Village Board Meeting — Minutes

MINUTES VILLAGE OF SURING BOARD MEETING TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2026, AT 5:00 PM 1. Meeting Called to Order by Village President Steffeck at 5:00 pm. Roll Call: Kohlwey, Kramp, Miller, Nieling, School, Steffeck, and Tonn, Also present: Clerk-Treasurer Kim Gruetzmacher, Deputy Clerk-Treasurer Pat Sleeter, Police Chief Danny Woodke, and Public Works Director Jeff Tienor. Public: Tim Hansen and Kim Boyer (5:00 PM – 5:14 PM). 2. Pledge of Allegiance was recited by all, and the invocation provided by Clerk-Treasurer. 3. Agenda motion to approve agenda was made by Kramp and second by Nieling. All ayes. Motion carried. Open Meeting Notice statement made by Clerk-Treasurer. 4. Public Input None. 5. Minutes of the APRIL meeting(s) were approved with a motion by Kramp and second by Miller. All ayes. Motion carried. 6. Tim Hansen: Discussion and possible action on treatment plant complaint from Mr. Hansen – no action taken. Tim Hansen and Kim Boyer informed the Village Board that over the past 4 years septic trucks have been going to the treatment plant multiple times a day. Hansen and Boyer reside at 347 S Knapp Street and are complaining of the smell from the treatment plant. 7. Suring Car Show (Luke Krueger): Discussion and possible action on Annual Suring Car Show – no action taken. 8. Art Bahr – MAS: Bahr not present, no new update. 9. Ordinance Updates: • Discussion and possible action on residential zoning ordinance 13-1-22 through 13-1-23 to add minimum square footage for conventional construction – no action taken. 10. Treasurer’s Report * Clerk’s Report: APRIL 2026 –treasurer’s report was given by treasurer and motion to approve was made by Nieling and second by Kramp. All ayes. Motion carried. APRIL 2026 clerk’s report was given by the Clerk-Treasurer and motion to approve Clerk’s report was made by Kramp and second by Tonn. All ayes. Motion carried. Clerk reported past due utility accounts, park grants update, park committee meeting needs to be scheduled, chairperson needs to be assigned for committees, citizen of year needs to be selected, snow disaster emergency reimbursement of expenses update, Bellin clinic lease update, state benefit system update and training requirements, gave update of in progress item, and office schedule for rest of May. 11. BILLS: were reviewed by the Finance Committee and bill report was presented to each board member. Motion to approve the following made by Nieling and second by Kramp. VOUCHERS: May 01 - 26 General Fund: $ 8,545.10 Fire Dept: $ 1,707.47 Water: $ 9,278.80 Sewer: $ 4,926.63 ROLL CALL VOTE: AYES: Kohlwey, Kramp, Miller, Nieling, School, Steffeck, and Tonn. NAYS: None. Motion carried. 12. DEPARMENT REPORTS • POLICE DEPARTMENT: Chief Woodke gave APRIL report noting 123 calls for service, 12 traffic citations issued during the month, 2 ordinance violations, and 2 felony criminal charges. Chief gave an update on addressing ordinance violations for unregistered vehicles and other ordinance violations, gave update on drug take back day, update on National Night Out event to be held in August 2026, and additional patrol coverage due to noise/speeding complaints. Motion to approve Chief’s report made by Kramp and second by School. All ayes. Motion carried. • FIRE DEPARMENT: report for APRIL 2026, was presented noting 5 calls for trees on limbs (Village, Towns of Breed, Maple Valley & Spruce), 2 EMS Lift assists, 2 regular meetings, 1 gas service line cut, 2 MABAS calls (Town of Spruce and City of Gillett), Oconto County meeting, and WI Pipeline meeting. Motion by Nieling and second by Kramp to approve the Fire Department report as presented. All ayes. Motion carried. PAGE 2, TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2026 VILLAGE BOARD MEETING MINUTES • PUBLIC WORKS: Public Works Director reported for APRIL 2026, utility has 2 meters left to change out, Water Tower needs inspection, hydrant flushing complete, Sanitary Survey update, Well 2 valve seats need to be changed, Well 1 and Well 3 working well, Water tower is good, treatment plant is running better, and equipment update given. Motion to approve public works report was made by Kramp and second by School. All ayes. Motion carried. • WATER DEPARTMENT: APRIL 2026 (included in public works director report) • SEWER DEPARTMENT: APRIL 2026 (included in public works director report) • STREETS: APRIL 2026 (included in public works director report) • PARKS: APRIL 2026 (included in public works director report) • RECYCLING: APRIL 2026 (included in public works director report) • TID #1: APRIL 2026 – no additional report. 13. Other information requiring NO board action: 14. CLOSED SESSION: Motion to convene in closed session on the following matters: State Statute 19.85(1)(c) – Personnel - No closed session. 15. OPEN SESSION: Motion to convene in Open Session to make motions from closed session. N/A 16. ADJOURNMENT – next board meeting Monday, June 1, 2026, at 4:00 PM. Motion to adjourn made by Nieling and second by Kramp. All ayes. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 6:06 PM. Minutes prepared by Clerk-Treasurer, Kim Gruetzmacher