2025-05-12-Regular-Council-Minutes

1 | P a ge 0 5 / 1 2 /2 5 Minutes Date Approved 0 6 / 1 6 /202 5 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FENNIMORE, GRANT COUNTY, WISCONSIN HELD ON MONDAY, MAY 12TH, 2025 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, Roth, Strack, Streif, and Hagen. Since a quorum was not present, Mayor Boebel asked if the council was ok with calling Alder Day. The council were all fine with calling Alder Day, and he appeared by phone. 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 Strack, second by Hagen to approve the proof of posting and agenda. Motion carried 6-0. Consent Agenda: The following Operators were approved: Ashley Vale and Samara Schmitt-Levins. There was a motion by Strack, and a second by Hagen to approve the Operators License. Motion carried 6-0. Minutes of the preceding meeting. Approval of minutes if correct, and corrections of mistakes: The minutes from the April 15th, 2025 Regular Meeting and April 21 st, 2025 Emergency Council Meeting was approved with a motion by Adam, and a second by Roth. Motion carried 6-0. 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 Adam to approve the 04/18/2025 Council claims with the breakdown of bills to their respective accounts for a total of $263,104.73 with City bills at $160,764.40, Utility bills at $59,076.56, Sewer bills at $42,618.77, TIF-CDBG bills at $645, and Capital Projects at $0. Gross Payroll amounts for 04/18/2025 were $65,331.47 with $42,798.67 for City, $15,045.06 for Utility and $7,487.74 for Sewer. Gross Payroll amounts for 05/01/2025 were $63,481.83 with $41,284.54 for City, $14,725.09 for Utility and $7,472.20 for Sewer. Motion carried on a roll call vote 6-0. Committee Reports: Unfinished Business: New Business: 2 | P a ge 0 5 / 1 2 /2 5 Minutes Date Approved 0 6 / 1 6 /202 5 Discussion and possible action on creating an AD Hoc Committee: There was a motion by Adam, and a second by Streif to create an Ad Hoc Committee meeting with Pete Adam, John Wells, Jon Miles, Dave Streif, and Aaron Peterson. Motion carried 6-0. Discussion and possible action on Quonset Hut bids: There was a motion by Adam, and a second by Hagen to approve Jim’s Building Center for construction of the Quonset Hut for $94,400, and Northern Group for the razing of the building for $31,840. Motion carried on a roll call vote 6-0. Discussion and possible action on Chip Sealing bids: There was a motion by Roth, and a second by Adam to approve Fahrner at $1.95 per sq. yard for the dark granite, and $1.84 for pea rock. Motion carried on a roll call vote 6-0. Discussion and possible action on library employee pro-rated benefits: There was a motion by Roth and a second by Strack to consider moving into closed session at 6:12 pm. Motion carried on a roll call vote 6-0. Return to open session: There was a motion by Roth and a second by Strack to return to open session at 6:39 pm. Motion carried 6-0. There was a motion by Adam, and a second by Roth to approve a pro-rated amount for sick, pto, and holidays for Alberta Linneman effective January 2026 equaling the 9.5 hours of holiday pay, plus 9 days of PTO, plus earning sick at 75% which would equal .0375 per hour of time worked. Motion carried 6-0. There was a motion by Adam, and a second by Strack to approve hiring Interviewer #2 for the Street Maintenance Worker. Motion carried 6-0. Comments and suggestions from Citizens present: Breland Scharschmidt wants a limited amount of chickens within City limits. Mayor Boebel said he would work on an option to write up an ordinance update to present to council. Communications and recommendations from the mayor: None Schedule Committee meetings: Emergency Council meeting to approve library bids will be on May 29th at 5pm. Adjourn: Motion by Roth, second by Strack to adjourn at 6:44 p.m. Motion carried 6-0. _________________________________ Ashley Edge, City Clerk-Treasurer _________________________________Ryan Boebel, Mayor