Vet Committee

VETERANS SERVICE COMMITTEE Wednesday, December 18, 2024 County Board Room Members Present: Catherine Lemke, Sue Swiantek, Lawrence Peterson, Rod Adams and Bud Suckow. Members Absent: Lorie Floyd and Nick Lemke. Other Attendees: Sheila Sutton, Karyn Gebert , Brian Wilson -Star News, Joe Svejda , Susan Gregori-Veteran’s Community. Call Meeting to Order: Chair Catherine Lemke called the meeting to order at 9:30 a.m. Pledge of Allegiance: Sutton led the committee in the Pledge of Allegiance. Approve Agenda: Motion by Swiantek, seconded by Adams, to approve the agend a. Motion carried. Approve the minutes of the October 23rd, 2024 meeting: Motion by Peterson, seconded by Adams, to approve the minutes of the October 23rd, 2024 meeting. Motion carried. Veterans Service Office Ceiling : Sutton presented the quotes for a dropped 2’ x 4’ ceiling vs acoustic sound panels. Svejda explained to the committee the difference between the dropped ceiling and the acoustic sound panels. Motion by Swiantek, seconded by Suckow, to approve the dropped 2’ x 4’ ceiling. Motion carried. Christmas Volunteer Appreciation Dinner : Sutton asked for approval to have a Christmas volunteer appreciation dinner on Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025. Motion by Adam, seconded by Swiantek, to have a Christmas volunteer appreciation dinner. Motion carried. CVSO ARPA Funds Update: Sutton went over how the CVSO ARPA funds were spent. End of Year Report from CVSO : Sutton went over the Veteran’s Service Office end of year report. Upcoming training and closures for the office: Sutton advised the committee of the training dates and office closers from the end of the year until February 2025. Comments from the Veteran’s Community: Gregori suggested distributing the end of the year report to the local post. Adjourn: Motion by Suckow, seconded by Peterson, to adjourn the me eting at 10:12 a.m. Motion carried. Karyn Gebert Veterans Service Specialist VETERANS SERVICE COMMITTEE Wednesday, October 23, 2024 County Board Room Members Present: Catherine Lemke, Sue Swiantek, Lorie Floyd, Lawrence Peterson, Rod Adams and Bud Suckow. Members Absent: None. Other Attendees: Sheila Sutton, Karyn Gebert, Brian Wilson -Star News, Nicole Hager, Bill Vach and Susan Gregori-Veteran’s Community. Call Meeting to Order: Chair Catherine Lemke called the meeting to order at 9:31 a.m. Pledge of Allegiance: Peterson led the committee in the Pledge of Allegiance. Approve Agenda: Motion by Floyd, seconded by Swiantek, to approve the agenda. Motion carried. Approve the minutes of the August 21 st, 2024 meeting: Motion by Swiantek, seconded by Peterson, to approve the minutes of the August 21st, 2024 meeting. Motion carried. Vote on new lay member: Motion by Adams, seconded by Floyd, to vote new lay member Nick Lemke as new lay member for the Veterans Service Committee. Motion carried. Resolution to Re -elect Sheila Sutton as Taylor County Veterans Service Officer Beginning January 7, 2025: Motion by Floyd, seconded by Peterson, to re -elect Sheila Sutton as Taylor County Veterans Service Officer. Motion carried. Chippewa Valley Veteran’s Home Donations : Sutton suggested we do a donation to the Chippewa Valley Veteran’s Home. The donation box will be placed in the Veteran’s Resource Center for the month of November. Donations will be given to Chippewa Valley Veteran’s Home the first part of December. CVSO update from conference: Sutton gave an update on fall conference. The spring conference will be May 5-9 in Superior. Upcoming training and closures for the office: Sutton advised the committee of possible training dates and office closures for the months of November and December. Comments from the Veteran’s Community: Vach mentioned how great Sutton and Gebert are doing. Adjourn: Motion by Swiantek, seconded by Suckow, to adjourn the meeting at 10:03 a.m. Motion carried. Karyn Gebert Veterans Service Specialist VETERANS SERVICE COMMITTEE Wednesday, August 21, 2024 County Board Room Members Present: Catherine Lemke, Bryan Carey, Sue Swiantek, Lorie Floyd, Lawrence Peterson, Rod Adams and Bud Suckow. Members Absent: None. Other Attendees: Sheila Sutton , Karyn Gebert, Brian Wilson -Star News, Bill Vach and Susan Gregori-Veteran’s Community, and Kris Karaba, Russ Jablonsky, Courtney Kern-Edward Jones. Call Meeting to Order: Chair Catherine Lemke called the meeting to order at 9:30 a.m. Pledge of Allegiance: Adams led the committee in the Pledge of Allegiance. Approve Agenda: Motion by Swiantek, seconded by Peterson, to approve the agenda. Motion carried. Approve the minutes of the April 24 th, 2024 meeting: Motion by Carey, seconded by Adams, to approve the minutes of the April 24th, 2024 meeting. Motion carried. Donation for flags from Edward Jones: Edward Jones presented a check to the VSO for the damaged cemetery memorial flags. Memorial Day: Sutton gave an update on Memorial Day. Sutton is requesting a handbook change regarding holiday from personnel committee to have Memorial Day as regular workday and having a floating holiday. Motion by Floyd, seconded by Carey to approve having Memorial Day as regular workday and having a floating holiday. Motion carried to take it to personnel committee. Upcoming Trainings and Office Closers: Sutton advised committee of possible training dates and office closers for the months of September and October. Approve 2025 Budget: Sutton presented her proposed 2025 budget which remained basically the same as 2024. Motion by Swiantek, seconded by Floyd to approve as presented. Motion carried. Comments from the Veteran’s Community: Vach mentioned how great Sutton and Gebert are doing. Adjourn: Motion by Adams, seconded by Peterson, to adjourn the meeting at 10:01 a.m. Motion carried. Karyn Gebert Veterans Service Specialist VETERANS SERVICE COMMITTEE Wednesday, April 24, 2024 County Board Room Members Present: Catherine Lemke, Bryan Carey, Sue Swiantek, Lorie Floyd, Lawrence Peterson, Rod Adams and Bud Suckow. Members Absent: None. Other Attendees: Sheila Wundrow, Nicole Hager, Karyn Gebert, Bill Vach and Susan Gregori - Veteran’s Community. Call Meeting to Order: Chair Catherine Lemke called the meeting to order at 9:31 a.m. Pledge of Allegiance: Floyd led the committee in the Pledge of Allegiance. Approve Agenda: Motion by Floyd, seconded by Adams, to approve the agenda. Motion carried. Approve the minutes of the February 21, 2024 meeting: Motion by Carey, seconded by Peterson, to approve the minutes of the February 21, 2024 meeting. Motion carried. Update from Spring Conference: Wundrow gave an update on spring conference. The fall conference will be October 14 -18 in Keshena and spring conference will be held in Stevens Point, date to be determined. They voted on changing their name to The County and Tribal Veterans Service Officers Associations of Wisconsin. Report from County Veteran Service Officer: Wundrow gave an update on office business. Final update on Memorial Day preparation : May 3 rd at 9:00 am we will be cleaning headstones. Flag pick is this afternoon (Wednesday, April 24, 2024). An email went to Medford School for volunteers and an ad went in the Star News Paper. Putting Memorial flags up on May 22nd. Wundrow got asked to give the Memorial Day speech in Medford. Comments from the Veteran’s Community: Vach mentioned how great Wundrow and Gebert are doing. Adjourn: Motion by Floyd, seconded by Peterson, to adjourn the meeting at 9:46 a.m. Motion carried. Karyn Gebert Veterans Service Specialist VETERANS SERVICE COMMITTEE Wednesday, February 21, 2024 County Board Room Members Present: Catherine Lemke, Bryan Carey, Lorie Floyd, Sue Swiantek, Lawrence Peterson, Rod Adams and Bud Suckow. Members Absent: none. Other Attendees: Sheila Wundrow, Nicole Hager, Courtney Graff, Andri Farrand, Karyn Gebert, Bill Vach and Suan Gregori-Veteran’s Community. Call Meeting to Order: Chair Catherine Lemke called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m. Pledge of Allegiance: Carey led the committee in the Pledge of Allegiance. Approve Agenda: Motion by Floyd, seconded by Carey, to approve the agenda. Motion carried. Approve the minutes of the December 20, 2023 meeting: Motion by Swiantek, seconded by Peterson, to approve the minutes of the December 20, 2023 meeting. Motion carried. Closed Session: A roll call vote was made to convene in closed session at 4:02 p.m., pursuant to Section 19.85 (1) (g), Wisconsin State Statues, to confer with legal counsel who is rendering oral or written advice concerning strategy to be adopted by the body with respect to litigation in which it is or is likely to become involved. Open Session: A motion was made by Lemke, seconded by Floyd, to reconvene in open session at 4:40 p.m. Motion carried. Memorial Day preparation: There will be one (1) designated day for flag pick with an alternate date. Looking at cleaning headstones May 3 rd and May 9 th weather permitted. Tentatively looking at putting Memorial flags up on May 22 nd. Wundrow will attend Klossner -Dietzler VFW meeting in May to confirm a date. 2024 Spring Conference: Spring conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel and KI Convention Center in Green Bay April 15 th-19th. The Veteran Service Office will be closed that week. Discuss possible new meeting time: Discussion was made to move the Veterans service committee meeting time to 9:30 a.m. Motion by Adams, second by Peterson, to move time to 9:30 a.m. next meeting for a trial run. Report from County Veteran Service Officer: Wundrow gave an update on office business. Comments from the Veteran’s Community: Vach mentioned he has been hearing good feedback from the Veteran’s Community on how great a job Wundrow and Gebert are doing. Adjourn: Motion by Suckow, seconded by Swiantek, to adjourn the meeting at 5:01 p.m. Motion carried. Karyn Gebert Veterans Service Specialist