Special Board — Minutes

VILLAGE OF CAMERON SPECIAL BOARD MEETING MINUTES May 19, 2025 | 6:00 P.M. 300 N 1st Street, Cameron, WI 54822 1. CALL TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE/ROLL CALL Meeting called to order at 6:00 p.m. by Village President, Russ Hulback. Answering roll call were: Trustees Randy Hill; Dave Ebner; Village President Russ Hulback; Trustees Denise Paddock; Steve Johnson. Absent: Trustee J essica Larson. Arrived Late at 6:20 p.m. Trustee Kathy Krug. Staff present were: C -T Story; DPW Ebert. Gues ts present: Chris Gierhart, Weld Riley; Josh Low, Ehlers. 2. PUBLIC COMMENTS a. Public Comments: None 3. NEW BUSINESS a. Presentation/Consider/Act on Ehlers 5-Year Financial Plan; Josh Low presented a review of financial planning for upcoming approved and preliminary proposed projects and how that interjects over the next five years. A brief TID #1 discussion regarding closing the current TID and what the requirements are for opening one after the closure of the current TID. No action item. b. Presentation and Q&A for Board Trustees by Chris Gierhart, Weld, Riley; Presentation of open meetings laws and regulations presented as an annual refresher for board members and committee chairs. Discussed review on bidding out items over $25,000, if obtain quotes and they are higher than $25k then go out to bid. No action item. c. Preview of Romsos Ave Business Park Marketing Video and Snapshots of Aerial Pics; No discussion due to time constraints. Board member s are requested by the Clerk- Treasurer to come into her office on a one on one basis to review; otherwise, they will be posted on the website. No action item. d. Insurance Claims: 1) Garage Addition Claim 2) Squad Car Incident both due to Food Pantry; No action. Referred to a committee. e. Consider/Act on Resolution 2025-06 Local Government Investment Pool; Motion by Trustee Johnson/Paddock to approve Resolution 2025 -05 with the lo cal government investment pool. All aye. None opposed. Motion carried. 6-0. f. Consider/Act on Resolution 2025-008 ETF Health Insurance; Motion by Trustees Johnson/Krug to approve Resolution 2025 -008 health insurance with the deductible plan. All aye. None opposed. Motion carried. 6-0. g. Consider/Act on Ordinance 2025 -03 Repealing Sec. 2 -503 through Sec. 2 -509 and Recreating Sec. 2-503 through Sec. 2-509 of the Village of Cameron Code of Ordinances – Public Records; Motion by Trustees Johnson/Ebner to approve Ordinance 2005 -03 record retention as presented. All aye. None opposed. Motion carried. 6-0. h. Consider/Act on Ordinance 2025-04 Operator Licenses Ch. 8, Article III, Sec. 8-82and 8-84 of the Cameron Code of Ordinances; Motion by Trustees Paddock/Krug to accept Ordinance 20 25-04 for operator licenses , as presented. All aye. None opposed. Motion carried. 6-0. i. Consider/Act on Baribeau Implement Invoice#RH2505016 John Deere Mower Model#Z960 for $9,600; Motion by Trustees Ebner/Paddock to approve sales agreement to Baribeau Implement Invoice #RH2505016 in the amount of $9,600 to be paid by sewer 75% and cemetery 25%. All aye. None opposed. Motion carried. 6-0. j. Consider/Act on Discontinuance of the Safe Deposit Box; Motion by Trustees Johnson/Krug to discontinue the safe deposit box at Community Bank of Cameron and direct the clerk to close it. All aye. None opposed. Motion carried. 6-0. k. Discussion only for Public Service Commission Public Fire Protection Fee of $220,883; Concensus of the board to review options and have options ready for the next regular board meeting. l. Consider/Act on Resolution 2025-05 Budget Amendment; Motion by Trustees Johnson/Krug to approve Resolution 2025-06 Budget Amendment. All aye. None opposed. Motion carried. 6 -0. [Clerk typo: agenda reflected Resolution 2025 -05; correct number is Resolution 2025-06] m. Closed Session pursuant to W I Stat. 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…. to review building inspector and assessor contracts; Answering Roll call to closed session at 8:00 p.m. were: Trustee Paddock – aye; President Hulback – aye; Trustees Krug – aye; Ebner – aye; Hill – aye; Johnson – aye; n. Reconvene into Open Session; Motion by Trustees Johnson/Paddock to open session at 8:50 p.m. All aye. None opposed. Motion carried. 6-0. o. Consider/Act on actionable items from Closed Session; Motion by Trustees Paddock/Hill to appoint the Personnel Committee Chair and Village President Hulback to meet with Bill Koepp. All aye. None opposed. Motion carried. 4. ADJOURNMENT Motion by Trustees Hill/Paddock to adjourn at 8:52 p.m. All aye. None opposed. Motion carried. 6-0. Submitted by, Ardith Story, Clerk-Treasurer