Village leaders approved a $77.5 million operating budget for 2004 that reflects a loss of employees and several service reductions.
The package is expected to cost taxpayers about $1.15 for every $100 of equalized assessed valuation, an increase of just under 2 percent.
Faced with declining revenue, the budget tackles the loss of employees by reducing services, such as cutting back on the number of roads that are resurfaced annually and taking away some perks, such as delivering yard-waste bags to residents.
“We’ve done everything we can to maintain services we offer to residents, but there have been modifications,” said Reid Otteson, village deputy manager.
The 21 jobs were left unfilled after resignations and retirements, officials said.
Other services affected include leaf pick-up, which has been changed from weekly to twice a month.
And snow removal, which crews often completed within 6 hours, will take a little longer, officials said.
“It’ll just look like maybe we’re not quite on the ball as we were in the past,” said Andy Radetski, public works director. “That’s a perception we will have to deal with.”