Village Board meeting — Agenda

MEETING MINUTES REGULAR VILLAGE BOARD MEETING Tuesday Sept. 1, 2026 100 W. Taft St. Village Hall 6:00 P.M. The meeting was called to order by President Gorsegner at 6:00 pm. Roll call: Ball, Gorsegner, Pfahler, McAllister, Smith, Tucker, Wallace-present. Pledge of Allegiance Communications: A typed report giving an update on the Westfield Development was submitted by MSA. Blue Spring Lake Ski show this Saturday, Spaghetti supper at the Methodist church Sept 14th, Sept 26th hot dogs and heroes for the Fire/EMS dept. Sept. 9th there will be a “Renew towns” meeting for local businesses. Kathy Weiss submitted a typed report giving the board an update on the JCEDC and Thrive meeting she recently attended. The Clerk reminded everyone to take their Usecure phishing training. Monthly Reports: typed reports submitted from all departments. Public Forum: none Old Business: Discussion and Possible Action on the Following Items 1. Establishing a Sex offender residency restriction ordinance for the Village of Palmyra. President Gorsegner did a map of the exclusion zones, and the village attorney suggested some changes. The map shows new subdivision. In red are the exclusion properties. Approx. 608 housing units, which include multi family, single family, mobile home and apartments. The board wants to use 1,000 ft for the exclusion zone. Child safety locations- make sure those match in all parts of the ordinance, we need to change wording for the residence board, the Village Board will choose 3 members of the community to sit on this board. Adjust the loitering language and review sect 3.C. Our Attorney suggests using Genesee’s holiday conduct prohibition. Trustee Wallace will send an email to the Clerk, asking her to poll the board on the ordinance after she makes the changes noted above and if the board members could respond then the Clerk will send this onto Wallace once everyone responds and this will go on another board agenda. It will go one more time to the attorney along with the map to review. Gorsegner/Smith motion to recommend the approval of the 1,000 ft buffer off of the specific exclusion properties. This will go back on the Sept. 21st agenda. New Business: Discussion and Possible Action on the Following Items 1. Updating the Emergency Action Plan for the Lower Spring Lake Dam. Public Works Superintendent Scott Halbrucker stated that this must do this plan every 10 years. DNR says the plan needs to be done by Dec. 31 st. Scott got a copy of the Emergency Action plan that was previously done . The cost is $4500. Halbrucker can get it out of his overall budget, he might be over budget in dam expenses but under in some other areas. Uriah Monday who was with MSA when the dam project took place now works for the DNR, wants to keep it high risk says Halbrucker. Scott will get it in writing from Uriah that he will not change the rating of the dam and why . Wallace/Tucker motion to approve updating the emergency action plan with a cost of $4500. Roll call vote: Ball, Gorsegner, Pfahler, McAllister, Smith, Tucker, Wallace-aye. Motion carried. 2. Tucker/Smith motion to approve the renewal of a Home Business License for Julie Turner to conduct a sewing/alterations business at her home at 408 E. Main St. Palmyra, WI. All ayes-motion carried. 3. Wallace/Pfahler motion to approve Resolution 2026-12 for the adoption of the Health Reimbursement plan for Village Employees on the Village’s health plan. All ayes- motion carried. 4. Tucker/Ball motion to approve the m eeting minutes from August 17th, 2026 Regular Village Board meeting as presented. All ayes-motion carried. 5. Wallace/Smith motion to approve the Financial Statements, bank statements, cash account balances for July 2026. All ayes-motion carried. 6. Wallace/Pfahler motion to approve the p ayment of bills totaling $119,246.55 with extras presented tonight to Eco Lab, WEX bank for PD and FD fuel, Everest Emergency Vehicle for new ambulance, MPIC insurance for additional risk insurance for the PFAS project, Lauren Rockteacher for partial reimbursement of flag football, payment to Whitewater Recreation for transfer of Rockteacher’s sign- up fee, reimbursement for flag football to Sara Rose Houk due to there not being. Roll call vote: Ball, Gorsegner, Pfahler, McAllister, Smith, Tucker, Wallace-aye. Motion carried. 7. Consideration of a Police Squad for the Village of Palmyra . Public Safety Director Blount want s ideas and thoughts from the Board. Our oldest squad is 7 years old and we usually don’t go this long without replacement. There was a department who Blount though t might have a used squad they would be getting rid of but that fell through. A c heaper option is to go with an explorer vs. a truck. The Fire Dept is interested in selling their current “brush truck” which is jointly owned with the town. which could sell for almost $20,000. $60,000 range for an SUV. No prisoner cage in that new vehicle They would take our old truck if we decide not to sell it, but Blount says we would get a decent price by selling it. Blount recommends holding off on a cage for the new vehicle. Gorsegner/Ball motion to give Blount the go ahead to start looking for a 2027 replacement vehicle to what is available, whether new or used, a lease and what the trade in will be and bring the information back to the Board. All ayes-motion carried. 8. Wallace/Smith motion to change the first village board meeting of November from the 2nd to the 5th of November. All ayes-motion carried. Wallace/Smith motion to adjourn at 7:03 pm. All ayes-motion carried. Respectfully submitted, Laurie Mueller, Village Clerk/Treasurer Minutes approved without correction Sept. 21, 2026