2025-03-13 Regular Council Minutes

1 | P a ge 03 / 1 3 /2 5 Minutes Date Approved 0 4 / 1 5 /202 5 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FENNIMORE, GRANT COUNTY, WISCONSIN HELD ON THURSDAY, MARCH 13TH, 2025 The Regular Council meeting of the Common Council was called to order by Mayor Ryan Boebel at 5:22 p.m. Roll Call was taken with the following alderpersons answering present. Adam, Chiefari, Sheckler, Day, Strack, and Hagen. Deputy Clerk-Treasurer, Ashley Mumm, DPW, Jordan Fritche, Street Superintendent, Bryan Friederick were also present. 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 Adam, second by Hagen to approve the proof of posting and agenda. Motion carried 6-0. Consent Agenda: The following Operators were approved: None. Minutes of the preceding meeting. Approval of minutes if correct, and corrections of mistakes: The minutes from the February 17th, 2025 Regular Meeting was approved with a motion by Adam, and a second by Sheckler. Motion carried 6-0. Comments from Pre-registered Citizens: Reports of Officers: Clerk DPW Chief of Police Community Development Manager Presentation of accounts and other claims against the city: There was a motion by Sheckler and a second by Adam to approve the 03/13/2025 Council claims with the breakdown of bills to their respective accounts for a total of $441,749.37 with City bills at $196,144.88, Utility bills at $185,914.58, Sewer bills at $59,089.91, TIF- CDBG bills at $600, and Capital Projects at $0. Gross Payroll amounts for 02/21/2025 were $65,990.41 with $36,498.65 for City, $22,229.40 for Utility and $7,262.36 for Sewer. Gross Payroll amounts for 03/07/2025 were $62,929.55 with $36,743.05 for City, $17,902.96 for Utility and $8,283.54 for Sewer. Motion carried on a roll call vote 6-0. Committee Reports: Unfinished Business: New Business: 2 | P a ge 03 / 1 3 /2 5 Minutes Date Approved 0 4 / 1 5 /202 5 Discussion and possible action to the City’s chloride variance application: There was a motion by Day, and a second by Hagen to voluntarily withdraw the chloride variance. Motion carried 6-0. Discussion and possible action Scope of Services for Ordinance Review: There was a motion by Day, and a second by Adam to approve ordinance review of chapter 7. Motion carried 6-0. Discussion and possible approval of Quonset Hut RFP: Town & Country Engineering wanted clarification on the Quonset Hut RFP. Council asked that it is a complete removal, minus the foundation. No action taken. Discussion and possible action on Chapter 5 of City Ordinance: Evan from Town & Country Engineering brought in some sample curbs that could be added to Chapter 5 of the Municipal Code. This will be on a future council agenda with more details/updates. Discussion and possible approval on closing TID’s 4 and 5: There was a motion by Adam, and a second by Day to approve the closing of TID’s 4 and 5. Motion carried 6-0. Approval of revisions to wage resolution 2024-12-16B: There was a motion by Adam, and a second by Sheckler to approve the new summer public works employee, under age 18 from $12 to $13. Motion carried on a roll call vote 6-0. Discussion and possible reallocation of GO Funding: There was a motion by Adam, and a second by Day to approve $175,394.08 toward the Quonset Hut, $10,000 for the playground replacement at Volunteer Field, $137, 650 to put toward a new HVAC system in the Memorial Building, $100,000 to the Diesel Plant, and $12,000 to put to new carpet in the Memorial Building. Motion carried on a roll call vote 6-0. Discussion and possible action on carpet bids: There was a motion to purchase carpet tiles for the Memorial Building (Utility Office, DPW Office, Police Office, and City Council) for $11,494 with Bowden Alexander. Motion carried on a roll call vote 6-0. Discussion and possible action on HVAC bids: There was a motion by Hagen, and a second by Day to go accept the bid from H&N Plumbing and Heating to replace the Memorial Building HVAC for $137,650. Motion carried on a roll vote 6-0. Discussion and possible action on playground equipment: There was a motion by Day, and a second by Hagen to purchase new playground equipment from Lee Recreation for $32,155. Motion carried on a roll call vote 6-0. Discussion and possible action on cancellation of March 17th, 2025 meeting: There was a motion by Day, and a second by Adam to cancel the March 17th, 2025 meeting. Motion carried 6-0. Discussion and possible action on moving the April 21st meeting to April 15th: There was a motion by Day, and a second by Adam to change the April meeting date to April 15th, immediately following the Organizational Meeting. Motion carried 6-0. 3 | P a ge 03 / 1 3 /2 5 Minutes Date Approved 0 4 / 1 5 /202 5 Discussion and possible approval of Ordinance 2025-03-13 to amend Chapter 1 of the Municipal Code relating to General Government: There was a motion by Adam, and a second by Sheckler to approve adding a range from 3 to 7 election inspectors per election. Motion carried 6-0. There was a motion by Adam and a second by Day to consider moving into closed session at 6:23 pm. Motion carried on a roll call vote 6-0. Return to open session: There was a motion by Adam and a second by Day to return to open session at 6:30 pm. Motion carried 6-0. There was a motion by Adam, and a second by Day to shift the on-call responsibilities in the Street Department effective next pay period to forego the on-call duty and pay, while increasing the Street Maintenance Worker $1, and Superintendent $1.50. 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: None Communications and recommendations from the mayor: None Schedule Committee meetings: None Adjourn: Motion by Hagen, second by Day to adjourn at 6:32 p.m. Motion carried 6-0. _________________________________ Ashley Edge, City Clerk-Treasurer _________________________________ Ryan Boebel, Mayor