Village Board and Staff — Minutes

3704 MISHICOT VILLAGE BOARD Regular Meeting December 17, 2024 The Mishicot Village Board meeting was called to order by President Samz at 6:00 PM at the Mishicot Village Hall. Roll call indicated Trustees Becker, Boettcher, Ferry, Kliment, Rezek and Samz were present. Clerk Stiefvater, Chief Granger, John Tulachka, Mike Koeppel, George Krause, Stevem Thomm, Mike Cohen, and Adam Zimmerman were also present. Trustee Franz was absent and excused. President Samz led everyone in attendance in the Pledge of Allegiance. A motion was made by Trustee Kliment to approve the December 3, 2024 meeting minutes as presented, seconded by Trustee Becker. All in favor, motion was carried. Mike Koeppel asked for an update from the board about his neighbor’s fence, Chief Granger is working with the building inspector on the issue. Chief Granger gave an update on police department activities. He also wants to make people aware that there are elderly scams still happening in the County and to report anything suspicious. DPW John Tulachka informed the board that Brandon passed his wastewater certification and will receive an increase of $0.50 in pay. He also wants to remind residents that sidewalks need to be cleared 24hours after a snow event. President Samz introduced general fund claims in the amount of $45,615.04, water utility fund claims in the amount of $2,694.48 and sewer utility fund claims in the amount of $8,791.89 for board action. A motion was made by Trustee Ferry to accept the claims as presented and posted, seconded by Trustee Becker that claims totaling $57,101.41 to be approved and the treasurer be authorized the same. Roll call indicated as follows: Ayes-6; Nays-0; Absent-1, motion carried. A motion was made by Trustee Boettcher to approve the 2025 Mishicot Ambulance Service contract in the amount of $17,040, seconded by Trustee Kliment. Roll call indicated as follows: Ayes-6; Nays-0; Absent-1, motion carried. A motion was made by Trustee Ferry to approve the 2025 insurance renewal in the amount of $34,535, seconded by Trustee Becker. Roll call indicated as follows: Ayes-6; Nays-0; Absent-1, motion carried. A motion was made by Trustee Kliment to approve the rental agreement form for the Mishicot Thunder course/pull track with changes, seconded by Trustee Boettcher. All in favor, motion carried. Clerk Stiefvater presented the potential new senior living development map layout to the board and the layout options from Cedar Corp. She explained that the current map shows a dead-end road with a hammerhead end for emergency vehicle turnaround. Option 1 was to extend the road to W. Church Street to eliminate the dead- end. Option 2 was to keep the dead-end road but to amend the ordinance to add a waiver to allow for the road to be longer than 500 feet. Bernie asked for input from residents in attendance. Mike Cohen informed the board of his concerns of the new development having the CBRF so close to his property being so big. President Samz noted that the plans are not final yet, but will inform Cedar Corp of the concern. Steve Thomm informed the board of his concerns of the new development having more traffic on Park Lane, he thinks it would best to extend the road all the way through instead of having a dead end. A motion was made by Trustee Becker to extend the road to W. Church Street (option 1), seconded by Trustee Boettcher. Roll call indicated as follows: Ayes-6; Nays-0; Absent-1, motion carried. At 6:45pm, a motion was made by Trustee Becker, seconded by Trustee Boettcher to go into closed session pursuant to WI Statute 19.85(1)(e) deliberating or negotiating the purchasing of public properties, the investing of public funds, or conducting other specified public business, whenever competitive or bargaining reasons require a closed session. This pertains to the Senior Living Development. Roll call indicated as follows: Ayes-6; Nays-0; Absent-1, motion carried. 3705 At 7:20pm, a motion made by Trustee Kliment, seconded by Trustee Becker to reconvene in open session pursuant to WI Statute 19.85(2) for possible action. Roll call indicated as follows: Ayes-6; Nays-0; Absent-1, motion carried. No action was taken. The board did not go into the second closed session pertaining to the Dunn property as there was no new information to discuss at this time. A motion was made by Trustee Kliment, seconded by Trustee Rezek to adjourn at 7:26pm until the next meeting on January 7, 2025. All in favor, motion carried. Respectfully Submitted by: Stephanie Stiefvater, Clerk-Treasurer