Fitch & Associates told the Committee of the Whole that Glencoe’s combined public‑safety model delivers high proactive service but faces supervision and training shortfalls; consultants recommended adding a supervisory layer, increasing sworn staffing from the mid‑20s toward 32 over time, and committing to expanded training.

A draft 2026 water‑supply analysis presented three scenarios (western transmission main, reservoir feed, and dual‑main redundancy). Staff said Scenario 1 costed about $28 million, Scenario 2 about $34 million (current dollars) and recommended further modeling, escalation analysis and coordinated regional interconnect work.

Village staff recommended splitting a proposed bond sale into a $10 million general-capital series and a $3.9 million library series, and asked the board whether to target 20- or 30-year terms; staff will present dollar-impact scenarios before the competitive sale.

Staff outlined changes to the capital improvement schedule, including potential delays to renovations, pending financing for water-main work, a rebid of the Harbor and Green Bay pedestrian-signal project after no returned bids, and continuing coordination on the Wesley Road multiuse path with Forest Preserve staff.

Foster & Foster actuary Heidi Andorfer told trustees Senate Bill 1937's proposed tier-2 changes (3% simple COLA, expanded DROP, pay-cap adjustments and earlier unreduced retirement) would increase the village's pension contributions roughly 18'9% and raise the present-value contribution burden by several million dollars.