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Village Board approves Town Center contracts, ambulance purchase, and special-use for heavy vehicle repair; reviews flooding response

WheelingApr 20, 20263 min read

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At the April 20, 2026 Village Board meeting in the Village Hall Board Room, trustees approved consent-agenda contracts for Town Center improvements and engineering, a four-year tax-audit services agreement, purchase of two ambulances, and a waiver of video gaming fees for a local not-for-profit. The Board granted special-use approval for a heavy motor vehicle repair facility at 250 Alderman Avenue, authorized an amendment to a redevelopment agreement for 351 W. Dundee Road, reviewed successful flood-control performance, and approved bills totaling $1,647,071.86.

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Restated Redevelopment Town Center-II TIF Wheeling Town Center Redevelopment Wheeling Town Center Improvement Project

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Approved Minutes of the Regular Meeting of April 6, 2026 (Trustee Vogel abstained).
Proclaimed National Volunteer Week, April 19–25, 2026 (read into the record).
Approved Consent Agenda including: waiver of a portion of 2026–2027 video gaming terminal fees for Phillip Carpenter Post 66 AMVET Building Corporation (Res. 26-064); approval/recycling of certain executive session minutes/audio (Res. 26-065); four-year agreement with Azavar Audit Solutions, Inc. for locally-imposed tax collection services (Res. 26-066).
Approved Copenhaver Construction, Inc. contract for the Wheeling Town Center Improvement Project in the amount of $1,455,255 (Res. 26-067).
Approved professional services agreement with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. for construction engineering services for the Wheeling Town Center Improvements Project (not to exceed $162,100) (Res. 26-068).
Accepted previously bid contract for purchase of two medium-duty Horton ambulances from Foster Coach Sales, Inc. at a cost not to exceed $878,702 (Res. 26-069).
Adopted Ordinance 5799 granting special-use approval for operation of a heavy motor vehicle repair facility (VA Prime) at 250 Alderman Avenue [Docket No. PSU25-0004].
Adopted Ordinance 5800 authorizing an eighth amendment to the restated redevelopment agreement with WTC, LLC for development of land at 351 W. Dundee Road (Town Center-II TIF district).
Approved bills for April 1–15, 2026 totaling $1,647,071.86.

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