Village Board and Staff — Minutes

3741 MISHICOT VILLAGE BOARD Regular Meeting September 16, 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 and Bernie Samz. Absent: Trustee Bruce Boettcher Officials Present: Clerk/Treasurer Kathy Reissmann, Chief Paul Granger, DPW Director John Tulachka. Others Present: None APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES Trustees Becker/Beranek moved to approve the September 2, 2025 meeting minutes as presented. Motion carried. VISITORS AND GUESTS • None COMMITTEE REPORTS Chief Paul Granger • Has a trial on Wednesday for the Wilhelm case. • Friday night will be the EOC tornado exercise. • Next Thursday, there will be an AM breakfast at the elementary school and the Bremser meet in the PM. • He and DPW Director John Tulachka were looking at the security camera system at the MCAC and noticed that other people have keys to this area and is asking the board if they wish to have a lockbox on the security system. The board thinks the system should be secured and he should have it put in. • Trustee Judy Ferry questioned the lighting at the MCAC being on so late. Discussion followed on the park hours being until 11 pm, the time that the lights go off but the board feels that there needs to lights on during park hours for security and safety reasons. John will try to have the lights adjusted so they don’t shine so much in the back yards of residents. DPW Director John Tulachka • Repairs at the pump houses are done. • The utilities on N Park Lane are completed. • The road will be next to be completed on N Park Lane. 3742 • Has a DNR inspection on the water system on Thursday. • There was an issue with parking at the VFW for the renter of the VFW with the tournament going on and thinks there should be signs put up for private parking at the VFW during events at the MCAC when the VFW is rented. Trustee Theresa Becker • There will be a recycling event on November 8, 2025 in the Village Park. Trustee Al Beranek • Went to the last MCAC meeting where they gave an update on their finances and plans for 2026. • He wants to meet with DPW Director John Tulachka on the village responsibilities for the MCAC and get some estimated costs of those items. Trustee Ryan Rezek • Would like to put up signs to keep the kids out of the obstacle course for safety reasons. • Asked whether bow hunting is allowed on the MCAC grounds. No, it is not. • Is ahead of schedule for the Mishicot Thunder weekend coming up. President Bernie Samz • Was questioned whether the village has a smoking policy for the MCAC. He asked the clerk to find out and she gave him the smoking ordinance, chapter 161 that covers no smoking in certain areas in the village. Signs will need to be put up and designate a certain smoking area at the MCAC. Clerk Kathy Reissmann • DNR Forestry grant application has been submitted. • All State Trust Fund loan interest goes to the school libraries and in 2025, the Mishicot school library received $68,558. • The Town of Mishicot informed us that the Rohr Annexation was never paid to them in full back in 2019. The Village stills owes the Town of Mishicot $753.12. • Eric @ Cedar Corp received a call from someone inquiring on the 3 lots on Willow Drive and whether they can cut down trees on the shoreline. He noted that our shoreline ordinance is not up to date and missing some things to be in compliance with the state and would like the boards permission to look into what needs to be updated. The board thinks we should update the ordinance to be in compliance. • Need to set a date for a Personnel Committee meeting – Monday, September 22, 2025 at 9 am. • Need to set a date for a Budget Committee meeting – Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 5 pm. 3743 UNFINISHED BUSINESS Discussion on becoming a member of Connect Communities through WEDC was held. Trustees Becker/Rezek moved to approve the Connect Communities application and the $200 annual membership fee. Roll call: Ayes – 6, Nays-0, Absent-1. Motion carried. A. LICENSE APPLICATIONS APPROVAL Approval of operator’s licenses #2025-109, Nicole J Ruoho and #2025-110, Frances C Dewitt. Trustees Becker/Beranek moved to approve as presented. Motion carried. B. LIST OF CLAIMS APPROVAL President Samz presented general fund claims in the amount of $68,377.46, TID #2 claims in the amount of $20,494.25, water utility claims in the amount of $9,878.42 and sewer utility claims in the amount of $11,226.71 for approval. Trustees Beranek/Rezek moved to approve the list of claims as presented totaling $109,976.84. Roll call: Ayes-6, Nays-0, Absent-1. Motion carried. C. DISCUSSION/APPROVAL OF VFW GARAGE DISPOSITION Trustee Ryan Rezek would like to move the VFW garage to the obstacle course down in the woods if it was going to be torn down. It was noted that nothing was going to be done with it for a few years yet. No action taken. D. DISCUSSION/APPROVAL OF RENEWAL OF TENNESSEN APPRAISAL LLC CONTRACT The 2026 contract from Tennessen Appraisal LLC was presented in the amount of $9,400. The increase is due to the new TID and having to do more with that. Trustees Becker/Ferry moved to approve the Tennessen Appraisal LLC contract as presented. Roll call: Ayes-6, Nays-0, Absent-1. Motion carried. E. DISCUSSION/APPROVAL ON HEALTH INSURANCE REBATE DISTRIBUTION The village received a health insurance premium rebate in the amount of $169.57 and the employees’ portion is required to be either refunded back to them or used for them in some way. Employee refunds would range from .47 to $6.63 per employee. Discussion was held and decided to refund the two employees no longer with the village if they want the refund and use the balance for a lunch for the remainder of the employees as it would cost more to cut and mail checks to them. Trustees Ferry/Becker approve to send refunds to the previous employees if they want it and have a lunch for the current employees. All in favor, motion carried. ADJOURN Trustees Becker/Rezek moved to adjourn at 7:04 pm. Motion carried. Minutes submitted by Kathy Reissmann, Village Clerk-Treasurer