Village Board — Minutes

PROCEEEDINGS OF THE VILLAGE BOARD OF THE VILLAGE OF REESEVILLE February 8, 2024 A duly convened meeting of the Village Board of the Village of Reeseville, Dodge County, Wisconsin, was held in open session on February 8, 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, Anna Volkova, Kevin Hankes Dave Snow, Jacob Pacala, Cheryl Goodrich. Jim Bublitz 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. Jacob Pacala made a motion to approve the consent agenda, the motion was seconded by Anna Volkova, and the motion carried. Public comment: None Engineer Report: Tammy Hampton and Don Neitzel were present to give the update. Tammy went over the report from Ehlers regarding water & sewer debit and our future streets projects. Tammy suggested doing Dewey, Garfield, and Sharp streets in 2025.The LSL will help with the application and prioritize the project, the application is due by June 2024. A motion was made by Dave Snow to proceed with Dewey, Garfield and Sharp streets in 2025 and Hickory, Park and Willow streets in 2026, the motion was seconded by Jacob Pacala, and the motion carried. Police Report: Lt. Nicholas was absent due to an emergency, Kevin Hankes gave the report, hours worked were 35, and the village is owed 5 more hours from the department for the month. Kevin reported he is waiting on Sheriff Schmidt regarding the contract between the sheriff dept. and the village. Kevin had no updates on the winter parking or camping ordinances. CLR Report: No report Lifestar Report: No reports available at meeting time. Library Report: Jacob Pacala reported Library usage number are up, and the staff is helping with new programs, and everything is going well. Streets and Alleys/Utilities: Ken Hankes reported the ponds are messed up from Specialty Cheese, our numbers are up because of the problem, and the village may be dealing with the DNR because of all the issues. Ken explained the milk fat from Specialty Cheese has done a number on our system. Ken spoke with neighboring communities and they all told Ken no system can handle that milk fat. Ken has had to call several different agencies out to help assist with the ongoing problem. Ken reported the chlorine pump at well 1 needs to be replaced, Ken had to estimates, Hawkin’s price was $1,500 and William-Reid price of $1,500 for pump, $690 for different fitting, and $1,000 for Willam-Reid to do the DNR submittal, a motion by Kevin Hankes to go with William-Reid estimate for the pump, fittings and DNR submittal, the motion was seconded by Anna Volkova and the motion carried. Ken reported that the heater in his shop area has a cracked heat exchanger, and will need to be replaced, Ken has estimates from Klecker’s for $3,500 and a estimate from TAS for $2,550 to replace the old heater, Dave Snow suggested we have a Hvac dealer to be servicing our heaters. A motion was made by Jacob Pacala to go with TAS for the new heater replacement, the motion was seconded by Kevin Hankes, and the motion carried. Ken reported that the printer for the software system with the pump read outs was not working properly, so Ken will be reaching out to William-Reid regarding this problem. Streets and Alley’s: Michael Miescher with the Lowell Trackmaster Snowmobile Club was present and ask the board if it would be ok to put up bigger signs for snowmobilers, the signs would be 24x24, the board did not have a problem with the bigger signs. A stop sign will be put back up on the corner of Garfield and Harrison, on the building of Midwest Welding and Manufacturing, the owners of Midwest Welding and Manufacturing have given the village approval to place the stop on the building. Finance and Personnel Report: Dave Snow reported to the village board that they held interviews for the part-time clerk assistant position. Dave Snow made a motion to hire Kasandra Miescher for 10 hours a month at $15.00 an hour, and will do a review in 90 days and potentially raise Kasandra’s wages up to $17.00 an hour, the motion was seconded by Kevin Hankes, and the motion carried. Clerk Update: Margaret Schmidt reported the property taxes have been completed and closed for the 2023 season. Margaret also reminded village residents that dog licenses are due by March 31, 2024, and after the 31st late fees will be applied along with other possible forfeitures. Margaret reported that we also have several past due water/sewer bills and late notices will be going out. The new software (Gworks) has been pushed back to March 1, 2024, because Renee is still work on the accounts. Public health and Welfare: The board reviewed the new recommended price increase for opening cemetery graves, and the board agreed the prices should be effective immediately. Public Property: Anna reported she had no update on the barbershop. Anna reported Darrell Kromm will be getting her prices on trees for March meeting, so she had no new updates, because she has been sick. Jacob Pacala made a motion to approve the DCHA letter for Pilot supporting the project, the motion was seconded by Anna Volkova, and motion carried with Dave Snow and Kevin Hankes voting no. Community Center Report: Cheryl reported the community center board had a meeting on Feb 2, and the board discussed possibly having an alternative contact person, change in the treasurer report, and the hood needs to be inspected twice a year at $200 each time. The next meeting will be March 7, 2024 at 5pm. Cheryl reported on the bookings for February, every weekend is busy, and March and April only had 1 booking for each month so far. Future agenda items: Ordinance – Truck replacement and repairs, Police contract, ordinances, new building A motion to approve paying the bills was made by Dave Snow and seconded by Kevin Hankes, motion carried. A motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Cheryl Goodrich and seconded by Anna Volkova, motion carried. Margaret Schmidt Clerk-Treasurer The minutes are not approved by the village board until the following meeting.