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F:\1 DEAN - JESS DOCUMENTS\Town Board\Town Board Minutes 3.16.2026.docx5/23/2024 12:48 PM TOWN OF WESTPORT TOWN BOARD – Monday, March 16, 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 (via Zoom), Manering, Crowell, and Werner. Members Absent: None. Also present: Dean Grosskopf, Henry Laufenberg, Stan Skolaski, David Grosse, Emily Kuhn, John Hopkins, Amanda Young, Katrina Becker, and Amanda Arnold (via Zoom). 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 March 2, 2026, Town Board Meeting were approved on a motion by Crowell, second Werner. Upon a motion by Manering, second Werner, the agenda was re-ordered to consider the Resolution approving a cooperative boundary plan between the Town of Westport, Cities of Madison and Middleton and the Villages of DeForest and Waunakee under Wis. Stat. 66.0307, following the public hearing held on February 11, 2026. Chair Cuccia recognized Stan Skolaski, David Grosse, Henry Laufenberg and Amanda Young. Each of them expressed deep concern over their property being transferred to Middleton under the above proposed agreement. Mayor Emily Kuhn of Middleton appeared to respond to their concerns and offered to work with each of them to find solutions, once this resolution and the proposed joint boundary plan is final. Resolution 26-01 approving the “Cooperative Plan Between the Town of Westport, Cities of Madison and Middleton, and the Villages of DeForest and Waunakee” was passed unanimously on a motion by Crowell, second Werner. Katrina Becker appeared before the Board to introduce the requirements and the procedure necessary to create a new comprehensive land use plan for Westport. She also introduced Amanda Arnold via Zoom, who will potentially be collaborating with Becker on the project. The Board asked questions and briefly discussed the process but took no action. Upon a motion by Werner, second Manering, and a unanimous roll call vote, the Board adjourned into closed session at 7:16 pm, pursuant to: a. Section 19.85(1)(g), Wis. Stats., 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 regarding Westport Incorporation. b. 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 7:58 pm. on a motion by Werner, second Crowell. No action was taken on items discussed in closed session. Discussion of a moratorium on approving data centers and solar farms in the Town of Westport was discussed at length with legal counsel. Upon the advice of counsel, the Board directed counsel to prepare a moratorium regarding data centers and prepare an ordinance regulating solar and wind generating facilities in a format suitable for review and passage at the April 6, 2026, Town Board Meeting. F:\1 DEAN - JESS DOCUMENTS\Town Board\Town Board Minutes 3.16.2026.docx5/23/2024 12:48 PM The Town Engineer, Kevin Even, provided a written report and a copy of the recommended bid from Payne and Dolan to reconstruct Westport Road and Bridge. Even analyzed the details of the bids and recommended that the Board award the 2026 Road Bid for Westport Road and Bridge to Payne and Dolan in the amount of $2,072,497. The bid was approved on a motion by Werner, second Pichette. Grosskopf reported that nothing has been filed for the Plan Commission Meeting for action in April, and he was also not aware of anything that would come before the Waunakee/Westport Joint Plan Commission in April. A public hearing scheduled before the Middleton/Westport Joint Zoning Commission on March 24, 2026, has since been cancelled. There was nothing to report from the Waunakee Area EMS Commission, which met on March 12, 2026. Crowell had nothing additional to report in open session on the Waunakee Fire District meeting held on February 23, 2026. Pichette and Grosskopf reported February 19, 2026, meeting with the Middleton Fire District Commission. Werner affirmed that the Historic Preservation Commission has two State historical markers in production and they should be available for installation this Spring. The Park Committee did not meet, and Manering and Grosskopf had nothing new to report on the progress of the Waunakee Area Public Arts Commission. 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 offered three dates for scheduling the 2026 Board of Review. The Board decided on June 8, 2026, at 9:00 am. The meeting was adjourned at 8:39 pm, on a motion by Werner, second Crowell. Dean A. Grosskopf Administrator/Clerk-Treasurer