Village Board and Staff — Minutes

3744 MISHICOT VILLAGE BOARD Regular Meeting October 7, 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, John Franz, Ryan Rezek, Bruce Boettcher and Bernie Samz. Absent: None Officials Present: Clerk/Treasurer Kathy Reissmann, Chief Paul Granger, DPW Director John Tulachka. Others Present: Dean Anhalt, Melissa Havlovitz arrived at 6:50 pm APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES Trustees Becker/Beranek moved to approve the September 16, 2025 meeting minutes as presented. Motion carried. VISITORS AND GUESTS • None COMMITTEE REPORTS Chief Paul Granger • The Wilhelm case was lost in court. The village attorney stated that some language in the ordinance needs to be cleaned up. • Setup at the school an essential facts training for the school admin on October 14th with the Child Advocacy Center and CPS attending. • The special friend breakfast was well attended with 700 people attending. • Bremser meeting was also well attended with over 2,000 people attending and 1,566 runners. • Homecoming dance was last Saturday and went well. Had a drug arrest and a death investigation the same night. • Held a firearms training for his officers today which he does numerous time a year. • Pumpkinfest is good to go. DPW Director John Tulachka • Had a DNR inspection on the water system and everything went well. He has a few things to correct over the next couple years. 3745 • Asked Trustee Becker what she needs from DPW for Pumpkinfest. Trustee Theresa Becker • Pumpkinfest is getting in line. There will be band and the Mishicot Marvels will be placing the pumpkins and corn stalks and picking up the garbage. • Camp Tapawingo will be having burgers and brats. • Had a budget meeting tonight. • Had a MAGIC meeting today. • Will be attending the next Progress Lakeshore meeting. Trustee Al Beranek • He passed out a list of the estimated costs for the MCAC in the amount of $19,522.01/year. He stated Two Rivers charges $83.50 per field for a 6- hour session and can hold 2 per day and that includes the grooming. The concession stand is rented for $250/day. • There will be a meeting with the MCAC group and the Parks committee on October 8th at 6:30 pm to discuss the fees. Trustee Ryan Rezek • Asked what was going to be done with the brush pile by Fairway Inn & Suites. Chief Granger stated that it will be discussed later on in the agenda. • Stated that there is a brush pile in the driveway at the Old School as well. A letter will be sent to the owner to remove the brush pile. • There was a social media post complaining about the signs at the truck pull grounds stating to call him. He wasn’t aware of the sign ordinance only allowing two signs. Discussion was held and stated that an exemption would be put in the ordinance for non-profits as the ball tournaments will be having signs on the fences in the future as well. This will be done over the winter. Trustee Judy Ferry • Stated that she thought there was excessive toilet papering this year around the village. Trustee Bruce Boettcher • Was approached by a resident on Park Lane who wants to buy property behind them from the Village Park. It was stated that any land at the park cannot be sold due to a state grant obtained many years ago with that restriction. President Bernie Samz • He and the Clerk attending a meeting at the County Highway Dept for the LRIP money and the village will receive $10,700 to put towards a road project. • Has a meeting with Progress Lakeshore on Wednesday that he can’t make it and asked if anyone else could attend in his place. Trustee Ferry offered. • The Mishicot Ambulance Service got rid of their Service Director. 3746 Clerk Kathy Reissmann • Held a budget meeting right before the board meeting and still working on it but need to find some additional revenues for the budget. UNFINISHED BUSINESS None A. LICENSE APPLICATIONS APPROVAL Approval of Class “B” picnic license #4, Kettle Range Snow Riders and operator’s licenses #2025-111, Nick W Siebers and #2025-112, Rebecca L Armbruster. 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 $122,631.76, TID #2 claims in the amount of $8,000.00, water utility claims in the amount of $3,293.68 and sewer utility claims in the amount of $8,743.42 for approval. Trustees Ferry/Becker moved to approve the list of claims as presented totaling $142,668.86. Roll call: Ayes-7, Nays-0, Absent-0. Motion carried. C. DISCUSSION/APPROVAL OF ADDITIONAL MATERIALS BILLING SPLIT FOR W SAMZ RD Dean Anhalt from the Town of Mishicot discussed the W Samz Rd project extra materials billing and asked the board if they would approve the same split of 56/44 as the previous billings. Discussion was held and Trustees Boettcher/Becker moved to approve the 56/44 split on the billing for the extra materials for W Samz Rd. Roll call: Ayes-7, Nays-0, Absent-0. Motion carried. D. DISCUSSION/APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 2025-04, REPEALING AND RECREATING CH 293 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING SOLID WASTE & RECYCLING Ordinance 2025-04, An Ordinance Repealing and Recreating Chapter 293 of the Village of Mishicot Municipal Code Concerning Solid Waste and Recycling was presented. The Clerk stated she received an email from the DNR back in August that the Village needed to redo their recycling ordinance. The Village Attorney has approved this. Trustees Ferry/Beranek moved to approve Ordinance 2025-04 as presented. Roll call: Ayes-7, Nays-0, Absent-0. Motion carried. E. DISCUSSION/APPROVAL ON 312 WASHINGTON ST DEMOLITION BIDS Two bids were received for the demolition of 312 Washington St. Both bids were read. Tower Excavating & Demolition LLC bid was in the amount of $13,950 with an additional $5,000 if needed for asbestos. The F. Dier Excavating & Demolition bid was in the amount of $21,950. Trustees Boettcher/Becker moved to approve the low bid from Tower Excavating & Demolition LLC in the amount of $13,950 plus $5,000 if need for asbestos removal. Roll call: Ayes-7, Nays-0, Absent-0. Motion carried. 3747 F. DISCUSSION/APPROVAL OF 2026 MCCLONE PROPERTY INSURANCE RENEWAL The clerk presented the 2026 property insurance renewal noting that it has increased by $2,218, which is mostly contributed to the addition of the MCAC Athletic facility. Trustees Becker/Beranek moved to approve the 2026 McClone property insurance renewal in the amount of $14,446.00. Roll call: Ayes-7, Nays-0, Absent-0. Motion carried. G. DISCUSSION/APPROVAL OF MISHICOT AREA AMBULANCE CONTRACT FOR 2026 The 2026 Mishicot Ambulance contract was presented with an increase of the per capita rate to $14.40 per capita. President Samz noted that it wasn’t final yet as they were still discussing it and suggested tabling this item until that has been decided. Item tabled until the next meeting. H. DISCUSSION/APPROVAL TO DEVELOP A PLAN FOR THE FUTURE PARK AT 312 WASHINGTON ST. The Clerk stated that there is a grant by T-Mobile for up to $50,000 that the village could apply for to develop this park but an engineered design would need to be drawn up first to submit with the application. Discussion was held and it was suggested to have Kevin Wagner from Ruekert & Mielke attend the next village board meeting and have him take a look at the property while he’s here. He’s also familiar with the property having done the flood plain analysis on it for the purchase of the property. Item is tabled until the next meeting. I. DISCUSSION/APPROVAL TO FAIRWAY INN & SUITES TO HAVE A CONTROLLED BURN Chief Granger explained what Fairway Inn & Suites were wanting to do and asked Melissa Havlovitz to further explain. She explained that it was just the brush pile that has been there for many years that they wanted burned. It was suggested that they dig a hole and burn it as the Fire Dept didn’t want to do a controlled burn since someone would have to be there for 24 hours. Chief Granger and Melissa Havlovitz will get together with Mike Koeppel and figure out a special permit for the board on what will be done and bring it back to the next meeting. He will also need a written statement from the Fire Chief stating that it is safe to do this burn themselves. Item tabled until the next meeting. ADJOURN Trustees Ferry/Rezek moved to adjourn at 7:20 pm. Motion carried. Minutes submitted by Kathy Reissmann, Village Clerk-Treasurer