Village Board meeting — Minutes

PROCEEDINGS OF THE VILLAGE BOARD OF THE VILLAGE OF REESEVILLE February 12, 2026 A duly convened meeting of the Village Board of the Village of Reeseville, Dodge County, Wisconsin, was held in open session on February 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 present virtually. 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. Jessica Becker made a motion to approve the minutes, the motion was seconded by Anna Volkova, and the motion carried. A motion to approve the village treasurer report was made by Jessica Becker with addition of $84.00 from Mick Fisher Trophy & Engravement, and seconded by Cheryl Goodrich, motion carried. A motion to approve the village utility report was made by Anna Volkova and seconded by Jessica Becker, motion carried. Public comment: Todd Greco was present to talk about the Operational referendum for Dodgeland School District on April’s election. He stated there was survey sent out and they received good results from that on what tax payers are looking to get out of this referendum. He provided handouts and went through the contents. He mentioned that in 2021 the referendum was for Capital project and this one is for Operational expenses. David Snow was presented the Donald Beal Award; it was presented to him by Donald’s wife and son. David Snow has been with the Reeseville Fire Dept since 1974 and just recently retired December 1st 2025. David stated that it was hard to retire, he thanked his wife for her commitment, and that it is hard to see the decline in members. Chris Pein founder of Mystic Car Club was present to look for approval from Board to run an event of the baseball diamonds this summer Sponsoring Donkey Baseball. The game is to take place in Summer of 2026 Mystic Car Club vs Lakeside 4-H. K. Hankes requested that we look further into get the stand seatings repaired and brought back to safety standards. J. Pacala stated that we would take this proposal to the Park and Rec committee for further discussion. Engineer Report: Tammy Hampton was present to discuss and receive approval for Pay Request #4 (FINAL) of $18,463.10 to Mckee for the Library Project. Jessica Becker made a motion, seconded by Cheryl Goodrich, motion carried. Tammy then explained that the shelves have been put back into the library and it is looking very nice. They are also planning to schedule a Grand Re-opening this summer. Public Safety Report: No police present, K. Hankes gave the police report. There were 32 hours worked by department, 21 non-contract calls, and 39 contracted. Officers are doing well getting winter parking tickets written. K. Hankes is going to work with the department to get addresses for tickets written in order to collect past due fines. Public Safety Committee is looking at the Ordinance written for sidewalk cleaning after snow fall. CLR Report: Nothing to report Life star Report: Nothing to report Library Report: Shelves are moved back in; Kay is getting books put back in order. Kay thanked Ken Hankes, Joe Wagner, Kevin Hankes, and Caines Warehouse for all the help getting the shelves put back in and for storing them while project was completed. Physical numbers seem to be improving. Infrastructure Report: Utility Report: Ken Hankes reported numbers are looking good. New injectors were installed at Well #2. Working with DNR on wastewater agreement and ownership of MSAB tank. Working on getting all the annual paperwork done and in order. Additional loan item was tabled. J. Bublitz stated he is working with Delta3 to go over the Specialty Cheese wastewater agreement, plan to set up a committee meeting to discuss further. S. Laylin took many complaints from residents about the poor snow removal on streets. Plant to look into contract and make sure to keep good record of all incidents reported. Also plan to look for future plan to have DPW do snow removal. Administration Report: Clerk-Treasurer Update: Kassie reported that the Village website was updated in past week. Still working with PSN to get credit card processor up and running for next water and sewer billing cycle. J. Pacala stated that there was slight committee reassignment J. Bublitz is now chair on the Park and Rec committee and A. Volkova is the chair of Infrastructure committee. J. Becker informed the board that the previous auditor “Vesta” will no longer be able to provide auditing services but we would like to keep them on as an accounting consulting. Anna Volkova made the motion to have Vesta do some accounting consulting, Kevin Hankes seconded, motion carried. Kassie then stated she is working on interviewing a few auditing firms to do the audit services required. K. Miescher was looking for an approval for purchase of new Brother printer/scanner for the clerk’s office. Anna Volkova made motion, seconded by Kevin Hankes, motion carried. Health and Human Services: J. Pacala reported that Deb resigned from RCC manager position. It was discussed to set up a new administrator to take care of the book work and manager duties and then hire at least 2 bartenders. Kevin Hankes made the motion, seconded by Cheryl Goodrich, motion carried. J. Pacala then discussed that at last RCC meeting it was discussed to disband the Board and have the Village Board to oversee decision. The current board members would then create a non-profit axillary/organization, this would then open the options for members to join and funding possibilities. Discussed to have Alcohol Operator License for Jake Pacala; Motion made by Jessica Becker, seconded by Anna Volkova, motion carried; Jake Pacala abstained. Item 11d tabled. Discussed to appoint Jake Pacala agent of RCC alcohol license; Motion made by Anna Volkova, seconded by Kevin Hankes, motion carried; Jake Pacala abstained. Parks and Recreation Committee: Anna Volkova reported there is nothing on the books as this time. Planning and Development: No report Future agenda items: Updating bleachers, select an auditing firm, updating few park items, all current agenda items in section 6 Public safety. A motion to approve paying the bills was made by Kevin Hankes and seconded by Jessica Becker, motion carried. A motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Kevin Hankes and seconded by Jessica Becker, motion carried. Kasandra Miescher Clerk-Treasurer The minutes are not approved by the village board until the following meeting.