Village Board and Staff — Minutes

3757 MISHICOT VILLAGE BOARD Regular Meeting November 18, 2025 CALL TO ORDER President Samz called the meeting to order at 6:00 pm. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL Present: Trustees Theresa Becker, Al Beranek, Judy Ferry, Ryan Rezek, John Franz, Bruce Boettcher and Bernie Samz. Absent: None. Officials Present: Clerk/Treasurer Kathy Reissmann, Chief Paul Granger in attendance by phone, Officer James Brooks, DPW Director John Tulachka. Others Present: Terri Brouchoud, Brian Rief, Jim Haese, Dean Anhault, Rusty Jack, Jocelynn Rezek, David Doucha, Lee Brocher, Ken Heyroth, and Terry Scerine. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES Trustees Becker/Beranek moved to approve the November 4th and the November 12th, 2025 meeting minutes as presented. Motion carried. VISITORS AND GUESTS – Lee Brocher commented on the wheel tax. A short discussion followed with President Samz stating that this is just one of the options the village is looking at to raise revenue for street projects and costs. No decision has been made at this time. COMMITTEE REPORTS Chief Paul Granger • Chief completed the CJIS (federal) audit last month. They are now coming back with an audit of that audit which will take some time to complete. • JDC Board meeting: o To meet federal demands, we will be switching to NERIS framework early next year o We are looking at adjusting pre-alerts to allow for a faster EMS and Fire response • Chief will be participating in WEB-Emergency Operations Center training in December. This better prepares us for the remote use of outside help in the event of a disaster within Mishicot. • Chief recently completed a 3-day Public Information Officer course, better preparing for community and media releases 3758 • Chief was working with our attorneys on the sex offender ordinance verbiage. They believe it’s as restrictive as legally possible in its current form so I will not be proposing any changes to the board. • Chief is on the Criminal Justice Fair Access committee and will be meeting with them next week to discuss areas of improvement ensuring the public has efficient and equal access to the court system. • Human Trafficking Task Force is a new organization within Manitowoc County which Det. Brooks will be serving on. • Det. Brooks serves on the Sexual Assault Response Team for Manitowoc County. • Officer Ladwig is planning a graduation party/activity for the students who will be graduating the DARE program this semester. • Officer Ladwig took part in the school district’s safety committee meeting today discussing security improvements and preparations for the next drill. DPW Director John Tulachka • The winter parking ban will go into effect on December 1st. Trustee Theresa Becker • The recycling event went very well. Trustee Al Beranek • The Parks and MCAC committee met and came up with some proposed fees for the MCAC park rentals. Trustee Ryan Rezek • There is gravel at the track that didn’t get used but it will be gone in 2 weeks. President Bernie Samz • Asked the board to review what committee’s they are on and let him know if they want to make a change as he will be putting Terri Brouchoud on some of the committees due to Trustee Boettcher’s resignation. Clerk Kathy Reissmann • The Village’s Connect Communities application was accepted. Progress Lakeshore will be doing a press release in the near future. • Asked the board to review the document to send with the tax bills in December. UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. DISCUSSION/APPROVAL OF IMPLEMENTATION OF A WHEEL TAX This item was tabled from the previous meeting on November 4, 2025. No further discussion was held. No action taken. 3759 NEW BUSINESS A. LICENSE APPLICATIONS APPROVAL Approval of operator’s licenses #2025-116, Amy Ahumada. Trustees Becker/Ferry moved to approve as presented. Motion carried. B. LIST OF CLAIMS APPROVAL President Samz presented general fund claims in the amount of $93,553.63, TID #2 claims in the amount of $15,205.20, water utility claims in the amount of $16,691.96 and sewer utility claims in the amount of $9,054.53 for approval. Trustees Ferry/Rezek moved to approve the list of claims as presented totaling $134,505.32. Roll call: Ayes-7, Nays-0, Absent-0. Motion carried. C. DISCUSSION/APPROVAL OF AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO ALLOW “CONDOMINIUMS” AS AN ALLOWED USE WITHIN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS WITH ZERO LOT LINE CONFIGURATIONS. David Doucha was present to request the approval to split his duplex so that he can sell each half as a condominium. He knows he has to create and HOA and get a new certified survey of the property. Current zoning regulations do not allow this as it would not meet the side yard setbacks. Brian Reif also commented on this. The clerk read an email from Eric Fowle from Cedar Corp on this which stated that the zoning ordinance would need to be amended to specifically call out “condominiums” as an allowed use within its residential districts, along with allowances for “zero lot line” configurations. Discussion was held and the board agreed to change the zoning ordinance to allow this to be done. The zoning change and certified survey map would also need to go to the Plan Commission for approval first. D. DISCUSSION/APPROVAL OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE PARKS/MCAC COMMITTEE Trustee Beranek discussed the fees that the Parks/MCAC Committee came up with for the use of the ball fields and the concession stand. Discussion was held and noted that they are still in discussions about this and the next meeting will be in January. No action taken. COMMUNICATIONS President Samz thanked Trustee Boettcher for his time on the board and stated that he will be appointing Terri Brouchoud in his place at the next meeting on December 2, 2025. ADJOURN Trustees Boettcher/Rezek moved to adjourn at 6:38 pm. Motion carried. Minutes submitted by Kathy Reissmann, Village Clerk-Treasurer