May 2025 Minutes

  Village of Gilman P.O. Box 157 Gilman, WI  54433-0157 Regular Meeting Wednesday, May 14, 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, and Dee Bornheimer. Russell Baker and Karen James were absent. Village Clerk Candice Grunseth, and Police Chief Tom Tallier were present. Public Works Director Dave Kroeplin was absent. No media. Village Trustee Dee Bornheimer led the Pledge of Allegiance.   Special Order of Business: President Jane DeStaercke reported that it was National Police Week and Chief of Police Thomas Tallier was celebrating 25 years with the Village. Tom was present and the Village Board thanked Tom for his time and dedication for the past 25 years and the Village Clerk Candice Grunseth presented a cake from the board. Public Comment: Trustee Ericka Motte made a motion to approve the following minutes along with a change and Trustee Mark Person seconded the motion: Regular Board Meeting April 9, 2025, Planning April 9, 2025; Improvements and Services May 7, 2025; Parks and Recreation on May 12, 2025; and Finance Committee on May 12, 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 36294-32702 & FORWARD 15228-15279 and vouchers V1232-V1283, WRS/WDC/TASC/EFTPS/DOR, Journal Entries 576 & a Transfer of the Library CD to RCU, along with the 24 AUDIT Entries, and no Restricted, CDBG, or RLF.  The motion carried on a roll call vote of 5-0-2(Baker and James absent). Reports: President Jane DeStaercke talked about the meeting on the 24th with STATE DOA on them taking back the CDBG funds. Jane reported that she and Fran attended the League Insurance Spring meeting in the Dells. Jane discussed the FIX IT GRANT meeting that was held in conjunction with the Chamber and City of Medford. We are hoping to have applications filled out from Gilman. Treasurer's Report – Fran Prasnicki had a written report that was in the packet for the fund balances for April 10, 2025 through May 14, 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  5/14/2025 Page 2 Chief of Police Tom Tallier had a written a report for the Board and noted 21 new complaints for March. He reported that he was appreciative of the Village opening the Municipal Building for the law enforcement team to use. Public Works Director Dave Kroeplin had a written report for the Village Board and was excused from the meeting. Clerk's Report – A copy of the Clerk’s report was in the Board packet for review.  Village Clerk Candice Grunseth noted the funds were received for the IDLE SITE GRANT - $220,000. The check was cut and presented at the Finance meeting for approval and final voucher approval was made tonight. I notified Hickory Haven they could pick up the check after the meeting. As Jane noted, the FIX IT Grant meeting was held last week, and we are hoping for applications from Gilman. We finalized the audit at the Finance meeting. We are still continuing to work on the SUO as we begin the process of the EPA technical Assistance grant. The Comp Plan and the work that has gone into it will be approved tonight by Ordinance and sent back to NWRP for finalization. Then it will be sent to DOA. Candice asked everyone please read her report for more information. Village Clerk Candice noted the Village is 17 weeks through the year. The 2025 budget income at 20.03% and expenses at 27.45% and noted she reviewed this with Finance Committee. Candice also noted the items over 100% already in the budget, one being police outside services which is the attorney fees for citations. Candice also noted that Treasurer Fran Prasnicki sent shut off notices this week. OLD BUSINESS: The Planning Committee – Village Clerk Candice Grunseth noted that Planning Committee had the Public Hearing before the board meeting and there was no public comment. Candice noted this was published, posted, and was on the website as well. Village clerk Candice Grunseth noted that Planning approved the plan last month by resolution. Trustee Dee Bornheimer made a motion to approve by Ordinance the Comp Plan Chapter 150 and Trustee Ericka Mottee seconded the motion. Motion carried 5-0-2(Baker and James absent). NEW BUSINESS: Village Clerk Candice Grunseth noted that last month Jim Flood met with planning on building and zoning changes for the storage containers and buildings exceeding 1000 square feet. Planning approved those changes and sent them fourth to the Board to approve. Trustee Cheryl Rosemeyer made a motion to approve the updates to Zoning ordinance 157.029 and Trustee Mark Person seconded the motion. Motion carried 5-0-2(Baker and James absent). The Board had further questions on who would be grandfathered in for the storage containers- Chapter 151. Trustee Dee Bornheimer made a motion to table this to further speak with Jim Flood and the Village Attorney and Trustee Ericka Motte seconded the motion. All were in favor. Trustee Cheryl Rosemeyer made a motion to approve Resolution 2025-03 CMAR and Trustee Ericka Motte seconded the motion. Motion carried 5-0-2(Baker and James absent). Trustee Ericka Motte made a motion to approve the Recreation Plan for 2025-2029 and seconded by Trustee Mark Person. All were in favor. Regular Board Meeting  5/14/2025 Page 3 Trustee Dee Bornheimer discussed the Parks/campground and the electrical hookups in the campground. She stated that the locks were not locked on the boxes. She asked the Board what they would like to see happen. If they keep them open will people pay? There was discussion starting with having Public Works check them each Monday. The committee asked if there would be a summer helper cleaning the parks this summer and Village clerk Candice Grunseth stated she was not sure. President Jane DeStaercke said she would leave that up to the Public Works Director. The board felt if there was someone hired, this could part of their job. Dee also brought up the discussion of the parking pads in the campground. There was a discussion of gravel and Police Chief Tom Tallier said he wasn’t sure that would be good because it would wash out. Trustee Dee Bornheimer made a motion to approve the two Operator’s Licenses for Dollar General and these were seconded by Trustee Mark Person. Police Chief Tom Tallier did the background checks as well. All were in favor. 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. The village needs to discuss how they would want to proceed if they were made an offer. Committee dates were set as follows: Finance committee on June 9, 2025 @ 3:00PM Parks meeting on Monday June 2, 2025 @ 6PM Improvements on June 4, 2025 at 4:30PM Public Safety, Tree Board Plan Commission, and Personnel are not scheduled. Agenda Items: Zoning Changes to Ordinance and Crexi(listing Industrial Land). The meeting adjourned at 6:46pm motion from Trustee Dee Bornheimer and seconded by Trustee Ericka Motte. Motion carried all in favor. Candice Grunseth, WCMC Village Clerk