Village Board — Minutes

PROCEEEDINGS OF THE VILLAGE BOARD OF THE VILLAGE OF REESEVILLE October 10, 2024 A duly convened meeting of the Village Board of the Village of Reeseville, Dodge County, Wisconsin, was held in open session on October 10, 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, and Kevin Hankes. Absent 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. Bublitz made a motion to approve the consent agenda, the motion was seconded by J. Pacala, motion carried. Public comment: None Engineer Report: Don Nitzel was present and gave the update on the 2025 Dewey, Garfield, and Sharp Street project. Don informed the village board that the bidding will be advertised and open for bids early December for considerations early January. A motion J. Bublitz to move item 9 B and D up on the agenda, motion was seconded by J. Pacala, motion carried. MSABP blower and Lagoon blower need to be worked on with possible replacement. Quotes from Aerzen. With this they also are having the DO sensor replaced due to error readings. A motion by J. Pacala was made to approve current quote for rebuild on blowers at $4495.85 for 3 blowers, seconded by D. Snow, motion carried. Village is continuously working with Specialty cheese to get the wastewater plant running in good order again. The numbers are looking better and William/Reid and Aquaris and planning to do trainings with SC and Village employees on best practices to maintain the system. Motion by J. Pacala was made to move item 8A up on the agenda, motion seconded by J. Bublitz, motion carried. Kunkel gave an update and next steps on Flexible Facilities Program Grant Award Letter that was awarded to our library earlier this October. Plans to redo siding, windows, doors, flooring, reorganize the layout and create a sectioned off area for education/telehealth/job interviews. Village Board signed the acceptance letter for the Program Grant Award and Kunkel will continue process to move forward with project. Protection of Persons, Property and Safety: The village board reviewed the police report, for the month of September the village had 32 contract calls and 28 non contract calls. Sheriff Dale Schmidt and Lt. Waas were present and gave a report on Dodge Co support to update the radio equipment on the water tower. Our water tower supports the entire SW corner of the county for radio communication. Village plans to add a generator to tower to help power equipment. Radar gun in the village police squad needs to be updated/replaced, it was recommended to purchase a Stalker Radar. Motion was made by Kevin Hankes to purchase the radar quoted at $2481.00, motion seconded by J. Pacala, Motion carried. The 911 Joint contract was up for discussion and approval, motion made by Kevin Hankes and seconded by J. Pacala to approve, motion carried. No current update on CLR at this time. No current report from Lifestar but contract was up for discussion, motion made by Kevin Hankes and seconded by J. Pacala to approve, motion carried. Discussion on Siren controller and security cameras were tabled for next meeting. Residence Board Reports and Updates: No Update Library report: The Grant was awarded earlier October, plans to get quotes and start construction. Utilities: Ken (DPW) reported that tanks are doing well and numbers are looking good. Streets and Alleys: J. Pacala reported that he has on received one quote for snowplowing, Zechzer Excavating. D. Snow made motion to go with Zechzer quote of $21000.00, seconded by Kevin Hankes, Motion carried. The Corn Roast proceeds purchased some Christmas decoration that they are donating to the Village to use for putting up around the village. Joe Wagner’s wages were discussed and tabled to future meeting. There were 6 old style trash cans donated to village these will be planned to be placed on Main Street. Was discussed about adding cross walks by Fireman’s Park, plan to add trial lines on east side of park across Hwy G. Finances: Kasandra gave the clerk-treasurer reported, update on Gworks, election is coming fast in November and we still are looking for election workers, Water bills were sent out first week of October. Budget hearing date was set for November 14th at 6:15pm, notification will be sent to Newspaper 14 days prior. J. Pacala reported he is working with the RCC on handling bills and financial reports, plan to get a credit card through village for supply purchases. Public Health & welfare: J. Bublitz reported that they did a lot of work on the cemetery grounds with plan to do some more work to get it looking good. Public Property: J. Pacala reported they are working on cleaning up the baseball diamonds and mini park. Community Center: D. Snow reported that Denise received a wage increase. Future agenda items: Fence removal/replacement on back of basketball court, continuous work on cemetery, side walk repair plans, security cameras, DPW contracts, and generator water tower A motion to approve bills was made by Jim Bublitz, the motion was seconded by Jake Pacala, motion carried. A motion to adjourn was made by Kevin Hankes and seconded by Jake Pacala, motion carried. Kasandra Miescher Assistant Clerk-Treasurer The minutes are not approved by the village board until the following months meeting.