Town Board — Minutes

Town of Dodgeville Town Board Meeting Minutes August 5th, 2025 *6:00 p.m.* 1) Call to order. Town Chairman, Curt Peterson called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Town Supervisors in attendance were David Pope and Peter Vanderloo. Kyle Levetzow and Pam Johnson-Loy were absent. Also in attendance were Clerk/Treasurer Sara Olson, Kevin Zajicek, Karter Zajicek, Patrick Gehl and Jeff Haylock. Everyone in attendance recited the Pledge of Allegiance. 2) Approval of Public Notice/Agenda. Supervisor, David Pope made a motion to approve the public notice and agenda seconded by Supervisor, Peter Vanderloo. Motion carried. 3) Public Comment. Patrick Gehl from Pattern Energy updated the Board in regards to where they are in the application process. Town Chairman, Curt Peterson indicated he received a complaint as well as a request to look into creating a junk ordinance in the Town of Dodgeville. 4) Discussion & possible action re: Town Parking Lot Improvements. Karter Zajicek from Jewell and Associates gave an update in regards to the drafting of plans for the parking lot. No action was taken. 5) Approval of Meeting Minutes from July 1st, 2025. David Pope made a motion to approve the meeting minutes from July 1st, 2025 as presented. Peter Vanderloo seconded the motion. Motion carried. 6) Approval of Treasurer’s Report for General, Sanitary District #1 and Tax Collection Account. David Pope made a motion to approve the Town of Dodgeville’s July 2025 Treasurer’s Report stating the following fund balances: General Checking $ 329,240.03 General Checking – Tax Funds $ 0.00 Farmer’s Savings $ 163,596.92 Farmer’s Savings – Tax Funds $ 0.00 Local Government Investment Pool $ 8,525.52 Farmer’s Savings Tax Account $ 0.00 Farmer’s Savings Tax Account – Town $ 0.00 Intra-Fi CD’s $ 648,747.22 Township Funds: $1,150,109.69 Tax Funds: $ 0.00 ARPA Funds: $ 0.00 Peter Vanderloo seconded the motion. Motion carried. David Pope made a motion to approve Sanitary District #1 Treasurer’s Report as submitted stating the following fund balances: Sanitary District #1 $ 18,693.65 Peter Vanderloo seconded the motion. Motion carried. 7) Bills to be approved. Peter Vanderloo made a motion to approve the August 5th, 2025 vouchers in the amount of $52,592.05, the Sanitary District #1 vouchers in the amount of $5,118.37 and the Room Tax Voucher in the amount of $16,588.22. David Pope seconded the motion. Motion carried. 8) Town Roads/Equipment Report. Town Patrolman, Kevin Zajicek updated the Town Board in regards to the roads and equipment including a recall notice for the Chevy 5500. 9) Clerk/Treasurer Report. Clerk/Treasurer Sara Olson indicated that she will be out of the office on August 6th, 2025. 10) Discussion & possible action re: Planning Commission Recommendations. Clerk/Treasurer Sara Olson presented the rezoning application and conditional use application of Matthew & Izabela Kaminski. Peter Vanderloo made a motion to recommend the approval of the rezoning application of Matthew & Izabela Kaminski to rezone 2.6 acres more or less from A-1 Ag Legal Non-Conforming & AR-1 to AR-1 as well as the conditional use permit for the purpose of allowing one animal unit on 2.6 acres more or less located in part fraction of the NW ¼ of the NE ¼ of Section 4, Town 6 North, Range 3 East at 4454 State Road 23. David Pope seconded the motion. Motion carried. 11) Discussion & possible action re: Room Tax Proceeds. The Town Board discussed potential projects to help promote tourism and requested that the Town Board continue to brainstorm additional ideas. No action was taken. 12) Discussion & possible action re: Reynolds Road. Clerk/Treasurer Sara Olson presented a quote for blacktopping approximately 720’ of Reynolds Road from the Iowa County Highway Department. Peter Vanderloo made a motion to blacktop this portion of Reynolds Road. David Pope seconded the motion. Motion carried. The Town Board discussed potentially discontinuing a portion of Reynolds Road. David Pope made a motion to contact Morzenti Law Office, LLC in regards to the discontinuation process. Peter Vanderloo seconded the motion. Motion carried. 13) Discussion & possible action re: Cyber Security. Clerk/Treasurer Sara Olson presented information on our current contracted it support and cyber security practices that are in place. Clerk/Treasurer Sara Olson indicated that she is working with Sprinter IT to obtain more information as the current contract will need to be renewed in November. No action was taken. 14) Discussion & possible action re: Security Camera Upgrade. The Town Board discussed the need to upgrade the security cameras and requested that Clerk/Treasurer Sara Olson get additional information to present to the Board. No action was taken. 15) Adjournment. Peter Vanderloo made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:30 p.m. David Pope seconded the motion. Motion carried. Respectfully Submitted, Sara J. Olson, Clerk-Treasurer