Regular Village Board Meeting — Minutes

MINUTES Special Board Meeting Village Office, February 19, 2026 5:00 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. The Special Village Board meeting for the Village of Cobb was called to order at 5:00 pm by Village President Liz Lenz. Members Attending: President – Liz Lenz, Trustees – Kristen Schoville, Marlin Harms, Renee Linscheid, Alisha Martin, Alaina Benton Members Absent: Nick Klaas Staff Present: Village Clerk – Carley Rider and Lisa Riley Public Present: None Public Notices: MOTION (Schoville, Linscheid): motion carried by unanimous voice vote to approve posting of agenda at the following four places: Cobb Post Office, Cobb Food Mart, Royal Bank, and the Village Office on Thursday, November 27th , revised on December 1st at 1:45 pm for emergent situation – non-operational plow truck, and compliance of the open meeting law. Pledge of Allegiance CITIZENS & DELEGATIONS - None COMMITTEE & COMMISSION REPORTS - None UNFINISHED BUSINESS – None NEW BUSINESS – None MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION –Consider adjourning to closed session pursuant to Wis. Stat. secs. 19.85(1)(c) considering employment, promotion, compensation or performance evaluation date of any public employee over which the governmental body has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility – Interim Clerk/Treasurer MOTION (Benton, Harms); motion carried by 6-0 roll call vote (Benton – Aye, Linscheid – Aye, Schoville – Aye, Martin – Aye, Harms – Aye, Lenz – Aye) to enter closed session at 5:01 p.m. with employee Carley Rider and Lisa Riley. MOTION TO RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION – Committee may consider taking a consensus to return to open session following the closed session to formally dispose of any issues discussed in closed session. MOTION (Linscheid, Harms) to reconvene into open session at 5:40 p.m. Motion carried unanimously. ACTION OF CLOSED SESSION- MOTION (Linscheid, Benton); motion carried by 6-0 roll call vote (Benton – Aye, Linscheid – Aye, Schoville – Aye, Martin – Aye, Harms – Aye, Lenz – Aye) to approve appointing Lisa Riley as Interim Clerk/Treasurer until June 1st at the rate of $29.75 per hour. MOTION (Harms, Schoville); motion carried by 6-0 roll call vote (Benton – Aye, Linscheid – Aye, Schoville – Aye, Martin – Aye, Harms – Aye, Lenz – Aye) to temporarily move the Village Board meetings from the second Wednesday of the month to the third Wednesday of the month at 5:30 p.m. during the months of March, April, May and June to accommodate Lisa’s conflict with the Blackhawk Lake Commission monthly meeting. INTERIM CLERK OATH OF OFFICE: Clerk/Treasurer Carley Rider issued the Oath of Office to Interim Clerk Lisa Riley. VILLAGE ACCOUNT SIGNERS- MOTION (Linscheid, Martin): motion carried by 6-0 roll call vote (Benton – Aye, Linscheid – Aye, Schoville – Aye, Martin – Aye, Harms – Aye, Lenz – Aye) to add Lisa Riley as account signer on all Village bank accounts and remove Carley Rider from all accounts. Correspondence and Communications- Spring Election is to be held on April 7, 2026 Approval of additional Bills for the Month: there were no additional bills to be approved. Adjournment: MOTION (Lenz, Linscheid); The motion carried by unanimous voice vote and the meeting was adjourned at 5:45 p.m. Respectfully Submitted, Carley Rider, Village Clerk/Treasurer