Committee of the Whole Minutes 852025

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Tuesday, August 5, 2025, at 6:00 PM New Holstein City Hall, 2110 Washington Street, New Holstein, WI 53061 CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order by Council President Woelfel. ROLL CALL: Roll call was taken by Beck. Present were Gene Woelfel, Becca Mosier(Teams), Steve Abrams, Richard Snelson, Dan Watson, Paula Oakley, Brad Hess, and Norm Propson. Also present, Deputy Clerk Lori Beck, Fire Chief Craig Carey, Police Chief Eric Fisher, Public Works Director Jason Meyer, Emergency Management Director Russ Thiel. GUESTS: Sue Roepke, New Holstein School District APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA: A motion was made by Snelson, seconded by Hess, and carried to approve the agenda as presented. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: A motion was made by Oakley, seconded by Watson, and carried to approve the minutes from the previous meeting. CITIZEN COMMENT: None. FINANCE AND PURCHASING: None. PROTECTIONS OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY: a. Chief Fisher reported for the month they had 343 incidents. Notable Incidents include on July 26 we received a report of a vehicle driving without headlights or taillights lit. A traffic stop was initiated and arrest was made for OWI. On July 27, 2025, we received a report of an ex who would not leave the reporting parties residence. The captain was able to remove the individual from a crawl space in the basement of the home and there was an arrest and charge of disorderly conduct. Additionally Chief Fisher received 4 RFP’s for the needs analysis, these have been shared in the google drive and the mayor will make contact with the 4 to let them know the timeline of things for the next step. b. Chief Carey reported the department had four calls for the month of July. There was one mutual aid call, two car accidents and one fire alarm. The fire department also attended Airport Day, assisting with helicopter landings. c. Emergency Management Director Thiel indicated he will be attending a workshop put on at the county on September 11. d. Judge Sippel indicated that for the months of June/July they had 66 adult Initial Appearances, 18 Juvenile Initial Appearances and 5 adult Pre Trials and 1 Juvenile Pre Trial. CITY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS: Committee of the Whole August 5, 2025 2 a. Director Meyer stated that in July they painted curbs and cleaned off sidewalks on Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee Drive and Calumet Ave. They are working on painting crosswalks, helped with set up for the picnic, set up for Airport Day, frail mowed and started working on Calumet Street (Road Project). RECREATION DIRECTORS: a. Park Rental and Special Event Applications - None b. Review of Monthly Report - None PERSONNEL: None OLD BUSINESS: None NEW BUSINESS: a. Mosier inquired about possible cross walk signs being put up on Wisconsin Ave to slow down traffic. Jason will put out the ones that he has. b. Beck was directed to use a 3% pay increase across the board to factor in for budgeting purposes for 2026. c. Sue Roepke, New Holstein School District requested that the cross country meet be held at Kiwanis Park on Thursday, August 28 and to close off the parking lot by the Aquatic Center to the public so that the buses can park there and not have concerns about cars and kids running in the same space. We will also block off shelter and Community Center rentals for that day to limit other park use. Permission was granted for the school to hold the meet there that day. MISCELLANEOUS: None FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS: None Being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. Lori Beck Deputy Clerk