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F:\1 DEAN - JESS DOCUMENTS\Town Board\Town Board Minutes 2.2.2026.docx5/23/2024 12:48 PM TOWN OF WESTPORT TOWN BOARD – Monday, February 2, 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), and Crowell. Members Absent: Manering and Werner. Also present: Dean Grosskopf and Jessica Duffrin (via Zoom), Dana Monogue and Bob Hesselbein. 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 January 19, 2026, Town Board Meeting were approved on a motion by Pichette, second Crowell. Upon a motion by Cuccia, second Crowell, the agenda was reordered to move The Middleton/Cross Plains School District update to the next item. Dana Monogue and Bob Hesselbein from the Middleton/Cross Plains School District reported on recent accomplishments and upcoming events for the District. Upon a motion by Cuccia, second Crowell, and a unanimous roll call vote, the Board adjourned into closed session at 6:17 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 7:31 pm on a motion by Crowell, second Pichette. No action was taken on items discussed in closed session. Regular operator licenses, as on file with the Clerk as presented, were granted subject to all state and local requirements on a motion by Pichette, second Cuccia. St. Mary of the Lake Church Temporary Class “B”/Class “B” Retailer’s Licenses - (2/14/2023, 3/14/2023, and 4/11/2023), St. Mary of the Lake Church, 5464 Mary Lake Road, and Related Operator Licenses, were approved as filed with the clerk on a motion by Pichette, second Crowell. Grosskopf reported that the upcoming Plan Commission meeting is cancelled and the Joint Plan Commission will likely act relative to the One Solar proposal at its February meeting. There are upcoming items before the Middleton/Westport Joint Zoning Commission regarding the Community of Bishops Bay Phase 8, however a meeting date has not been set. There was nothing significant to report from the Waunakee Area EMS Commission, however Grosskopf recognized the sudden and sad death of Springfield’s EMS Commissioner, Art Meinholz. Crowell had nothing to report in open session on the Waunakee Fire District. Pichette and Grosskopf had nothing new to report from the Middleton Fire District. The Historic Preservation Commission will meet again on February 5, 2026. Grosskopf reported that the Park Committee and the Arts Commission have not met since the last Board meeting. Cuccia reported that the Audit Committee reviewed the current bills and found all to be in order. F:\1 DEAN - JESS DOCUMENTS\Town Board\Town Board Minutes 2.2.2026.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. The meeting was adjourned at 7:44 pm, on a motion by Crowell, second Pichette. Dean A. Grosskopf Administrator/Clerk-Treasurer