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1. Call to Order: 6:30 p.m., Village Hall Meeting Room, 122 E. Lincoln Ave., Fall Creek 2. Pledge to Flag 3. Roll Call: Members Present: Village President Chester Goodman, Trustees Tina Jacobson, Bob Jenkins, Matt Mattoon, Wayne Steinke, Karen Strasburg, Dane Zook. Members Absent: None. Staff Present: Public Works Director Bryan Kaatz, Clerk-Treasurer Renee Roemhild. Available via telephone: Village Engineer Mike Davy. 4. Certify Open Meeting Law Requirements Have Been Met: A notice of the meeting and an agenda was posted in the three public places and newspapers were notified. 5. Adopt Agenda:  MOTION (Mattoon/Wayne) to adopt the agenda as printed. PASSED, without negative vote. 6. Consider Well #3 & #4 Project: Village Engineer Mike Davy reported that Well #3 has been drilled, but not developed (using various processes to try to get more capacity out of the well) or tested yet. The current estimate for pumping capacity is 75 gallons per minute (GPM). The Village needs at least 120 GPM and it is expected this capacity will not be reached with only one well, which is why the project was bid with two wells. The contractor would like to proceed to digging Well #4 immediately if it is determined Well #3 will not produce enough water on its own. The Board could give their ok for that now, or call a special board meeting at that point. Reasons for proceeding, regardless if 120 GPM is reached with one well: 1 - The Village can always use the capacity, 2 - Provides another source of supply if something were to go wrong with one of the other ones, 3 - The Village qualifies for an excellent funding package now with 30% loan forgiveness and an extremely low interest rate. It is very unlikely a funding package like this would be awarded to the Village again in the future. 4 - The digging of Well #4 was bid at a lower price because of the way the contractor filled out the bid. It is extremely likely a bid that low would never be received again.  MOTION (Mattoon/Steinke) to proceed on with the digging of Well #4 because of the cost savings and the attractive financial package saving money with the loan forgiveness and low interest rate. PASSED, roll call vote: Jacobson-yes, Jenkins-yes, Mattoon-yes, Steinke-yes, Strasburg-yes, Zook-yes, Goodman-yes. 7. Adjourn:  MOTION (Jenkins/Steinke) @ 7:03 p.m. PASSED, without negative vote. Renee Roemhild, Clerk-Treasurer Village of Fall Creek Minutes of Special Village Board Meeting November 27, 2017