2026-03-16 Regular Council Minutes

1 | P a ge 03 / 1 6 /2 6 Minutes Date Approved 0 4 / 20 /202 6 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FENNIMORE, GRANT COUNTY, WISCONSIN HELD ON MONDAY, MARCH 16TH, 2026 The Regular Council meeting of the Common Council was called to order by Mayor Ryan Boebel at 5:30 p.m. Roll Call was taken with the following alderpersons answering present: Adam, Chiefari, Kretschman, Roth, Strack, Streif and Hagen. Director of Public Works Anthony Downing, City Clerk-Treasurer, Ashley Edge, Deputy Clerk- Treasurer, Ashley Mumm were also in attendance. Agenda: Proof in the form of a certificate of public notice given as required by Section 19.84, Wis. Stats., as to the holding of this meeting, was presented by the City Clerk-Treasurer. Motion by Streif, second by Day to approve the proof of posting and agenda. Motion carried 7-0. Consent Agenda: The following Operators were approved: Ashley Valentine. There was a motion by Strack and a second by Kretschman to approve the Operators License. Motion carried 7-0. Minutes of the preceding meeting. Approval of minutes if correct, and corrections of mistakes: The minutes from the February 16th, 2026 Regular Meeting was approved with a motion by Streif, and a second by Strack. Motion carried 7-0. Comments from Pre-registered Citizens: Reports of Officers: Clerk DPW Chief of Police Presentation of accounts and other claims against the city: There was a motion by Streif and a second by Hagen to approve the 02/16/2026 Council claims with the breakdown of bills to their respective accounts for a total of $466,626.66 with City bills at $199,772.91, Utility bills at $186,438.98 Sewer bills at $80,114.77, TIF-CDBG bills at $300.00 and Capital Projects at $0. Gross Payroll amounts for 02/20/2026 were $69,721.61 with $33,692.28 for City, $26,513.41 for Utility and $9,515.92 for Sewer. Gross Payroll amounts for 03/06/2026 were $66,995.65with $35,815.68 for City, $20,951.14 for Utility and $10,228.83 for Sewer. Motion carried on a roll call vote 7-0. Committee Reports: Unfinished Business: Tree Board Update-Margaret Sprague 2 | P a ge 03 / 1 6 /2 6 Minutes Date Approved 0 4 / 20 /202 6 Discussion and possible action on Marsden Park: After much discussion between the council, Board of Trustees, and Chuck Stenner regarding a portion of the land within Marsden Park, it was discussed that Attorney, Ben Wood would file a Quit Claim Deed to return the portion of land back to the Board of Trustees. The Board asked if the City would look at donating the $5,000 it has in the past, but due to the City waiving the raze permit fee, providing backfill, and the City Staff did some demolition the Council decided not to donate this year. There was a motion by Adam, and a second by Roth that if the legal description matches the parcel in question, the City will do a Quit Claim Deed to Marsden Park Board of Trustees. Motion carried on a roll call vote 7-0. New Business: Discussion and possible action on purchase of a new police vehicle: Chief Dresen presented bids he received that included some hybrid options. There was a motion by Roth, and a second by Kretschman to approve the purchase totaling $44,073.50 from Fillback Family of Dealerships. Motion carried on a roll call vote 7-0. Discussion and possible action on changing April’s meeting from April 20th to April 21st: There was a motion by Streif, and a second by Adam to approve moving the regular meeting to correlate with the Organization meeting. Motion carried 7- 0. Discussion and possible action on Swimming Pool Use Agreement: There was a motion by Streif, and a second by Strack to approve the swimming pool use agreement. Motion carried 7-0. Discussion and possible action on recognizing April as Sarcoidosis Awareness Month: Mayor Boebel, and Alder Roth have both received a request regarding Sarcoidosis Awareness Month being in April. Council is more than willing to share any literature they have regarding Sarcoidosis. No formal action taken. Discussion and possible action on Letter of Support for Standalone Curb Ramp Improvement Project: There was a motion by Adam, and a second by Streif to approve sending the letter of support. Motion carried 7-0. Discussion and possible action on battery bank at diesel plant: There was a motion by Adam, and a second by Streif to approve the bid of $13,109 to Action Battery. Motion carried on a roll call vote 7-0. Discussion and possible action on light pole painting: There was a motion by Adam, and second by Roth to award bid to Pole Painting Plus for $10,500 pending verification of work from other businesses. Motion carried on a roll call vote 7-0. Discussion and possible action on using additional revenue funds for sealcoating: There was a motion by Adam, and second by Roth to approve the $19,000 the City received for selling the lot on Madison and 16th St, and put it toward sealcoating. Motion carried on a roll call vote 7-0. Discussion and possible action on hiring Youth Apprentice Pay There was a motion by Roth and a second by Strack to consider moving into closed session at 6:27 pm. Motion carried on a roll call vote 7-0. 3 | P a ge 03 / 1 6 /2 6 Minutes Date Approved 0 4 / 20 /202 6 Return to open session: There was a motion by Roth and a second by Kretschman to return to open session at 6:34 pm. Motion carried 7-0. There was a motion by Roth, and a second by Kretschman to approve the Youth Apprentice wages to be $16 an hour. Motion carried 7-0. Comments and suggestions from Citizens present: Sarah Kretschman spoke about EMS option going forward. Mayor Boebel asked her to share the information that she has with the Alders, and it will be discussed next meeting. Communications and recommendations from the mayor: Mayor Boebel acknowledged this would be his last full meeting. He will call the Organizational Meeting to order, and then the new Mayor will be sworn in. He thanked the Alders he has worked with for the last ten years, and gave them the credit for being the decision makers. Schedule Committee meetings: Adjourn: Motion by Roth, second by Strack to adjourn at 6:49 p.m. Motion carried 7-0. _________________________________ Ashley Edge, City Clerk-Treasurer _________________________________ Ryan Boebel, Mayor