Minutes

VILLAGE BOARD MINUTES (REGULAR) – FEBRUARY 3RD 2026 - Page 1 of 3 Village of Hobart Village Office 2990 S. Pine Tree Rd, Hobart, WI 54155 www.hobartwi.gov - www.buildinhobart.com MEETING NOTICE – VILLAGE BOARD (Regular) Date/Time: Tuesday February 3rd 2026 (6:00 P.M.) Location: Hobart Village Office (2990 South Pine Tree Road) Village Board of Trustees: Richard Heidel (President), David Dillenburg, Vanya Koepke, Tammy Zittlow, Melissa Tanke ROUTINE ITEMS TO BE ACTED UPON: 1. Call to order/Roll Call . The meeting was called to order by Rich Hei del at 6:02 pm. Dave D illenburg, Vanya Koepke, Melissa Tanke, Tammy Zittlow, and Rich Heidel were present. 2. Certification of the open meeting law agenda requirements and approval of the agenda - ACTION: To certify the open meeting law agenda requirements and approve the agenda. MOTION: Dillenburg SECOND: Koepke. VOICE VOTE: 5-0. 3. Pledge of Allegiance - Those present recited the Pledge of Allegiance. 4. PUBLIC HEARINGS – None. 5. CONSENT AGENDA (These items may be approved on a si ngle motion and vote due to their routine nature or previous discussion. Please indicate to the Board President if you would prefer separate discussion and action.) A. Payment of Invoices; B. VILLAGE BOARD: Minutes of January 20 th 2026 (Special) and January 20 th 2026 (Regular); C. APPOINTMENTS: Randy Schultz to the Hobart Fire Commission for a term ending April 30, 2027, and Brian Pavlovich to the Hobart Fire Commission for a term ending on April 30, 2029 ACTION: To approve the Consent Agenda as presented incl uding all manual checks. MOTION: Dillenburg SECOND: Zittlow. VOICE VOTE: 5-0. 6. ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA – None. 7. CITIZENS’ COMMENTS/RESOLUTIONS/PRESENTATIONS (Please limit comments to no more than 3 minutes) Appearing before the Village Board: Chris Lani, 1474 Aviator Ct – Tribal Affairs Jeff Koehler, 3752 N Overland Rd – Citizen Comments & Public access to meetings with handout given to Village Board. A. DISCUSSION AND ACTION – Resolution 2026-01 (A RESOLUTION TO DISCONTINUE LONESOME ROAD, AND A PORTION OF WEST ADAM DRIVE PURSUANT TO WIS. STAT. § 66.1003) The Village Board has worked with Brown County and others on a mutually agreeable program which includes the discontinuance of Lonesome Road, and a portion of West Adam Drive. This process was interrupted late last year, and this is the first step in restarting that process. ACTION: To approve Resolution 2026-01 (A RESOLUTION TO DISCONTINUE LONESOME ROAD, AND A PORTION OF WEST ADAM DRIVE PURSUANT TO WIS. STAT. §  66.1003) as presented. MOTION: Heidel SECOND: Koepke. VOICE VOTE: 5-0. VILLAGE BOARD MINUTES (REGULAR) – FEBRUARY 3RD 2026 - Page 2 of 3 B. DISCUSSION AND ACTION – To Establish a Public Hearing for the vacation and discontinuance of a portion of a public way located in the Village of Hobart known as Lonesome Road, and part of West Adam Drive Staff would request that the Public Hearing be held at the March 17th Village Board meeting. ACTION: To direct staff to schedule a Public Hearing for the vacation and discontinuance of a portion of a public way located in the Village of Hobart known as Lonesome Road, and part of West Adam Drive to be held during the March 17, 2026 Villag Board Meeting. MOTION: Heidel SECOND: Dillenburg. VOICE VOTE: 5-0. 8. VILLAGE ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT/COMMUNICATIONS A. INFORMATION 1. Village Investment Report – Administrator Kramer reviewed the investment report with the Village Board. 2. 2025 Brown County Recycling Composition Report (Village of Hobart) – 715.87 tons of recycling material was collected in 2025, three percent less than the 2024 total (738.14). The amount of paper/cardboard recycled continues to decrease – last year by five (5) percent to 447.78 tons from the 2004 total (473.5 tons), while the collection of other recyclables (aluminum, steel, bimetal and plastic containers) continues to climb (1 percent) to 268.09 tons from the 2025 total (264.7 tons), which was eight (8) percent more than the 242.8 tons collected in 2024. Administrator Kramer presented the 2025 Brown County Recycling Composition Report to the Village Board. The Public Works & Utilities Advisory Committee will meet on Thursday, February 5. The Planning & Zoning Commission will not meet in February but will meet in March. Auditors will be here during the week of February 9. Aaron is out of the office on Friday. Our final order of salt has been delivered. Our website has been redone; we are still working on mobile access to the website. 9. COMMITTEE REPORTS AND ACTIONS – None. 10. OLD BUSINESS – None. 11. NEW BUSINESS A. DISCUSSION AND ACTION – Final Amended 2025 Budgets (General Fund, Capital Fund, Debt Service) This is the final proposed amended budgets for the General Fund, Capital Fund and Debt Service Fund (the three budgets supported by the property tax levy) prior to the 2025 audit being conducted, which will take place in February. ACTION: To approve the amended FY2025 budgets for the General Fund, Capital Fund and Debt Service Fund as presented. MOTION: Dillenburg SECOND: Tanke. ROLL CALL VOTE: 5-0. B. DISCUSSION AND ACTION – Increase in Election Workers Compensation Election workers are currently paid $11.00/hour for the Election Inspector position and $11.50/hour for the Chief Inspector position. The Clerk is requesting an increase in these wages to $12.00/hour and $13.00/hour, respectively. ACTION: To increase the Election Worker wage to $12.00/hour for the Election Inspector position and $13.00/hour for the Chief Inspector position. MOTION: Tanke SECOND: Dillenburg. ROLL CALL VOTE: 5-0. C. DISCUSSION AND ACTION – Semiquincentennial Celebration Staff is proposing several options to acknowledge and participate in America’s Semiquincentennial. No formal action was taken. D. DISCUSSION - Items for future agenda consideration or Committee assignment We have identified 3 instances where fr audulent invoices have been sent to permit applicants. We are working to inform our public that the Village will never ask them to wire money to us and to verify any invoices received via email. VILLAGE BOARD MINUTES (REGULAR) – FEBRUARY 3RD 2026 - Page 3 of 3 ACTION: To recess at 7:11 pm prior to going into closed session. MOTION: Heidel SECOND: Zittlow. VOICE VOTE: 5-0. E. ADJOURN to CLOSED SESSION (7:26 PM): ACTION: To go into closed session under Wisconsin State Statute 19.85 (1) (g): Conferring with legal counsel for the governmental body who is rendering oral or written advice concerning strategy to be adopted by the body with respect to litigation in which it is or is likely to become involved. RE: Tribal Affairs; Potential Litigation MOTION: Heidel SECOND: Dillenburg ROLL CALL VOTE: 5-0. F. CONVENE into open session (8:10 PM) – MOTION: Heidel SECOND: Zittlow ROLL CALL VOTE: 5-0. G. ACTION from closed session – None. 12. ADJOURN (8:11 PM) – MOTION: Heidel SECOND: Zittlow VOICE VOTE: 5-0. Respectfully submitted by Lisa A. Vanden Heuvel, Village Clerk