June 16, 2025 Special Meeting

MINUTES OF REGULAR BOARD MEETING VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IN THE VILLAGE COMMUNITY ROOM JUNE 16, 2025 The regular board meeting of the Village Board, of the Village of Strum, Trempealeau County, was held in the Village Community Room on June 16, 2025 Meeting called to order: The meeting was called to order by the Village President, Dean Boehne at 6:30pm. Village Clerk, Tish Nelson, took the minutes of the meeting. The following board members were present: Berge, Bjerke, Rindal, Thompson. Absent: Hanson, Maki. Also present, B. Olson and Chief Marsolek. Open Meeting Law Requirements have been complied with: President Boehne announced the open meeting laws have been met for the meeting. Reports from OƯicers: a. Zoning i. A building permit for Jean & Charles Julson was presented to the board. A motion was made by Bjerke, seconded Thompson to approve the fence permit at 121 Butternut Dr. b. Clerk i. A Temp “B” license application was presented to the board. A motion was made by Thompson, seconded by Bjerke to approve the Strum Community Foundation’s permit for BrutusFest for the dates of July 25-27. ii. Operators Licenses 1. License applications presented to the board. A motion was made by Thompson to approve the operator’s license renewal. Seconded by Bjerke. Motion carried. a. Heather Nicolet, Strum Community Foundation Reports from Committees: a. Public Safety i. Rick Schaumberg, oƯicial Village attorney is present for the matter of parcel # 181-00474-0010. The board discussed the building/buildings on the property as well as the footbridge, non-registered vehicle and debris. Brad Olson stated DNR has been contacted on the footbridge matter as their rules/regulations and ordinances/stipulations would supersede the village’s. Attorney Schaumberg talked with the board members about the numerous possible violations within our ordinances. Berge made a motion to issue a citation to Ethan Glosky, Bjerke amended the motion to include $100.00 citation amount. Seconded by Thompson to send Ethan Glosky a citation in the amount of $100.00. Motion carried. b. Solid Waste Management i. CMAR 2025-2 has been submitted and validated. c. Joint Sewer Commission i. CMAR 2025-1 has been submitted and validated. b. Finance i. The following preamble and resolution was presented by Trustee Chuck Thompson and read aloud the following to the board beginning at 7:11pm, June 16, 2025: “By the provisions of Sec 24.66 of the Wisconsin Statues, all municipalities may borrow money for such purposes in the manner prescribed, and, By the provisions of Chapter 24 of the Wisconsin Statutes, the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands of Wisconsin is authorized to make loans from the State Trust Funds to municipalities for such purposes. (Municipality as defined by Sec. 24060(2) of the Wisconsin Statutes means a town, village, city, county, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, town sanitary district created under Sec 60.71 or 60.72, metropolitan sewerage district created under Sec. 200.05 or 200.03, joint sewerage system created under Sec. 281.43(4), school district or technical college district.) THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Village of Strum, in the County(ies) of Trempealeau, Wisconsin borrow from the Trust Funds of the State of Wisconsin in the sum of One Hundred Fifty Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($150,000.00) for the purpose of financing operations and for no other purpose. The loan is to be payable within 10 years from the 15th day of March preceding the date the loan is made. The loan will be repaid in annual installments with interest at the rate of 6.00 percent per annum from the date of making the loan to the 15th day of March next and thereafter annually as provided by law. RESOLVED FURTHER, that there shall be raised and there is levied upon all taxable property, within the Village of Strum, in the County(ies) of Trempealeau, Wisconsin, a direct annual tax for the purpose of paying interest and principal on the loan as they become due. RESOLVED FURTHER, that no money obtained by the Village of Strum by such loan from the state be applied or paid out for any purpose except financing operations without the consent of the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands. RESOLVED FURTHER, that in case the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands of Wisconsin agrees to make the loan, that the president and clerk of the Village of Strum, in the County(ies)of Trempealeau, Wisconsin, are authorized and empowered, in the name of the Village to execute and deliver to the Commission, certificates of indebtedness, in such form as required by the Commission, for any sum of money that may be loaned to the Village pursuant to this resolution. The president and clerk of the Village will perform all the necessary actions to fully carry out the provisions of Chapter 24 Wisconsin Statutes, and these resolutions. RESOLVED FURTHER, that this preamble and these resolutions and the aye and no vote by which they were adopted, be recorded, and that the clerk of this Village forward this certified record, along with the application for the loan, to the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands of Wisconsin. ” Trustee Greg Rindal moved adoption of the foregoing preamble and resolutions. Seconded by David Berge. Roll call vote: Berge, aye; Bjerke, aye; Rindal, aye; Thompson, aye; Boehne, aye. Motion carried. c. Solid Waste Management i. A motion was made to approve Resolution: CMAR 2025-2 by Berge, seconded by Thompson. Motion carried. d. Joint Sewage Commission i. A motion was made by Thompson, seconded by Bjerke to approve Resolution: CMAR 2025-1. Motion carried. Miscellaneous: a. A letter from Eleva PD was presented to the board on the appreciation for OƯicer Rindal’s assistance Broiler Fest weekend – informative only. Approval of the Vouchers and Journal Entries Motion made by Thompson, seconded by Berge to approve Vouchers & Journal Entries as presented. Motion carried. Adjournment: Motion made by Bjerke, seconded by Thompson to adjourn meeting @ 7:20 pm. Motion carried. Dean Boehne, Village President Natisha “Tish” Nelson, Clerk