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F:\1 DEAN - JESS DOCUMENTS\Town Board\Town Board Minutes Draft 5.4.2026.docx5/23/2024 12:48 PM TOWN OF WESTPORT TOWN BOARD – Monday, May 5, 2026 A regular meeting of the Town Board was called to order at 6:00 pm by Chair John Cuccia in the Community Meeting Room of the Bernard J. Kennedy Administration Building/Town Hall. Members Present: Cuccia, Pichette, Manering, Crowell, and Werner. Members Absent: None. Also present: Dean Grosskopf and Bill Cole 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 April 20, 2026, Town Board Meeting were approved on a motion by Pichette, second Manering. Bill Cole gave an update on the incorporation process. Bill Cole gave a brief introduction to the discussion of a proposed Moratorium on Solar and Wind generation Facilities. Cole was asked to create a version of the moratorium that includes wind generation, along with a proposed enhanced solar and wind ordinance for discussion and action. The final ordinance revisions are still in process; however, the revised Moratorium Ordinance 26-03 was approved to replace Ordinance 26-02, on a motion by Werner, second Manering. Upon a motion by Crowell, second Werner, and a unanimous roll call vote, the Board adjourned into closed session at 6:12 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 7:11 pm on a motion by Crowell, second Werner. Grosskopf gave a brief introduction of Resolution 26-02, requested by the Wisconsin Towns Association to Support Transportation Funding Solutions. The resolution was approved on a motion by Manering, second Crowell. An agent change for Bishops Bay Country Club, as on file with the Clerk as presented, was approved subject to all state and local requirements on a motion by Pichette, second Werner. The Town Engineer, Kevin Even, provided a brief written report including the 2026 projects and the schedules for the 2026 construction season. Grosskopf summarized the report. Westport Road and Bridge Project Construction is scheduled to begin shortly after Memorial Day in three phases, concluding with the bridge and approaches after Labor Day. Grosskopf reported that the Plan Commission Meeting for May 11, 2026, is cancelled, and he was not aware of anything that would come before the Waunakee/Westport Joint Plan Commission or the Middleton/Westport Joint Zoning Commission in May. The Waunakee Area EMS Commission has no significant new business to report. F:\1 DEAN - JESS DOCUMENTS\Town Board\Town Board Minutes Draft 5.4.2026.docx5/23/2024 12:48 PM Crowell reported on the Waunakee Fire District in closed session. Grosskopf reported that the Middleton Fire District Commission had not met since the last Board Meeting. Werner reported on the Historic Preservation Commission. Manering had nothing to report on the Park Committee. Cuccia reported that the Audit Committee reviewed the current bills and found all to be in order. Current bills were paid as presented by Grosskopf and recommended by the Audit Committee, on a motion by Cuccia, second Crowell. For Administrative Matters, Grosskopf reported on the work of the Waunakee Area Public Arts project, and Cuccia and Grosskopf introduced Cuccia’s annual appointments to Westport’s Commissions and Committees. These assignments will be confirmed at the regular Board Meeting on Monday, May 18, 2026. The meeting was adjourned at 7:47 pm, on a motion by Werner, second Pichette. Dean A. Grosskopf Administrator/Clerk-Treasurer