091025-VB-minutes

Following the Pledge of Allegiance and moment of silence, President Russ Gehm, called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Gehm read the statement regarding the posting of the meeting. PRESENT: Russ Gehm, Andrew Court, Sean Falk, Matt Pleshek, Brenda Staszak, Michelle Streetman, and Kay Zuleger. AGENDA: Motion by Pleshek, second by Zuleger, to approve the agenda as presented and to deviate from the order as necessary. Motion carried unanimously. MINUTES: Motion by Court, second by Zuleger, to approve the minutes from August 27, 2025, Special Village Board Meeting as presented. Motion carried unanimously. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF CITIZENS AND OPEN FORUM. Jesse Rankin, Director of Municipal Operations; Keith Fischer, Police Chief; and Tim Novitski, Village Resident. REPORTS: Committee of the Whole. Minutes on file. Police Department Report. Report on file. Spent most of August working on training Officer Rhode. Fire Department Report. Report on file. EMS Report. Report on file. Clerk/Treasurer Report. Report on file. The Village received payment on the agricultural deferred assessment from KT Holding. Municipal Operations Department Report. Report on file. Fall clean up dates have been set. There has been some movement with the corner building owned by Keith Block. Various VILLAGE BOARD MEETING Wednesday, September 10, 2025 Village of Bonduel – Village Board Wednesday, September 10, 2025 Page 2 architectural firms, SCEPI and Redevelopment Resources, will be meeting at the end of the month to look at the building to come up with design and grant options. NEW BUSINESS: K1. Discussion and possible action on Farmers Market Vendor rules and regulations. After reviewing the vendor rules and regulations for the Farmer’s Market, it has been suggested that some of the language be removed regarding the restrictions. In addition, the Board discussed removing the word local since some of the vendors are coming from further away. Motion by Zuleger, second by Streetman, to approve the changes to remove the reference of local or locally produced products and to remove the restrictions from the Farmer’s Market Vendor Rules and Regulations for 2026. Motion carried unanimously. K2. Discussion and possible action on Village trick-or-treating hours. Halloween falls on Friday this year. There are no high school sporting events that evening. Last year the hours for trick-or-treating were from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Halloween. Motion by Court, second by Zuleger, to approve trick-or-treating hours for the Village from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday October 31, 2025. Motion approved unanimously. K3. Discussion and possible action on 2026 Budget. Maroszek went through the budget numbers in the general fund. Many of the aid amounts from the state have not been released yet. Still need numbers from the auditors for next year’s audit, along with numbers from the police department. Maroszek asked about the Village Trustee’s pay and the EMS Donation. The Trustees have not had an increase since 2016, and the EMS has not had an increase since 2007. Increases were recommended for both and will be put into the budget. All the capital equipment numbers have been entered. The capital projects numbers are still be worked on as the Village is waiting on final numbers for the Sunrise Court project to determine the final special assessment numbers. By consensus the Board agreed to move the agenda item to the Committee of the Whole meeting to continue the review of the 2026 Budget. K4. Discussion and possible action on 2026 TID Budgets. With the creation of the two new TID’s Maroszek has a few questions for the Auditors on how to allocate the expenses and increment payment. A meeting has been set up with Jon Trautman later this month to work through those questions. By consensus the Board agreed to move the agenda item to the Committee of the Whole meeting to continue review of the 2026 TID Budgets. K5. Discussion and possible action on 2026 Water and Sewer Utility Budgets. Rankin reviewed the 2026 water and sewer budget numbers with the Board. The numbers still need to be worked on a little more, but initial amounts have been input. By consensus the Board agreed Village of Bonduel – Village Board Wednesday, September 10, 2025 Page 3 to move the agenda item to the Committee of the Whole meeting to continue review of the 2026 water and sewer budgets. K6. Discussion and possible action conditional use permit request and decision form. The Village Attorney recently reviewed one of the Village’s past conditional use permits and recommended that the decision form be more comprehensive. Maroszek reached out to the League of Municipalities and to the Clerk list for examples of decision forms. The request form and decision form included in the packets has been drafted to follow the Village’s ordinance on conditional use permits. Both forms have been reviewed by the Village Attorney. Motion by Streetman, second by Court, to approve the new conditional use permit request and decision form as presented. Motion carried unanimously. M. Approval of Payments. Motion by Zuleger, second by Pleshek, to approve the monthly payments for September 2025 as presented. Motion carried unanimously. N. Treasurer’s Report. Motion by Court, second by Zuleger, to approve the August 2025 Treasurer’s report as presented. Motion carried unanimously. ANNOUNCEMENTS. Upcoming monthly meetings were discussed. Motion by Zuleger, second by Streetman to adjourn. Motion carried unanimously. Meeting adjourned at 6:46 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Michelle Maroszek, Clerk