June 2025 Minutes

  Village of Gilman P.O. Box 157 Gilman, WI  54433-0157 Regular Meeting Wednesday, June 11, 2025 6PM Municipal Building 385 East Main Street Gilman, WI  54433 Minutes Village President Jane DeStaercke called the regular meeting to order in open session at 6:00PM. Board members present were Jane DeStaercke, Cheryl Rosemeyer, Mark Person, Ericka Motte, Karen James, Dee Bornheimer, and Russell Baker. Village Clerk Candice Grunseth, Police Chief Tom Tallier, Public Works Director Dave Kroeplin were present. Ginna Young from the Star News was present. Village Trustee Karen James led the Pledge of Allegiance.   Special Order of Business: Public Comment: Pat Ustianowski was present to discuss her concern with a property coming into Gilman on Hwy B. She stated that it looks junky and wish that the Village would get the owner to clean it up. Darrell Romig was present and discussed his concern for the Palmer Street Mobile Home Court. Police Chief Tom Tallier stated he felt that the Mobile Home Court looks much better than it did a year ago. President Jane DeStaercke will call the manager and see what they can do to get the new trailers put on pads and suggest a fence be installed around the property. Tom Tallier discussed having the pickleball court resurfaced to make it an official court. The Board agreed that Tom could get some estimates on what this cost and bring back. Village Clerk Candice Grunseth suggested that this could maybe be included in the T-Mobile grant. Trustee Russell Baker made a motion to approve the following minutes along with a change and Trustee Ericka Motte seconded the motion: Regular Board Meeting May 14, 2025, Planning May 14, 2025; Board of Review May 14, 2025; Parks Meeting June 11, 2025; and Finance Committee on June 11, 2025; 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 32703-32709 & FORWARD 15280-15323 and vouchers V1284-V1317, WRS/WDC/TASC/EFTPS/DOR, Journal Entries 578, and no Restricted, CDBG, or RLF.  The motion carried on a roll call vote of 7-0. Reports: President Jane DeStaercke talked about the WEDC meeting and tour around town. She discussed a local resident bringing a concern of property and junk on it. Another resident brought their concern forth on their property and where their shed was located. Treasurer's Report – Fran Prasnicki had a written report that was in the packet for the fund balances for May 15, 2025 through June 11, 2025 for the pooled cash accounts at Forward and the other accounts. Trustee Cheryl Rosemeyer made a motion to approve the Treasurer’s report and Trustee Mark Person seconded the motion.  All were in favor.   Regular Board Meeting  6/11/2025 Page 2 Chief of Police Tom Tallier had written a report for the Board and noted 16 new complaints for May. He reported that he had a lot of time on a sexual assault case and that now that school was done, he would have more time to catch up on things. Public Works Director Dave Kroeplin had a written report for the Village Board and discussed that he had no suggested change to the CMOM. He also provided the sludge report for the Village Board and explained that we may have to do a sludge removal in 2026. Trustee Russell Baker brought up the culvert from the County and this would be a cost of $5245 if the Board approved. This will be on the agenda for next month. Russell also discussed the need for estimates on the sidewalks. Village Clerk Candice Grunseth reminded the board this would be for work next year as they would need to notify the businesses of this 50% cost share. Clerk's Report – A copy of the Clerk’s report was in the Board packet for review.  As Jane noted, the WEDC was here for a visit of Gilman. They visited the Vibrant Space and were informed that Vault Village and Amanda’s place had recently been approved for the FIX IT Grant. They also toured the IDLE Site grant location Hickory Haven Apartments. Candice had the resolution to approve the Class A and Class B Liquor Licenses for July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026 along with the Operators and Cigarette Licenses. Candice asked everyone please read her report for more information. Village Clerk Candice noted the Village is 24 weeks through the year. The 2025 budget income is at 23.82% and expenses at 32.59% and noted she reviewed this with Finance Committee. Candice also noted the line items that were already over 100% in the budget. OLD BUSINESS: The Planning Committee – Village Clerk Candice Grunseth noted that last month the Building Ordinance Chapter 151 on storage containers was tabled. Chair of Planning Dee Bornheimer stated that there are 4 containers in town currently: Gilman Post Office has one on their driveway and they are Commercial and Jason Bielicki has one in Residential and Scott Copenhaver has two. Trustee Ericka Motte brought up a concern of junk on yards instead of in a storage container making it look nicer. There were concerns on the Conditional Use Permit and how long they were allowed. The Board discussed changing the ordinance but weren’t sure how to go about it. The Village Board did not take any action on this ordinance and asked that it be sent back to Planning to further discuss. Village Clerk Candice Grunseth noted she placed the Village Industrial Land on the WEDC site and shared the link with the Village Board members. She has not listed it with CREXI currently as there are so many questions she cannot answer. The village needs to discuss how they would want to proceed if they were made an offer. NEW BUSINESS: Village President brought up item E. Public Nuisance – Lawns. The committee discussed concerns of lawns and properties. Police Chief Tom Tallier reminded the board that if they were to start the process they need to make sure they know their next steps once they start this. The concern is you have one property you address but not another in the same zoning. The Board directed Tom to contact Mike Slaughter on his property and Tom will invite him to the next Village Board meeting. Trustee Cheryl Rosemeyer asked the Village Clerk to send the Ordinance for Chapter 94 Public Nuisance so everyone could review this for the next meeting. Regular Board Meeting  6/11/2025 Page 3 Trustee Russell Baker made a motion to approve Resolution 2025-04 Liquor Licenses and Trustee Ericka Motte seconded the motion. This includes Class A and Class B Licenses along with the cigarette licenses. Motion carried 6-0-1(Bornheimer abstained). Trustee Cheryl Rosemeyer made a motion to approve the Operators Licenses for July 1, 2025 to June 20, 2026 and seconded by Trustee Karen James. All were in favor. Village Clerk Candice Grunseth noted she received an email from The Development Committee requesting a road closure again for 3rd Avenue South of Main Street for the Farmers Market starting June 19. Trustee Karen James made a motion to approve this if Gilman cheese approved and Trustee Russell Baker seconded the motion. All were in favor. Police Chief Tom Tallier will notify Gilman Cheese and their trucks. Trustee Cheryl Rosemeyer made a motion to reapprove the CMOM report with no changes per PW Director Dave Kroeplin and seconded by Trustee Dee Bornheimer. All were in favor. Chair of Improvements Russell Baker discussed the Chip Seal quote from Town of Aurora last year for the other half of Gilman Drive. Village Clerk Candice Grunseth stated that the estimate was around $38,000 from Scott Construction. Russell Baker stated that he would like to see the Village and Town of Aurora get the agreement in place where Town of Aurora is in charge of Babit Avenue and the Village in charge of Gilman Dr. He will keep the board up to date as he works on this. Trustee Dee Bornheimer discussed some Park matters that came up in their meeting on Monday. She stated that Liz Schmitt put together a request to be sent out to businesses on behalf of the Village for donations to update the Boy Scout Cabin. Dee also asked about the walking bridge between the campground and the Park Ridge Road. Village Clerk Candice Grunseth noted that Butch Podolak from Lions was working on an estimate for installation of the Oak Board. At this time, she noted that there have been no other estimates for installation at this time so nothing could be approved to move forward with the bridge redecking. Dee asked that Butch be invited to the next Parks meeting. President Jane DeStaercke stated she would call Butch and invite him. Committee dates were set as follows: Finance committee on Monday July 7, 2025 @ 3:00PM Parks meeting on Monday July 7, 2025 @ 6PM Planning Committee meeting on Monday June 23, 2025 at 3:00PM Improvements, Public Safety, Tree Board Plan Commission, and Personnel are not scheduled. Agenda Items: Storage Container Ordinance, Park Bridge, and Gilman School sidewalk/curb estimate. The meeting adjourned at 7:39pm motion from Trustee Dee Bornheimer and seconded by Trustee Ericka Motte. Motion carried all in favor. Candice Grunseth, WCMC Village Clerk