AGENDA

PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK

PUBLIC HEARING

• 1.Public Hearing for tentative budget for the Town of Cortland and Cortland Community Library for the fiscal year beginning May 1, 2026, and ending April 30, 2027, as published in the Daily Chronicle March 19, 2026

• 05.FY2027 Proposed Budget Binder1.pdf (0.79 MB)

CONSENT AGENDA

• 2.Minutes of regular meetings of the Board of Trustees March 23 and April 13, 2026, Approval of Expenditure Report and Acceptance of Treasurer's Report of March 2026

• 01.March 23 2026 Regular TB Minutes.pdf (0.21 MB)
• 02.a April 13 2026 Regular TB Minutes.pdf (0.20 MB)
• 2026.03 Expenditures.pdf (0.07 MB)
• 2026.03 Treasurers Report.pdf (0.36 MB)
• March 2026 Notes from Finance.pdf (0.06 MB)

NEW BUSINESS FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION

• 3.Approval of FT 2027 Budget

• 4.Consider a motion to approve an Engagement Letter for the Town’s GASB 74/75 Actuarial Evaluation; April 2025 through April 2028 with Lauterbach & Amen

• Cortland - Town of - Actuary - 4yrs_04-2025_04-2028 unsigned.pdf (0.17 MB)

UNFINISHED BUSINESS FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION

• 5.Consideration of Ordinance 2026-XX, An Ordinance Granting a Special Use Permit to SolarStone Partners to Operate a Solar Garden on 80.33 Acres of Land Located North of Illinois Route 38 and South of the Union Pacific Railroad, PINS 09-27-100-002 and
  09-27-300-004 in the Town of Cortland, DeKalb County, Illinois (This ordinance, if passed in the affirmative, would grant the previous request for a special use permit sought by Solar Stone Partners to construct and operate a solar garden on 2 parcels identified as 09-27-100-002 and 09-27-300-004 within the Town of Cortland limits. The Town Board may, alternatively, pass an ordinance denying the request.)

• 1.04-2-26 Planning Commission Meeting Minutes Document2.pdf (0.19 MB)
• PC 25-02 PC Recommendation Letter 2 - signed.pdf (0.05 MB)
• 3.0Ordinance 2026-XX Granting a Special Use for Solar Garden SolarStone (April).pdf (0.15 MB)
• 4.0Ordinance 2026-XX Denying a Special Use for Solar Garden SolarStone (April).pdf (0.13 MB)

• 6.Consideration of Ordinance 2026-XX, An Ordinance Annexing 80.33 Acres Owned by John E. Walter as Trustee of the John E. Walter Trust Dated November 13, 2024 and John R. Walter To The Town of Cortland, DeKalb County, Illinois. (This ordinance, if passed, would annex 2 parcels identified as 09-27-100-002 and 09-27-300-004 into the Town of Cortland as part of the process associated with the request for a Special Use permit to operate a Solar Farm being brought by SolarStone Partners.  The property must be annexed in order for the Special Use permit to become valid.)

• 5.0Ordinance 2026-XX Walter Annexation (April).pdf (0.11 MB)

COMMENTS

PARKS ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT

DEPARTMENT HEAD REPORTS

• 7.Police and Permit Reports for March 2026

• March 2026 Permits Board Report.pdf (0.08 MB)
• March 2026 Police Report.pdf (0.30 MB)

MAYOR'S REPORT

• 8.Proclamations of the Mayor
  57th Annual Professional Municipal Clerks Week, May 3-9, 2026
  Open Roads ABATE of Illinois Month of May 2026 as Motorcycle Awareness Month

• Proclamation - Municipal Clerks Week 2026.pdf (0.61 MB)
• Proclamation - IL ABATE Motorcycle Awareness Month 2026.pdf (0.61 MB)

ADJOURNMENT