Village Board meeting — Minutes

PROCEEDINGS OF THE VILLAGE BOARD OF THE VILLAGE OF REESEVILLE March 12, 2026 A duly convened meeting of the Village Board of the Village of Reeseville, Dodge County, Wisconsin, was held in open session on March 12, 2026, and called to order by Village President, Jake Pacala, at 6:30pm. The pledge of allegiance was recited. Roll call was taken, and the following Trustees were present, Jessica Becker, Cheryl Goodrich, Sean Laylin, Anna Volkova, Kevin Hankes and President Jake Pacala. Jim Bublitz was absent. Notice of the meeting was given to the public at least 48 hours prior to the meeting by posting the complete agenda at the Reeseville Village Hall, the Reeseville Post Office. A motion to approve the minutes from prior board meeting was made by C. Goodrich, and seconded by Kevin Hankes, and the motion carried. A motion to approve the minutes from Special board meeting held 3/26/26 was made by Kevin Hankes, and seconded by A. Volkova, motion carried. A motion to approve the village treasurer report was made by S. Laylin with exception to hold Lauersdorf check until work is finished at Cemetery, and seconded by C. Goodrich, motion carried. A motion to approve the village utility report was made by A. Volkova, and seconded by J. Becker, motion carried. Public comment: Eric Salmi was present to request that Village Board switched Lakesides 4H free rental day for the RCC to the Craft fair date in June. They also asked that RCC still supplies the restrooms for the Easter Egg hunt. Chris Pein was present to follow up with the Committee Recommendation to move forward with the Donkey Baseball. It was explained that this will have to be placed on the next board meeting agenda to get a formal approval. He also then wanted to ask the Board for approval to host the 5K walk in June in name of Mystic Car Club in combination with 4H Craft fair. This will also be placed on the next board meeting agenda for formal approval. Engineer Report: J. Pacala discussed that the library project has a few funds left and the library has requested that the money gets put toward a new electronic sign. Motion was made by J. Becker, seconded by C. Goodrich, motion carried. Public Safety Report: Police Report: Dept. Schultz discussed that there were no major calls this past month, they have updated hours for patrol during the parking restriction hours. Kevin Hankes discussed with Dept. present to follow up with Lut. Waas on how to get addresses for tickets written in order to collect past due fines. CLR Report: Nothing to report Life star Report: Reports were sent, few calls were made within the Village, no issues otherwise. J. Pacala followed with board after CLR hosted meeting on 3/6/26; exploring options to starting EMS service to minimize the response times. Library Report: A. Volkova reported that Monarch is getting everything updated with cloud. Looking to have work done by May/June. Physical circulation is down from last year but the audio book circulation is up. Kay has ordered a few items for new space off funding money. Grand Opening scheduled for 3/14/26 10am-12pm. Infrastructure Report: Utility Report: A. Volkova reported that they needed to reschedule meeting with Delta3 to 3/30 to include annual improvement infrastructure plan. Discussed with Annie to update and add instructions on things that need to be done and how often. Ken reported that numbers are up due to the ice in ponds. About 1 week prior we had a power blip that caused the generator to be reset at pumps. Ken noted that three locations on West side of Firehouse drive lights have been flickering, talking with We-energy to what’s going on with that. Joe’s application was received after exam date was full, he has his next date booked. LSL – DNR is looking to have an official list of all lead still left in the village by 2027, currently we know about 2/3 of village. Need to look into options to find out the remaining 1/3. J. Pacala reported that he attended a meeting with Specialty Cheese. Things are looking good on there end. Paul mentioned he would like to get the parking lot finished and he would like to work with the village to update the adjacent road to be able to accommodate the heavy truck traffic. Administration Report: Clerk-Treasurer Update: J. Becker reported that the Village approved new auditor at special meeting and starting to work them to get things rolling. New printer was purchased for the clerk’s office to accommodate the printing a scanning needed. Kassie reported that we are working with PSN to get credit card service up and running to the next water and sewer bills, noted that bills may be sent out a little late this next quarter. Updated Board about the upcoming referendum session being hosted by Dodgeland at municipal hall on 3/18 @6pm. There have been some issues with dog tags in the mail, there is a machine that keeps ripping the envelopes open and being returned to post office for additional postage needed. Let the Village board that in future we may need to adjust how we return tags to residents. Health and Human Services: S. Laylin reported that he filtered a complaint from resident about some property damage at Sunny Creek Mobile home done by GFL. Parks and Recreation Committee: J. Pacala mentioned that we need to get the bleachers up to date, looking to set a $2000.00 budget to get material then plan a work date. A motion was made by J. Becker, seconded by Kevin Hankes, motioned carried. A. Volkova reported that the Fireman parks needs some updated like the ground covering in the playground, tabled for next meeting. It was discussed to upgrade the sand in the small sand box by playground. Motion made by C. Goodrich, seconded by Kevin Hankes, motion carried. J. Becker discussed that we should look at renewing out contract for porta potty in the parks, ask about getting a handicap one at the small park. Motion made by J. Becker, seconded by A. Volkova, motion carried. Planning and Development: Committee recommended hiring Sandy Salmi for the RCC administrator position. Motion made by A. Volkova, seconded by Kevin Hankes, motion carried. Sandy then accepted the position. Motion made to approve Theresa Firari for liqueur license for RCC pending background check clears, made by J. Becker, seconded by A. Volkova, motion carried. Motion made to approve Rebecca Billings for liqueur license for RCC pending background check clears, made by J. Becker, seconded by C. Goodrich, motion carried. Discussion on wages for bartenders set to $18/hour. Motion made by A. Volkova, seconded by J. Becker, motion carried. Discussion on wages for administrator set to $20/hour. Motion made by J. Becker, seconded by A. Volkova, motion carried. Discussion on fees for bar service set to $25/hour, tabled to next meeting. Future agenda items: Donkey Baseball, 5K/Craft fair, Item 6 A-F, National Night out, Village Wide rummage date, Farmers market dates. A motion to approve paying the bills was made by Jessica Becker and seconded by Cheryl Goodrich, motion carried. A motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Kevin Hankes and seconded by Cheryl Goodrich, motion carried. Kasandra Miescher Clerk-Treasurer The minutes are not approved by the village board until the following meeting.