Village Board — Minutes

PROCEEEDINGS OF THE VILLAGE BOARD OF THE VILLAGE OF REESEVILLE January 23, 2025 A duly convened meeting of the Village Board of the Village of Reeseville, Dodge County, Wisconsin, was held in open session on January 23, 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; Dave Snow, Jacob Pacala, and Cheryl Goodrich. Absent were Jim Bublitz, Kevin Hankes, and Anna Volkova. 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. J. Pacala made a motion to approve the consent agenda, the motion was seconded by C. Goodrich, motion carried. Public comment: No public comments Engineer Report: D. Snow made motion to move item 11C prior to item 5, the motion was seconded by J. Pacala, motion carried. Don Nitzel gave report on rezoning property for Specialty Cheese. J. Pacala made motion to approve rezoning parcel 177-1014-2812-003 from Nature Conservancy to light manufacturing-1, motion was seconded by D. Snow, motion carried. C. Goodrich abstained. Don then gave the update on the 2025 Dewey, Garfield, and Sharp Street project, bids came in hiring then anticipated for total project. J. Pacala reported that it was discussed as a committee to hold off on Sharp and Dewey and rebid for only Garfield. Tammy Hampton then went over a few options on how to secure funds to move forward with project. J. Pacala made motion to reject the current bid by Kruczek Construction, motion seconded by G. Goodrich, roll call vote was done passed by all members present. Don then commented about adding tree removal to the next bid to have large trees removed from Garfield and to finish Garfield through intersection on Dewey. C. Goodrich made motion to open bids for street project on Garfield only with tree removal as alternative bid, motion seconded by J. Pacala, motion carried. Tammy then gave update on Library Improvement project, gave a copy of the interior layout discussed with Library board, waiting for more information from grant providers on further action items. Protection of Persons, Property and Safety: Lt. Waas was present and reviewed the police report, for the month of December the village had 38 contract calls and 14 non-contract calls. Items 6b and 6c were tabled. CLR has a new lease agreement presented to board with a few changes to be looked over. No current report from Lifestar. Item 6f tabled. Residence Board Reports and Updates: No Update Library report: J. Pacala gave report on library, numbers are slightly down from previous year and that library plans to keep residents up to date on progress with new development project in the Reeseville Review. D. Snow moved to appoint A. Volkova to the Reeseville Public Library board of Trustees, motion seconded by C. Goodrich, motion carried. Utilities: Ken (DPW) reported that tanks are doing well, there were 2 main breaks in Mobile home park, and that Specialty Cheese has new tank up and running and numbers are looking good there. Streets and Alleys: Items 10a and 10b will be tabled. Finances: Kasandra gave the clerk-treasurer reported, update on Gworks, January tax settlement has been completed, and plan to look into water/sewer billing and get accounts corrected and up to date. Public Health & welfare: J. Pacala reported on next steps for sidewalk project; notices with guidelines will be sent out in spring 2025 sidewalks will be marked for repairs needed. Report on cemetery grounds, plans to do some removing of trees. Old tractor was sold to CLR. Public Property: J. Pacala reported that there were a few quotes to have the fence by basketball court replaced. Village Board opted to have the fence removed and look into replacement down the road if need arises. Plan to keep eye out for grant money we could use. Community Center: C. Goodrich report that RCC is running well and that Bingo had another successful night. The RCC board has a candidate interested in open position. RCC is coming up with plans to start setting up new events and activities throughout the year, looking to do a St. Patrick’s Day in March. Future agenda items: Lease agreement with CLR, update on village attorney report, annexation resolution, water rates and water tower maintence, side walk repair plans, security cameras, planning National Night Out for 2025, update on meetings with Dodge Co Sheriffs, renting wood chipper to Town of Lowell, wage agreement with Clerk/Treasurer, ordinance officer vs dpw, and wastewater agreement with Specialty cheese. A motion to approve bills was made by J. Pacala, the motion was seconded by C. Goodrich, motion carried. A motion to adjourn was made by C. Goodrich and seconded by J. Pacala, motion carried. Kasandra Miescher Assistant Clerk-Treasurer The minutes are not approved by the village board until the following months meeting.