Village Board — Minutes

PROCEEEDINGS OF THE VILLAGE BOARD OF THE VILLAGE OF REESEVILLE February 13, 2025 A duly convened meeting of the Village Board of the Village of Reeseville, Dodge County, Wisconsin, was held in open session on February 13, 2025, and called to order by Village President, Brian Miller, at 6:30pm. The pledge of allegiance was recited. Roll call was taken, and the following Trustees were present, Cheryl Goodrich Dave Snow, Jim Bublitz, Jacob Pacala, Kevin Hankes. Anna Volkova 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. Jim Bublitz made a motion to approve the consent agenda, the motion was seconded by Kevin Hankes, and the motion carried. Public comment: Carrie Schuett addressed the village board with concerns of the tree removal on Garfield St. Carrie stated she had owls living in her maple tree for years and was against the tree being taken down. No Engineer Report: Tammy Hampton was present and gave the village board an update that Dewey St was put out for bid, and opening of bids will be held on February 21, 2025, at 10am. Tree bids would be bid as an alternate. Tammy informed the board that Don Neitzel had also mentioned the owls and there will be specifications from DNR if the tree should be removed. The library continued discussion on design with up coming project. A public involvement meeting will be held on March 13, 2025, from 5:30-6:30pm, the meeting will be posted in the post office, library, village hall, on social media and at the RCC. Tammy reported no grant agreement yet, and the historical society approved moving forward with the project. There will also be a wastewater utility meeting on February 20, 2025, at 6:30pm. The annexation for specialty cheese no further action currently. Police Report: Sergeant Tritt had nothing to report, the board reviewed the monthly police report, and the Dodge County Police contract was taken care of at a prior meeting. K. Hankes reported no new updates from village attorney. National Night Out 2025 Kevin has been in contact with several parties for participation for the event. Security cameras tabled. Ordinance officer J. Bublitz suggested appointing an ordinance officer, and appointing a committee. CLR Report: No report available. CLR lease agreement with the village was tabled. Life star Report: No report was available. D. Snow reported he contacted Mike about the paging, no results yet, but it is in the process of being resolved. Library Report: Anna Volkova is the new liaison from the village board, and she took over for Jake. The numbers were down for usage. Utility Report: Specialty Cheese had a spill and cost will be billed back to specialty cheese from village. The cost for the water tower cleaning inside and out will be $8,700. Denise from the RCC reported faucet wouldn’t shut off and DL Plumbing investigated it and discovered the o’ring was blow ½ off, the Dodge County highway dept building was having the same problem. Streets and Alleys: Water rate increase was tabled. Water tower service maintenance was. tabled Finance and Personnel Report: Clerk Update: Margaret Schmidt thanked Kassie for doing a great job in December and January, when Margaret stepped away for personal family matters. Margaret also thanked the village board for their patience and understanding with all the personal family matters. The village clerk and water/sewer office hours will be Monday-Thursday 9am-5pm. Margaret reported on the GF Leasing invoices we received after our cancellation date with GF. The TDS bill was discussed with the village board with and how to handle the situation. Margaret discussed shedding old documents. The Open book and Board of Review will be held later. Water/Sewer Treasurer Update: Kassie reported Gworks has now pushed our live update to 6/2/2025. Kassie has been looking into other software programs and will have more information next month. A review meeting with Clerk and Water/Sewer Treasurer will be held on March 19, 2025, at 4pm. Public health and Welfare: Jim reported come spring the village board will be looking into sidewalks that need repairs. Public Property: Dave asked about the maintenance at the baseball diamonds, building and bleachers etc. Community Center report: C. Goodrich reported bingo was going well. The RCC board talked about hosting other events. Cherie Beyhmer was stay on the RCC board until they can find her replacement and Mary Roberts resigned from the RCC board. The RCC board is looking for 2 new members, contact a RCC member or a village board member if anyone is interested. Future agenda items: Repairs baseball diamond, buildings etc., Welcome wagon package for new residents, Sidewalks, Cemetery, Water Tower, CLR Lease agreement, A motion to approve paying the bills was made by Kevin Hankes and seconded by Jake Pacala, motion carried. A motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Jim Bublitz and seconded by Anna Volkova, motion carried. Margaret Schmidt Clerk-Treasurer The minutes are not approved by the village board until the following meeting.