Village Board Meeting — Minutes

MINUTES VILLAGE OF SURING BOARD MEETING TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 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, Schuettpelz, and Steffeck, Also present: Clerk-Treasurer Kim Gruetzmacher, Deputy Clerk-Treasurer Pat Sleeter, Police Chief Danny Woodke, and Public Works Director Jeff Tienor. Public: Art Bahr of MSA, Luke Krueger, and Kelly Krueger. 2. Pledge of Allegiance was recited by all, and the invocation provided by Clerk-Treasurer. 3. Agenda motion to approve agenda was made by Schuettpelz and second by Kramp. All ayes. Motion carried. Open Meeting Notice statement made by Clerk-Treasurer. 4. Public Input None. 5. Minutes of the FEBRUARY meeting(s) were approved with a motion by Kramp and second by School. All ayes. Motion carried. 6. Suring Car Show (Luke Krueger): Motion to approve vintage camping in Veteran’s Park made by School and second by Nieling. All ayes. Motion carried. Krueger gave update to Village Board on items his committee is working on for this year’s annual event. It was noted that the event will be held on the 2nd Saturday (2nd weekend) of September annually. Car Show is allowed this weekend annually. Clerk’s office will contact the State regarding closing the highway on Saturday for the show. Krueger informed Village that he is working with other organizations and the Village regarding installation of a smoke pad, which Krueger has already obtained donors to purchase and install. This addition to the park can be used toward the in kind match of the park project. 7. Art Bahr – MAS: Bahr present and gave update on park project, water project, and sewer project. Bahr recommended that the Village apply for a congressional appropriation for the fire truck project and the future infrastructure for Barkman Street. • Motion to approve to proceed with Senator Baldwin Congressional Appropriation made by School and second by Schuettpelz. All ayes. Motion carried 8. Mobile Home Park License: Motion to approve annual mobile home park license for Suring Village MHP, LLC. Made by Kramp and second by Miller. All ayes. Motion carried. Discussion was had that park owner needs to keep park compliant. 9. Class B Alcohol License: Motion to approve Class B alcohol license for Katie Jo Gardebrecht for Old Smashins made by Kramp and second by School. All ayes. Motion carried. 10. Short Term Rental application fee: Motion to approve annual fee of $100 for short term rental application made by Kramp and second by Schuettpelz. All ayes. Motion carried. 11. Treasurer’s Report * Clerk’s Report: FEBRUARY 2026 –treasurer’s report was given by treasurer and motion to approve was made by Schuettpelz and second by Nieling. All ayes. Motion carried. FEBRUARY 2026 clerk’s report was given by the Clerk-Treasurer and motion to approve Clerk’s report was made by Kramp and second by Nieling. All ayes. Motion carried. Clerk reported past due utility accounts, building inspector update, park grants update, fire department CoVantage Cares grant award of $500, ordinance committee update, audit update, line of credit update, and Bellin clinic update. Motion to approve paying off the line of credit loan made by Nieling and second by Miller. All ayes. Motion carried. 12. BILLS: were reviewed by the Finance Committee and bill report was presented to each board member. Motion to approve the following made by Schuettpelz and second by School. VOUCHERS MAR 01-32 General Fund: $ 16,894.17 Fire Dept: $ 11,851.35 Water: $ 13,642.93 Sewer: $ 10,823.80 ROLL CALL VOTE: AYES: Kohlwey, Kramp, Miller, Nieling, School, Schuettpelz and Steffeck. NAYS: None. Motion carried. PAGE 2, March 10, 2026, BOARD MEETING MINUTES 13. DEPARMENT REPORTS • POLICE DEPARTMENT: Chief Woodke gave FEBRUARY report noting 109 calls for service, 7 traffic citations issued during the month, and 7 ordinance violations. Chief gave an update on training, update on Drug Take Back money received from the county, update on addressing ordinance violations for unregistered vehicles and other ordinance violations, and additional patrol coverage. Motion to approve Chief’s report made by Nieling and second by Kramp. All ayes. Motion carried. • FIRE DEPARMENT: report for FEBRUARY 2026, was presented noting 1 regular meeting, 1 Town of How Call structure fire, 2 Town of Breed calls (control burn and sump pump drain froze), 1 Town of Maple Valley vehicle accident, and 2 MABAS calls (Town of Lena and Town of Gillett.) Motion by Schuettpelz and second by Kramp to approve the Fire Department report as presented. All ayes. Motion carried. • PUBLIC WORKS: Public Works Director reported for FEBRUARY 2026, utility has 3 meters left to change out, Sanitary Survey is scheduled for April, Rural Water efficiency results update, Well 2 flow meter issue update, Well 1 and Well 3 working well, Water tower is good, treatment plant having issues again, equipment update given, and SCADA phone issue resolved. Motion to approve public works report was made by Kramp and second by Nieling. All ayes. Motion carried. Motion to approve purchasing security cameras for inside municipal building to replace old system made by Schuettpelz and second by Kramp. All ayes. Motion carried. • WATER DEPARTMENT: FEBRUARY 2026 (included in public works director report) • SEWER DEPARTMENT: FEBRUARY 2026 (included in public works director report) • STREETS: FEBRUARY 2026 (included in public works director report) • PARKS: FEBRUARY 2026 (included in public works director report) • RECYCLING: FEBRUARY 2026 (included in public works director report) • TID #1: FEBRUARY 2026 – no additional report. 14. Other information requiring NO board action: • Public Test of Election Equipment – Monday, March 30, 2026, at 1:30 PM • Board of Review Training – Monday, March 30, 2026, at 9 AM • Spring Election – Tuesday, April 7, 2026 – 7 AM – 8 PM 15. CLOSED SESSION: Motion to convene in closed session on the following matters: State Statute 19.85(1)(e) – Deliberating or negotiating the purchase of public properties, the investing of public funds, or conducting other specified public business, whenever competitive or bargaining reasons require a closed session. No closed session needed. 16. OPEN SESSION: Motion to convene in Open Session to make motions from closed session. N/A 17. ADJOURNMENT – next board meeting Tuesday, April 21, 2026, following Reorganizational Meeting at 5 PM. Motion to adjourn made by Schuettpelz and second by Kramp. All ayes. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 6:22 PM. Minutes prepared by Clerk-Treasurer, Kim Gruetzmacher