Village Board Meeting — Minutes

PROCEEDINGS OF THE VILLAGE BOARD MEETING NOVEMBER 12, 2025 1294 The Village Board meeting was held at the Marshall Buehler Center and also set up as a Microsoft Teams meeting. The agenda for this meeting was posted on the Municipal Building door, the entrance of the Police Department/Marshall Buehler Center, and at Nekoosa Port Edwards State Bank in Port Edwards, as well as on the Village website. The Village Board meeting was called to order by President Mancl at 7:00 p.m. Present: President Mancl, Trustees Flugaur, Hess, Hummel, O’Connor, Radtke & Zurfluh Absent: None Also Present: B. Martinson, D. Tremmel Citizens: Elizabeth Gebert, Erin Hess Motion (Radtke/Flugaur) to approve the Consent Agenda (meeting minutes from October 8, 2025 Board meeting and the November 5, 2025 Committee of the Whole meeting and to approve monthly bills and the journal entries for the previous month). Motion carried. All ayes. Public Comment: Elizabeth Gebert introduced herself and stated she is running for Wood County Circuit Court Judge, Branch 3, on the ballot for the April 7, 2026, election. President’s Report: President Mancl stated that the new website is up and running. Erin Hess from the YMCA gave a brief presentation of the plans for the YMCA building in Port Edwards. The youth center which used to house gymnastics will transition into a community center. There will be full court basketball and pickleball courts. There will be a rubberized track around the perimeter. A weight center will also be available. The goal is to open in February 2026. Airport Commission: Review of minutes (10/2/25 meeting). Police and Fire Commission: No update. Plan Commission: None Public Works: Review of minutes. Parks & Recreation: Review of minutes. Tree lighting will be held December 7th from 3:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Public Safety: Review of minutes. Planning, Legislative & Property: Review of minutes. Finance, Human Resources & IT: Review of minutes. Motion (Radtke/Flugaur) to approve a 3% wage increase for employees. Motion carried. All ayes. Motion (Radtke/Hess) to advance three public works employees up one grade to Grades 3, 4 & 5. Motion carried. All ayes. Motion (Radtke/Flugaur) to advance Brady Reiman to the water and wastewater weekend rotation. Motion carried. All ayes. Unfinished Business: Trustee Hummel stated that after the November 5 th meeting, he put together three motions. He also questioned why everything has to go through a committee in order to have a motion put on a board agenda. New Business: None Village Administrator Report: Ben Martinson thanked everyone for their work on the budget. Clerk-Treasurer Report: PROCEEDINGS OF THE VILLAGE BOARD MEETING NOVEMBER 12, 2025 1295 Motion (Radtke/Hess) to authorize a public hearing for the 2026 Village budget as presented at the meeting. The public hearing will be held on December 3, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. Motion carried. All ayes. Motion (Radtke/Hess) to move the December Board meeting to December 3, 2025 for taxing purposes. Motion carried. All ayes. Trustee comments: Trustee Zurfluh talked about the wheel tax and stated that he did not and will not support anything to do with a wheel tax. Meeting adjourned at 7:40 p.m. Minutes taken by Diane M. Tremmel, Village Clerk-Treasurer The following Village bills were approved for payment: Abts Grubofski & Vruwink LLC-legal fees monthly retainer 1000.00 Ace Hardware-misc. supplies 353.96 AgSource Coop Services-wastewater testing 937.00 Alliant Energy-monthly statements 3270.43 American Welding & Gas Inc-fire equipment replace & maintain 39.86 Amoco-monthly statement 1392.49 Andrea Weiland-police & fire comm 10/7 25.00 Applied Industrial Technologies-street machinery 184.77 Aspirus Business Health-fire dept pre-employment exam 294.50 Bowmar Appraisal Inc-quarterly payment on assessor contract 3425.00 Brooks Tractor Inc-street machinery 1225.12 Bytec Resource Management-wastewater outside services 11619.70 Cintas Corp-monthly statement 842.89 Clean Power LLC (f/k/a Advance Janitorial)-monthly statement 228.89 Dani Kilps-refundable shelter deposit 25.00 Diversified Benefit Services-November health reimbursement 105.00 Diversified Benefit Services-health insurance deductible reimbursement 484.54 Envirotech Equipment-maintenance of lift stations 191.06 Insight FS-street machinery; small equipment 1974.26 James Leiser-unused sick leave health insurance reimbursement 132.50 Juris Repsa-Village Forester annual salary 500.00 Leo Thomasgard-police & fire comm 10/7 25.00 Lilly Perez-refundable shelter deposit 25.00 Napa Auto Parts/Nekoosa-street machinery 41.43 Partners Mfg Group-street machinery 710.00 Piggly Wiggly-fire meeting expense 59.19 Pomp’s Tire Service Inc-street machinery; water utility truck 1218.46 Postmaster/US Postal Service-postage stamps; tax bill postage stamps 936.00 Postmaster/US Postal Service-fire dept postage for package return 41.10 Precision Grading & Utilities Inc-2nd St project (TIF) 106524.00 Scott Drew-unused sick leave health insurance reimbursement 2438.35 Scott Stewart-police & file comm 10/7 25.00 Security Health Plan-monthly statement 31728.61 Solarus-monthly statement 1067.38 State of Wisconsin-October court report 188.20 The Dirks Group LLC-November Microsoft 365 39.84 Tim Martin-police & fire comm 10/7 25.00 Truck Country of Wisconsin-street machinery 246.58 Verizon-monthly statement 387.36 Walmart-police dept office supplies 238.79 Walmart-municipal building supplies 65.31 We Energies-monthly statement 406.73 WM Corporate Services Inc-monthly statement 11793.25 Wood County IT Dept-3rd quarter charges 3830.73 Wood County Highway Dept-Ver Bunker culvert project 70624.06 PROCEEDINGS OF THE VILLAGE BOARD MEETING NOVEMBER 12, 2025 1296 Wood County Treasurer-October jail assessment 70.00 Wood County Treasurer-box of tax envelopes 40.00 Aflac-monthly statement 217.78 BGA LLC-December building inspection services 2000.00 Clean Power LLC-monthly statement 228.89 CNA Surety-clerk treasurer bond 100.00 Delta Dental of Wisconsin-monthly vision premium 68.72 Delta Dental of Wisconsin-monthly dental premium 1572.41 Diversified Benefit Services Inc-health insurance deductible reimbursement 70.84 Jeffery Abley-reimbursement for fire equipment 123.00 Marco Technologies LLC-monthly copier contract and usage 46.67 Nekoosa Fire Dept-half of fit rental from MacQueen Equipment 250.00 Nekoosa Port Edwards State Bank-monthly direct deposit fee 50.00 Principal Life Insurance Company-monthly premium 59.41 Quill LLC-miscellaneous office supplies 161.47 Wis. Dept. of Administration-monthly website hosting 65.00 Wages & Salaries – November wages 64966.40 The following Water Utility Bills were approved for payment: AgSource Coop Services-testing 231.50 Alliant Energy-monthly statement 2536.72 Badger Meter Inc-maintenance of meters 22.75 Mailboxes & Parcel Depot-testing 15.12 Midwest Meter Inc-outside services 16794.00 USA Blue Book-chemicals 1894.12 Western Wis. Waterworks Professionals-meeting registration (2) 80.00 WI State Lab of Hygiene-testing 31.00 Building Permits: Cary Hildebrandt-shed Electrical/HVAC Permits: Plumbing Permits: Excavation Permits: Intercon-install new gas service (1030 Michele Ct) Zoning Permits: