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101 Alpine Parkway Oregon, WI 53575 | Phone: (608) 835 -3118 | Fax: (608) 835-6503 oregonwi.gov | Find us on Facebook! PUBLIC NOTICE Pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 19.84, notice is hereby given to the public by the Sustainability Committee Chairperson, that the following meeting will be held: Meeting: Date: Time: Sustainability Committee Wednesday, August 19, 2026 5:15 PM Location: Village Hall Community Room 101 Alpine Parkway Oregon, Wisconsin 53575 Note: Any person who has a qualifying disability as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act that requires the meeting or materials at the meeting to be in an accessible location or format must contact the Village Clerk at (608) 835-3118, 101 Alpine Parkway, Oregon, Wisconsin, at least twenty -four (24) hours prior to the commencement of the meeting so that any necessary arrangements can be made to accommodate each request. Page 1 of 5 Approved 09-16-2026 MINUTES 1) Call to order. Chair Alissa Rozner called the Sustainability Committee to order at 5:20 p.m. on Wednesday, August 19, 2026. 2) Roll Call. Present: Adam Brown, Julie Gutmanis, Lynn McDaniel (Village Representative), Mark Miller, & Alissa Rozner. Absent: Michele Manske. McDaniel had to leave early to attend another Village meeting. 3) Introduction of new member Adam Brown. Brown has been a village resident for two years. His professional background is in health care policy though he is currently working in waste management. 4) Approval of July 15, 2026, Sustainability Committee meeting minutes if correct, and correction of mistakes, if any. Miller moved, seconded by Rozner, to approve the 07-15-2026 Committee meeting minutes. 5) Public Appearances, Comments, and Communications. a) Public Comment. This part of the agenda allows members of the public to provide information to the Sustainability Committee, including items both on and off the agenda . Under the Open Meetings Law, this agenda item allows the Committee to receive information, and to ask questions of a presenter to facilitate a better understanding of the information. Committee members may discuss procedural matters relating to the information, such as whether the information should be directed to staff, referred to a committee, or placed on a future agenda. However, Committee members may not expand their discussion beyond such procedural matters. Fifteen (15) minutes will be provided for Page 2 of 5 this item with a three (3) minute maximum per speaker; otherwise, the agenda will proceed as posted. (This note may or may not be read aloud at Committee meetings.) None. 6) Reports from Village Staff. None. 7) Unfinished Business (items are for discussion and / or potential action). a) Continued Sustainability Plan Monthly Topics from previous months. 1. Clean Sweep Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Event – Monday, September 14th – Saturday, September 19th. Rozner reported that many residents have signed up for the event. Village Clerk Candie Jones has publicized the event widely (Village Facebook, Sustainability website, Chamber of Commerce, Village screens). Rozner added that she spoke about the event at last month’s Chamber After Hours; she also asked each of us to take fliers to give out to people we know. There will be a sentence mentioning the event, with the website URL listed, included in resident utility bills. Rozner has sent event information to Scott De Laruelle, managing editor at the Oregon Observer, who may publish the information twice. De Laruelle let Rozner know that there is space at the end of August for our sustainability articles. Rozner has sent him an article; Miller is working on his article explaining the work of the Sustainability Committee and also suggested composting and fall cleanup as a good seasonal article topic. Gutmanis will work on a Leave the Leaves article. De Laruelle will keep the articles on hand and if on a seasonal topic, will time their publication appropriately. The articles should be 800 words or less and can be sent either to Rozner or directly to De Laruelle. 2. Participation in the Madison Area Sponsor Municipal Stormwater Partnership (MAMSWaP) storm drain sponsorship and mural program. As soon as the road construction is done, we will adopt a drain near the Village Hall. McDaniel will email the Oregon Village’s Art Committee to see if they would be interested in painting the drain; she will also ask them about making awards from sustainable materials for our future sustainability awards program. Once road construction is finished, Rozner will get in contact with MAMSWaP’s Christal Campbell, sending her the new map of the sewer system. 3. Green Box Promotion. Rozner and Gutmanis attended the Oregon Area Chamber of Commerce After Hours July event hosted by the Oregon Nature Alliance. Rozner spoke about Green Box, had a Green Box bin available for trash, and provided compostable tableware that she got from Green Box. 4. Annual Village Sustainability Awards. Village Administrator Martin Shanks told McDaniel that the Village can provide $300 to go towards making 5 awards (youth, outside organization, group, champion, business). McDaniel will speak to the Art Committee about making the awards. 5. Focus on Energy: Practical Energy Management Program status. Miller expressed some frustration that the process of participating in this program is stalled. The assigned staff member is busy with other issues; Miller has spoken Page 3 of 5 to a Village Board member to see if they can speak with staff about moving program participation forward. Miller currently has access to one year of Village electrical bills, but none of the gas bills; he would like to have access to two years of both electric and gas bills. Rozner asked if it might help if Sustainability Committee members speak about the program at a Village Board meeting; Miller was not sure if we could get this on the Board agenda. Miller has observed that the Village is spending a lot on system repairs rather than looking ahead using fault detection diagnosis; he also noted that utilities are a variable not fixed cost and that the Village is more focused on long-term debt. Rozner will contact McDaniel (Village Representative) about getting program participation in front of the Board; McDaniel also regularly meets with Village President Phil Van Kampen and Village Administrator Shanks, so she could bring up the issue. Miller emphasized that the program has no cost and in fact would pay the Village $1,200 if a baseline for two Village buildings is provided. In addition, Miller noted that establishing energy use baselines would be important background information for a future Sustainability Coordinator. 6. Sustainability Action Plan. Miller will work on filling in the Action Plan (template from McFarland) for the next meeting; he thought we should divide up actions according to the categories/subcommittees established by the Ad Hoc Sustainability Committee. Rozner would like to divide up work, with each member taking sections; she also said to feel free to change the wording in the template. Members can send Miller content for him to add to the Action Plan. Rozner thought that as there is no longer a Transportation Committee, the Sustainability Committee should take on transportation issues, noting that a survey of Village residents indicated interest in public transport. Miller brought up the importance of making Oregon more bike friendly. The Village received a grant to develop a Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan, hired a consultant, and created a website. Staff has been reporting to the Park Board on its work on the Plan. On September 16, there will be an Open House for community feedback on the Plan. b) Continuing Education Projects. 1. Village Utility Benchmark Project Update. See 7a (5) above. 8) New Business (items are for discussion and / or potential action). a) August 2026 Monthly Topic. 1. No new topic has been scheduled for August. This meeting will be used to revisit and continue discussions on topics from previous months (see calendar in packet), including updates on progress, outstanding items, and next steps. 9) Announcements and Miscellaneous Business. a) Committee member reports, announcements, comments, communications, upcoming meetings and events, and miscellaneous business. Committee members may provide brief reports or statements, but no discussion or action of the body shall occur. Page 4 of 5 Miller reported that the library is moving ahead with installing solar panels. Gutmanis asked about previous plans to install solar panels on the Village Hall; it seems this is not happening. Miller has access to all the mechanical systems for the Senior Center, commenting that they are the most advanced of all the Village buildings. He is concerned that the systems are gas-based (not helping to meet the Village’s Net Zero goals) but is optimistic that new technology could be integrated in the future, such as a heat pump chiller system. Miller would like the Village to learn from the library’s experience with sustainable energy systems. He said that if costs for the senior center get too high, solar panels might be put off. Gutmanis and Rozner attended the Chamber’s After Hours in July, hosted by Oregon Nature Alliance (ONA). Gutmanis found a lot of interest in native plant gardens for businesses, both from representatives of Sleep Inn and of Lake Ridge Bank. Rozner explained the Green Box program and talked about the upcoming Clean Sweep event. Both felt it was good to connect with the business community and found that people were interested in the work of ONA and the Sustainability Committee. Rozner pointed out the improvements that Village Clerk Candie Jones made to the Sustainability website; Jones has cleaned it up and added photos from the Village native gardens, as well as information on the Clean Sweep event. Rozner would like to add evaluating/improving the Sustainability website as an agenda item. Miller said that Sustain Dane will have be having a webinar on salt use; he thought we should return to salt use education in fall and that it would be great to have an article on this issue in the Observer this fall. Brown has a lot of experience with grants. He said that at this point most grants have been used or withdrawn, noting that grants are often hard to find by design. Brown further detailed the areas of his professional expertise that he could bring to the Committee: waste management and disposal including drug takebacks, hazardous waste disposal, and related community education. He thought that there are additional waste services that are free or low cost that the Village could adopt. Brown also pointed to the value of public/private and intergovernmental cooperation and observed that it’s not necessary to “reinvent the wheel” on education. Miller spoke to Village President Van Kampen about having Village-sponsored talks on sustainability topics and/or educational programs twice a month in a park; he also thought it important to break down the siloing between the Village and the schools. Gutmanis added that greater coordination between the Committee, the Rotary Club, and Oregon Nature Alliance would be great. b) Future agenda items and assignments. Rozner asked members to research one or two ideas for materials for video education (September topic). 10) Upcoming meeting dates: a) Wednesday, September 16, 2026 – Topic: Video Education Series, b) Wednesday, October 21, 2026 --Topic: Physical Tool Library 11) Adjournment. Without further objection, we moved to adjourn at 6:41 p.m. on Wednesday, August 19, 2026. Page 5 of 5 Members: Adam Brown, Lynn McDaniel (Village Board Representative), Alissa Rozner (Chair), Julie Gutmanis (Secretary), Michelle Manske, Mark Miller (Vice Chair), and Vacant (Student Member).