September 2025 Minutes

  Village of Gilman P.O. Box 157 Gilman, WI  54433-0157 Regular Meeting Wednesday, September 10, 2025, 6 PM Municipal Building 385 East Main Street Gilman, WI  54433 Minutes Village President Jane DeStaercke called the regular meeting to order in open session at 6:00 PM. Board members present were Jane DeStaercke, Cheryl Rosemeyer, Mark Person, Ericka Motte, Dee Bornheimer and Karen James. Trustee Russell Baker was absent. Village Clerk Candice Grunseth, Police Chief Tom and Public Works Director Dave Kroeplin were present. Ginna Young from the Star News was present. Village Trustee Mark Person led the Pledge of Allegiance. Special order of Business: none Immediate Public Concerns: Derrick Romig was present to ask about the Mobile Home Court cleanup. He attended the July board meeting when the manager of the court was present and she stated she contacted their lawn crew, and it was being cleaned up that week. He also stated that they were going to move the trailers into the pads and get them hooked up and hadn’t due to the wet weather. President Jane DeStaercke stated that she followed up with the mobile home court manager, Gina Holz two weeks ago and was told it would be taken care of right away. It had not been so Jane sent her a message today 09/10/2025 on following up on this but had not heard back. She let Gina know if nothing was done it would be on the boards agenda to take it up as a public nuisance. Mike Slaughter was present to discuss the work he has completed on cleaning up his property that was deemed a public nuisance but the Village Board. President Jane DeStaercke asked the Board if they were okay with taking up this agenda item early in the meeting and the board agreed. Police Chief Tom Tallier noted in his police report that Mike has taken great steps to move about 16-18 vehicles off his property. Mike stated he has a trailer coming to get the tires off his property but needs a bit more time. Trustee Cheryl Rosemeyer made a motion to approve an additional month to complete this clean up on this public nuisance property and Trustee Karen James seconded the motion. All were in favor. The Village thanked him for his work so far. Trustee Ericka Motte made a motion to approve the following minutes, and Trustee Mark Person seconded the motion: Regular Board Minutes, August 13, 2025, Board of Review August 25, 2025; Tree Board on August 26, 2025; Finance Committee & Personnel, August 26, 2025; Improvements and Services, September 8, 2025; and Finance on September 8, 2025. The motion carries all were in favor. A motion by Trustee Cheryl Rosemeyer and seconded by Trustee Mark Person to approve the vouchers/bills as presented. POOLED CASH for SSCU, 32726-32730 & FORWARD 15402-15442 and vouchers 1400-1451, WRS/WDC/TASC/EFTPS/DOR/XCEL, Journal Entries 581-584, No RESTRICTED, CDBG or RLF. The motion carries on a roll call vote of 6-0-1(Baker absent). Regular Board Meeting  09/10/2025 Page 2 Reports: President Jane DeStaercke talked about mobile home courts and speaking with the manager Gina Holz on cleaning up the courts during public comment. There has been no progress. She talked about the tree board meeting and PW Director Dave Kroeplin bringing in an arboriculturist to look at the trees and sidewalks. She also discussed a call from the Village President in Lublin and their concerns of the DNR regulations for the sewer. Treasurer’s Report – There was a report that was in the packet for the fund balances for August 14, 2025 through September 9, 2025 for the pooled cash accounts at Forward and the other accounts. There was also the Restricted Account breakout and the CD report. Village Clerk/Treasurer Candice Grunseth noted the CDBG funds ($42,038.12)that will need to be returned to DOA by April of 2026. Trustee Cheryl Rosemeyer made a motion to approve the Treasure’s reports and Trustee Karen James seconded the motion. All were in favor. Chief of Police, Tom Tallier, had a written report for the Board and noted 13 new complaints for the month of August. Trustee Dee Bornheimer stated she received a call from the current owner of the bowling alley that there are feral cats in the building and could a trap be set. Tom stated that the livetrap is out right now but when it is returned it can be placed there. Public Works Director Dave Kroeplin had a written report for the Village Board. Dave reported the water and sewer report for the month, that he attended the WRWA Expo in late August and received 6 water and 6 sewer credits. He is recertified for another 3 years in water. He also reported that they had the sludge removed from the WWTF. Clerk’s Report – A copy of the Clerk’s report was in the Board packet for review. Village Clerk Candice Grunseth noted she completed, AC quotes were received and is on the agenda, started looking at the 2026 Budgets, and stated she was going to look at the possibility of the RLF looking at a grant program with some of their funds. 2025 Budget – Village Clerk Candice Grunseth noted the income and expenses in the finance committee meeting on Monday. There was a report in the Board packet for review. Old Business: Improvements committee asked about the crosswalk signs for the Village, so Village clerk Candice Grunseth added it to the agenda. Police Chief Tom Tallier stated that he was just waiting to hear directions from the Board as an application for a permit to DOT would need to be sent in. Trustee Dee Bornheimer asked about ADA compliance and Tom stated that the 5th avenue was not but the others were. Trustee Ericka Motte made a motion to approve filing an application to State DOT for Hwy 64/Main Street and 4th Avenue and Trustee Dee Bornheimer seconded the motion. All were in favor. New Business: Trustee Mark Person made a motion to approve the recommendation from Finance Committee to approve the AC/Furnace Quote from Romig’s for $9850, Trustee Karen James seconded the motion. Motion carried on a roll call vote of 6-0-1(Baker absent). Trustee Cheryl Rosemeyer made a motion to approve the 2026 Assessor Contract and Trustee Ericka Motte seconded the motion. Motion carried on a roll call vote of 6-0-1(Baker absent). Regular Board Meeting  09/10/2025 Page 3 Campground Rental for a Wedding. Trustee Dee Bornheimer discussed that there was a request from a couple to rent/reserve the campground for a wedding. There was discussion whether this was for the whole campground including the tent area. The board stated it should be for all sites. The reservation/rental would be Thursday to Sunday. Trustee Dee Bornheimer made a motion to approve the rental of the campground for June 4-7th at a cost of $525 and Trustee Karen James seconded the motion. All were in favor. The Board gives authority to PW Director Dave Kroeplin to close the park as he determines based upon the weather. Village Clerk Candice Grunseth noted there was only one other event -birthday party scheduled for September 21 in the pavilion. Committee dates were set as follows: Finance Committee on October 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM RLF Committee on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @ 9AM Improvements on September 24, 2025 at 4:00 Joint Finance & Personnel will be scheduled in October There is nothing scheduled for Parks, Tree Board, Personal or Public Safety at this time. Agenda Items: Public Nuisance: Slaughter Property and Mobile Home Courts. The meeting adjourned at 6:51 pm motion from Trustee Ericka Motte and seconded by Trustee Dee Bornheimer. Motion carried all in favor. Candice Grunseth, WCMC Village Clerk/Treasurer Village of Gilman