Village Board Meeting — Minutes

MINUTES VILLAGE OF SURING BOARD MEETING MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 2026, AT 4:30 PM 1. Meeting Called to Order by Village President Steffeck at 4:30 pm. Roll Call: Kohlwey, Kramp, Miller, Nieling, School, Steffeck, and Tonn, Also present: Clerk-Treasurer Kim Gruetzmacher, Deputy Clerk-Treasurer Pat Sleeter, Public Works Director Jeff Tienor, and Chief Danny Woodke. Public: None. 2. Pledge of Allegiance was recited by all, and the invocation provided by Trustee Nieling. 3. Agenda motion to approve agenda was made by Kramp and second by School. All ayes. Motion carried. Open Meeting Notice statement made by Clerk-Treasurer. 4. Public Input Trustee Nieling wanted to give a special thank you to Danny, Pat and Kim for all their hard work and effort put into National Night Out. The event was a huge success thanks to all the work they did. 5. Minutes of the JULY meeting(s) were approved with a motion by Kramp and second by Nieling. All ayes. Motion carried. 6. Suring Labor Day Celebration (Steven Fifield): No action taken, Fifield not present. 7. Suring Car Show (Luke Krueger): No action taken, Krueger not present. 8. Picnic Licenses and Temporary Operator Licenses: Motion to approve picnic licenses for Suring Labor Day Celebration for American Legion Post 283, Suring’s Sportsman’s Club, Suring Area Antique Tractor Association, Suring FFA Alumni, Suring Lion’s Club and for the Suring Car Show to American Legion Post 283 and Suring WI Car Show made by Kohlwey and second by Kramp. All ayes. Motion carried. Motion to approve operator licenses for Betsy Arndty (Labor Day Celebration and Suring Car Show), Joshua Arndt, Steve Fifield, Allan DePuydt, Ricky Gipp and Jamie Halverson made by Nieling and second by Tonn. All ayes. Motion carried. 9. DEPARMENT REPORTS • FIRE DEPARMENT: report for JULY 2026, was presented noting participation in July 4th parades, 2 regular meetings, Oconto County Officer Meeting, New Engine placed into service, 2 Village of Suring calls, MABAS to Town of Underhill and City of Oconto Falls, 1 Town of How, and 1 Town of Bagley call. Motion by Kramp and second by Nieling to approve the Fire Department report as presented. All ayes. Motion carried. o Motion to approve listing old engine for sale on WI Surplus made by Nieling and second by School. All ayes. Motion carried. • PUBLIC WORKS: Public Works Director reported for JULY 2026, utility has 2 meters left to change out, Sanitary Survey project list update, Water Main Project update, Water Tower inspection update, Wells all working good, treatment plant is good, ATV bridge route sign update, equipment update, Veteran Park project update. Motion to approve public works report was made by Nieling and second by Kramp. All ayes. Motion carried. • WATER DEPARTMENT: JULY 2026 (included in public works director report) • SEWER DEPARTMENT: JULY 2026 (included in public works director report) • STREETS: JULY 2026 (included in public works director report) • PARKS: JULY 2026 (included in public works director report) o Motion to approve proceeding with RFP for Veteran’s Park Project made by Kohlwey and second by Kramp. All ayes. Motion carried. • RECYCLING: JULY 2026 (included in public works director report). Prices for electronics have lowered due to County utilizing a new vendor. • TID #1 and #2: JULY 2026 – no additional report. • POLICE DEPARTMENT: Chief Woodke’s gave report for JULY noting 64 calls for service, 3 traffic citations, 4 felony criminal charges forwarded to District Attorney, and 1 misdemeanor criminal charge forwarded to District Attorney. Update on State DOJ audit, updated on new District Attorney, update on National Night Out event, and training update. Motion to approve Chief’s report made by Nieling and second by Tonn. All ayes. Motion carried. 10. Operator Licenses: Motion to approve operator licenses for Cheryl Wink-Peot (Randy’s Place) and Heather Goetsch (Dollar General) made by School and second by Kramp. All ayes. Motion carried. PAGE 2, MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 2026, VILLAGE BOARD MEETING MINUTES 11. Golf Cart Permit: Motion to approve golf cart permit contingent upon completion of Chief Woodke’s review for Howard and Pat Jossie made by Nieling and second by Kramp. All ayes. Motion carried. 12. MSA Professional Services: No one present from MSA, no new update. • Motion to approve Pay Application 1 in the amount of $264,974 made by Kramp and second by Nieling. Roll Call Vote: AYES: Kohlwey, Kramp, Miller, Nieling, School Steffeck, and Tonn. NAYS: None. Motion carried. • Motion to proceed with contracting with MSA for Building Inspector services made by Kramp and second by Kohlwey. All ayes. Motion carried. Services to begin September 1, 2026. 13. Treasurer’s Report * Clerk’s Report: JULY 2026 –Motion to approve treasurer’s report made by Kramp and second by Nieling. All ayes. Motion carried. JULY 2026 clerk’s report was given by the Clerk-Treasurer and motion to approve Clerk’s report was made by Kramp and second by School. All ayes. Motion carried. Clerk reported past due utility accounts increase of $1,500 over previous month, park grants update, park sponsorships requests being sent, snow disaster emergency reimbursement update, need meeting to review garbage RFP, clinic lease amendment received from Bellin and response from legal counsel is ready for committee for review, Shawano County Humane Society inquiry for services, and gave update of in progress items. • Motion to approve proceeding with scanning of code book with Code 360 to get quote for recodification services made by Kramp and second by Kohlwey. All ayes. Motion carried. • Motion to proceed with application for Oconto County Recreational Project Application made by Nieling and second by School. All ayes. Motion carried. 14. BILLS: were reviewed by the Finance Committee and bill report was presented to each board member. Motion to approve the following made by Kramp and second by Tonn. VOUCHERS: AUG 01 - 39 General Fund: $ 11,561.70 Fire Dept: $ 15,617.57 Water: $ 18,135.09 Sewer: $ 19,255.04 ROLL CALL VOTE: AYES: Kohlwey, Kramp, Miller, Nieling, School Steffeck, and Tonn. NAYS: None. Motion carried. 15. Maplebreeze LLC Invoice: Motion to not pay remainder of invoice provided by Maplebreeze and clerk to contact Maplebreeze with decision and to invite them to next Board meeting in September if they wish to discuss further made by Kohlwey and second by Kramp. All ayes. Motion carried. 16. TECOR: Motion to approve same ad in the Discovery Guide as previous year but add website made by Kramp and second by Nieling. All ayes. Motion carried. 17. Other information requiring NO board action: • Streets, Personnel, Finance, Park & Ordinance Committee Meetings– Need to schedule • Election – August 11, 2026 • WI Towns Association Workshop 18. CLOSED SESSION: Motion to convene in closed session on the following matters: State Statute 19.85(1)(c) – Personnel to include Village President, Village Board, Clerk, Deputy Clerk Public Works Director, and Police Chief made by Kramp and second by Nieling. All ayes. Motion carried. Entered closed session at 5:51 PM. 19. OPEN SESSION: Motion to convene in Open Session to make motions from closed session. Returned to open session at 6:20 PM. No action taken. 20. ADJOURNMENT – next board meeting Tuesday, September 8, 2026, at 5:00 PM. Motion to adjourn made by Kramp and second by Nieling. All ayes. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 6:20 PM. Minutes prepared by Clerk-Treasurer, Kim Gruetzmacher