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MEETING MINUTES
Village of Palmyra
REGULAR VILLAGE BOARD MEETING
Tuesday March 17, 2026
Village Hall
100 W. Taft Street
6:00 P.M.
DUE TO THE SNOWSTORM THE MEETING WAS DELAYED 1 DAY.
The meeting was called to order by President Gorsegner at 6:00 pm. Roll call: Ball, Deichl, Gorsegner,
Petruska, Smith, Tucker, Wallace-present. Tucker excused
Pledge of Allegiance
Communications The Clerk mentioned that the garbage pick is delayed one day. President Gorsegner
gave an update that Virtus must redo the CSM again for the Westfield Development, they will pay any
attorney or recording fees associated with this. Blue Spring Lake got back to us for meeting dates to
discuss the force main. There is a company that has dug test holes on the Westfield property to see if
dewatering will be necessary. March 30th there is a special village board meeting for the 5 Bugel report
They will send the board the 1st draft for them to review on 3/18. Please have comments back to them by
March 25th. Gorsegner will be meeting again with Josh Gajewski on either the 7, 8,9th of April for
further discussions regarding fire/EMS services. Police & Fire Commission Chair Ken Dooley would
like another joint meeting with the Village Board for an update on Paul Blount’s classes and where we
are at with his background check.
Public Forum: None
1. Building Permits: Feb permit report submitted
2. New Business: Discussion and Possible Action on the Following Items
A. Bid award for the PFAS project. The l ow bid came from Mid-city Corp at $4,979,000. Scott
Halbrucker talked to MSA today, in the bid there are alternate filters that would save about $100,000
so they are checking the specs on those. Halbrucker said to go ahead and award the bid and then this
would be a change order if we can use the less expensive filters. Trustee Petruska said that the
Village should not pay for MSA to do this research and change order. Smith/Wallace motion to
award Mid-City Corp the bid for the PFAS project in the amount of $4,979,000. Roll call vote: Ball,
Deichl, Gorsegner, Petruska, Smith, Wallace-aye. Motion carried.
B. Petruska/Wallace motion to adopt Resolution 2026 -04 approving billing services for One Billing
Solution to bill for fire calls on the Village’s behalf. This allows the Village to bill for Fire Calls. All
ayes-motion carried.
C. Petruska/Smith motion to approve the Special Events permit for the Powers Memorial Library for a
4th of July Festival at the Village Park. Trustee Smith asked who will be in getting the permit to sell
beer, the Clerk said that the American Legion does this and that will come to the board for approval.
All ayes-motion carried.
D. Gorsegner/Ball motion to appoint Grant Zabel to the Police and Fire Commission t o the Police and
Fire Commission to fill a vacancy. President Gorsegner called the 3 interested persons, 2 responded
back, 1 did not. Grant Zabel is present. He is currently a Village of Pewaukee Police Officer. He said
that he works the d ay swing shift so he is flexible , he would be available for the P olice and Fire
Commission meetings. All ayes-motion carried.
E. Ball/Smith motion to approve the March 2, 2026 Village Board meeting and March 3, 2026 Special
Village Board meeting minutes as presented. All ayes-motion carried.
F. Ball/Wallace motion to approve the p ayment of the bills totaling $493,559.94 with extras presented
tonight to WE Energies, DOA for email filtering, Vector Solutions, Murn Small Engine, 2 months
for UNUM x 2, AFLAC, Jeff erson County Land Info. Office, mileage for Judy Stapleton, Judy
Stapleton for election training, William Ousley election training, mobile home fees to PEASD,
Insight FS for fuel, TIF fees to Dept of Revenue. Roll call vote: Ball, Deichl, Gorsegner, Petruska,
Smith, Wallace-aye. Motion carried.
Petruska/Smith motion to adjourn at 6:18 pm. All ayes-motion carried.
Respectfully submitted,
Laurie Mueller
Village Clerk/Treasurer
Minutes approved without corrections April 6, 2026
Source: Village of Palmyra website. First collected Oct 11, 2026.