WIND POINT — The Wind Point Village Board of Trustees approved the 2026 budget on Thursday, which includes $4.2 million in debt financing for a new municipal building to replace the current facility, a house built in the 1970s.

Village Administrator Travis Wells said the existing building where village operations take place has multiple problems that have been known for years.

"It's not ADA compliant. It's structurally unsound," Wells said.

He said it's not secure for elections, there are issues with leaks and storage problems.

The issues aren't new. In 2010, the village board explored building a new facility and identified many similar problems. The board did not take action at that time.

"Should they have done that, we wouldn't be in the position that we are now," Village Trustee Li

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