Village Board — Minutes

VILLAGE BOARD MEETING – April 8th , 2024, PAGE 1 The Friendship Village Board meeting was called to order followed by the Pledge of Allegiance by all present. President Tony Sindelar called the meeting to order and roll call was taken. Present were Trustees Ernie Klicko, Jason Pierce, Amanda Schwabe, Melvin Waller, Bob Berry, and President Sindelar. Also present were Public Works Director Brent Frank, Attorney Flanagan, Clerk/Treasurer Lori Hustad, Deputy Clerk/Treasurer Rebecca Reuter. Brad Oberbeck was not in attendance. APPROVAL OF MARCH 4TH, 2024, BOARD MEETING MINUTES MOTION by Berry, second by Waller to approve the March 4th, 2024, Village Board minutes, motion carried. TREASURER REPORT IF AVAILABLE Not available. PAYING OF BILLS MOTION by Klicko, second by Schwabe to approve March vouchers 27092 -27120 in the amount of $96,326.24. Motion carried. CITIZEN INPUT No citizen input. ROPORT FROM COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE RICK PEASE Pease said he didn’t have much to report because of the newly elected County Board that will be seated next Tuesday. But he did say that he had a 3.5-hour meeting today to help put together a draft of the rules that will go before the next County Board Meeting for approval. UPDATE ON TOWN WEB Reuter gave the Village Board an update on Town Web. She stated that they received an email saying the website is live. The address is www.villageoffriendship.com. The office has been working on putting permits, and other information on the website. Reuter stated that we still need a cover photo of the Village, and she plans to get that taken care of when everything greens up for a nicer picture. PROPOSAL FROM TERI CAMP ON PARCEL 126-00023-0000 Teri Camp postponed this until next month. UPDATE ON EAST LAKE STREET PROPERTY President Sindelar stated that nothing new to repost on their cleaning up process. So, he plans to give them a call to get them back on track. . PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE REPORT Charman Pierce stated that at the last Public Works meeting the Committee discussed the Hwy 13 road and lighting proj ect that is scheduled to start on May 6 th. Chippewa Concrete would like to put a temporary field office next to the Public Works building during the Hwy 13 project. MOTION by Berry, second by Pierce to agree on a temporary access and placement agreement for Chippewa Concrete for a 3-month lease at $300.00 a month, motion carried. Pierce stated there have been complaints about the Grand Street and West 5 th street intersection. Frank is planning on putting up some flags on the Stop sign to see if that will help with the speeding and stopping at the sign. There is a dead tree at Friendship Park, but Frank took care of it today. The Committee talked about lawn meters and would like to recommend that the Village Board raise the price of the seasonal lawn meters. MOTION by Pierce, second by Berry to raise lawn meters from $10.00 to $50.00 for the season, motion carried. FRIENDSHIP LAKE DISTRICT REPORT Nothing new to report. Next meeting is set for May 2nd at 5:00 P.M. AMBULANCE COMMITTEE REPORT Nothing new to report. The next meeting will be on April 24, 2024. VILLAGE BOARD MEETING – April 8th , 2024, PAGE 2 ADAMS CO.FIRE DISTRICT REPORT Trustee Klicko stated that the Fire District received their new engine. They have a new tank on the military truck that will hold 12,000 gallons. Arkdale station got a new Smoky the Bear sign. A lot of time was spent talking about a special use permit with the City of Adams for the Mid-State training center that they want to build next door to the Fire Station . The next meeting will be on April 11th. APPROVAL OF SODA LICENSES MOTION by Berry, second by Waller to approve the soda li censes for Lisa Bignell of The Friendly Brew, motion carried. APPROVAL OF OPERATOR’S LICENSE MOTION by Berry, second by Waller to approve the Operator’s License for Heather Scott & Courtney Sawyer for Corner Bar, motion carried. CORRESPONDENCE The American Legion Red Cloud Post 250 wanted to know if they could close part of West 2nd St to the alley and the alley behind the post on May 18th. This will be put on next month’s agenda. The office received an email about the dates for the Open Book 4/30/2024 from 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM, and the Board of Review 5/7/2024 from 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM. Trustees Klicko, Waller and Sonnenberg agreed to help with the Board of Re view, with Rebecca Reuter getting certified for the Board of Review. SET AGENDA ITEMS FOR MAY 6TH MEETING Proposal from Teri Camp Discuss Road Closer for the American Legion East Lake Street Administering Oaths Committee Appointments ADJOURNMENT Being no further business to come before the board, MOTION by Berry, second by Schwabe to adjourn, motion carried. Meeting ended at 6:34 __________________________________________ Rebecca Reuter Deputy Clerk/Treasurer