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F:\1 DEAN - JESS DOCUMENTS\Town Board\Town Board Minutes 7.6.2026.docx5/23/2024 12:48 PM TOWN OF WESTPORT TOWN BOARD – Monday, July 6, 2026 A regular meeting of the Town Board was called to order at 6:00 pm by Town Chair John Cuccia in the Community Meeting Room of the Bernard J. Kennedy Administration Building/Town Hall. Members Present: Cuccia, Pichette, Manering, and Werner. Members Absent: None. Also Present: Dean Grosskopf, Gary Becker, and Jessica Duffrin. Grosskopf confirmed that this meeting conforms with open meetings law. There was no Public Comment on Matters not on the agenda. The minutes of the June 15, 2026, Town Board Meeting were approved on a motion by Manering, second Pichette. Crowell abstained. Planner Gary Becker updated the Board on the status of the Boundary Agreement and Incorporation process. Upon a motion by Werner, second Crowell, and a unanimous roll call vote, the Board adjourned into closed session at 6:10 pm, pursuant to: Section 19.85(1)(e), Wis. Stats., deliberating or negotiating the purchasing of public properties, the investing of public funds, or conducting other specified public business, whenever competitive or bargaining reasons require a closed session, regarding Waunakee Area Fire Department Intergovernmental Agreement. The Board returned to open session pursuant to Sec. 19.85(2) at 7:25 pm on a motion by Werner, second Crowell. No action was taken on items discussed in closed session. Regular operator licenses, as on file with the Clerk and as presented, were approved subject to all state and local requirements on motion by Cuccia, second Werner. Grosskopf reported that the Plan Commission meeting for July 13, 2026, is cancelled. He noted he was not aware of any items expected to come before the Waunakee/Westport Joint Plan Commission or the Middleton/Westport Joint Zoning Commission in July. Grosskopf reported that, regarding the Waunakee Area EMS, Russell and Grosskopf will be meeting next week to begin union negotiations. Pichette reported that the Waunakee Fire District has hired companies to conduct an evaluation of the apparatus and equipment. Pichette and Grosskopf reported nothing new or significant from the recent Middleton Fire District meeting. Werner provided an update on the Historic Preservation Commission, which met Thursday, July 2, 2026. The Commission discussed scheduling a date and time to install the new historical signs, as well as next steps for the property inspection of the former Nau-Ti-Gal building. Manering reported that the Park Committee has not met; the next meeting is scheduled for August 5, 2026. Cuccia, reporting on behalf of the Audit Committee, stated that the current bills were reviewed and found to be in order. F:\1 DEAN - JESS DOCUMENTS\Town Board\Town Board Minutes 7.6.2026.docx5/23/2024 12:48 PM Current bills were paid as presented by Grosskopf and recommended by the Audit Committee, on a motion by Cuccia, second Crowell. Grosskopf asked the Board members to sign the proclamations approved at the June 15, 2026 regular Town Board meeting. Grosskopf also introduced the option of hiring a Municipal Code Enforcement service to handle ordinance violations. This item will be added to the agenda, and more information will be provided at the next Regular Town Board meeting scheduled for July 20, 2026. The meeting was adjourned at 7:59 pm, on a motion by Werner, second Crowell. Dean A. Grosskopf Administrator/Clerk-Treasurer