Village Board — Minutes

PROCEEEDINGS OF THE VILLAGE BOARD OF THE VILLAGE OF REESEVILLE December 12, 2024 A duly convened meeting of the Village Board of the Village of Reeseville, Dodge County, Wisconsin, was held in open session on December 12, 2024, 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, Jim Bublitz, Jacob Pacala, Kevin Hankes, Anna Volkova and Cheryl Goodrich. 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 K. Hankes, motion carried. Public comment: Howard Vredeveld was present from Town of Lowell to ask about renting wood chipper. Engineer Report: Don Nitzel gave the update on the 2025 Dewey, Garfield, and Sharp Street project. Bidding will be open December 19th at 10:00am at Kunkel Engineering. Tammy (Kunkel) informed the village that we did not receive the loan from Clean Water Program and would have to look into different options for financing the project. Kunkel will look into all the options and then update at next meeting. Action on the Library Improvement project was needed; J. Bublitz motioned to approve the Engineering Services Agreement not to exceed $24,000.00 with Kunkel Engineering, the motion was seconded by J. Pacala, roll call vote was done passed by all members present. J. Pacala then motioned to approve the Grant Administration Service Agreement not to exceed $15,000.00 with Kunkel Engineering, the motion was seconded by D. Snow, roll call vote was done passed by all members present. Protection of Persons, Property and Safety: Lt. Waas was present and reviewed the police report, for the month of November the village had 32 contract calls and 11 non-contract calls. K. Hankes reported that he plans to set up biweekly meetings with Sheriff Dale Schmidt and Lt. Waas. The attorney let us know there was a default judgement filed with the court for item 6C. No current update on CLR at this time. No current report from Lifestar. Update on cameras for village will be tabled till next meeting, looking into cost savings with insurance company. Residence Board Reports and Updates: No Update Library report: Special committee was proposed to board to over see Grant for Libaray improvement project. Committee composed of Jake Pacala, Anna Volkova, Russ Sette, and Richard Schultz. Motion was made by J. Bublitz to proceed with special committee, motion was seconded by C. Goodrich, motion carried. Utilities: Ken (DPW) reported that tanks are doing well, MSAB tank had some issues with variable speed drive. The numbers at Specialty Cheese are looking really good with the new equipment and tanks. Streets and Alleys: J. Pacala reported that they are looking to sell the old John Deere tractor, there is little to no use for it with the Village. K. Hankes motioned to have to put up for sale at minimum $2,000.00, the motion was seconded by J. Bublitz, motion passed. Well 1 generator needs to be replaced, 2 quotes were presented to board, D. Snow motioned to go with United Electric for 80kw generator quote of $73,495.00, motion seconded by J. Bublitz, roll call vote was done passed by all members present. Wolter sent over some annual contracts for a few wells within village, board decided to table and look into other options. Water rate increase was tabled for next meeting. Water tower cleaning was also tabled. Finances: Kasandra gave the clerk-treasurer reported, update on Gworks, few bookkeeping items, and plans to get tax bills and Water/Sewer bills out by end of the year. Local tax levy approval was needed by board, questions were asked why we needed to have approval since this wasn’t done in past. J. Pacala made a motion to tentatively approve Levy tax rate and/or Mill rate pending County’s response if signed documents are required to pass for 2024, motion was seconded by D. Snow, motion passed. Rezoning and Resolution 2024-04 were both tabled. Legal agreement with Joseph Hasler of Boardman Clark to handle annexation of parcel 032-1014-2812-007. Motion made by J. Bublitz to go with Joseph Hasler for annexation, motion seconded by D. Snow, motion passed. There was a portion of land within Firemans park, parvel 0.2-1014-2813-000 that was Town of Lowell. D. Snow motioned to have that portion of the land annexed into Village of Reeseville, motion seconded by A. Volkova, motion passed. Humane Society contract is due. K. Hankes motioned to for with 5 pet limit for $1,800.00 for year 2025, motion seconded by D. Snow, motioned passed. Public Health & welfare: J. Bublitz reported on cemetery grounds, plans to do some pruning and removing of trees and looking into new sign. Sidewalk plans to start with updating and fixing Village maintained areas and then making a plan to work on the rest of village, plans will start after plans for road repairs and lead lines are complete. Trash/recycling report, there has been a fair number of residents that put our large trash on incorrect Tuesday. Plan to help get the residents for informed about large pick up only on First Tuesday of each month. All other items need to be removed from side of road if not First Tuesday. The electrical recycling had a told weight of 7338 pounds since May. Public Property: A. Volkova reported on the update for fencing around basketball court at Fireman’s Park. There were also a few other areas in the village that are in need of new fencing and/or gates. There were a few options discussed along with the needed removal of all over grown trees and weeds. Community Center: C. Goodrich report that RCC is running well and that Bingo had another successful night. The RCC board president is looking to step down and they have a candidate interested, plan to set up meeting. Future agenda items: Rezoning (Public Hearing), Fence removal/replacement, continuous work on cemetery, side walk repair plans, security cameras, planning National Night Out for 2025, update on meetings with Dodge Co Sheriffs, and renting wood chipper to Town of Lowell. A motion to approve bills was made by J. Bublitz, the motion was seconded by C. Goodrich, motion carried. A motion to adjourn was made by Kevin Hankes and seconded by J. Bublitz, motion carried. Kasandra Miescher Assistant Clerk-Treasurer The minutes are not approved by the village board until the following months meeting.