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Original Post Date: Aug. 7, 2026
Village of Somers
7511 12th Street
Somers, WI 53171
Village Board Meeting
Agenda
Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026
5:30 p.m.
Village Board Meeting:
Item #
1 Call to order
2 Pledge of Allegiance
3 Consent and Approval of Minutes of Regular meetings on July 14, 2026,
Special Meeting Minutes on July 14 and 21, 2026, Vouchers dated July 16, 23,
30 and August 6th, July ACH Payments, July Building Report, June Investment
Statements
4 Correspondence: Department of Transportation Proclamation for Crash
Responder Week
5 President and Trustee Comments
6 Citizens Comments
7 Motion to approve proposed Resolution # 2026- 020, a Resolution of the
Somers Village Board of Trustees approving the installation of a bench and
little library on the playground at Veteran’s Memorial Park
8 Receive and file the 2025 Audit
9 Motion to approve Payne and Dolan’s request for first payment in the amount
of $537,330.44 for the 2026 Paving Project in the Valley View subdivision and
Change Order #1 request in the amount of $2,167
10 Motion to approve proposed Resolution # 2026-019, 2026 Budget Amendment,
due to acceptance of the FEMA SAFER Grant. The grant was formally
accepted in May 2026.
11 Motion to approve lab costs and testing by Eurofins SF Analytics Laboratory
for possible municipal water contamination investigation related to fire
response at 16th Place in the amount of $13,800
12 Motion to approve order of 2027 Western Star Tandem Axel Patrol Truck from
Truck Country in the amount of $155,484 to be paid in 2027
13 Motion to approve proposed Ordinance 2026-009, Contractor Qualification
Requirements
Original Post Date: Aug. 7, 2026
14 Motion to approve proposed Ordinance 2026-010 to Amend Section 12.04
Penalties, and Create Section 12.16 Mobile Temporary Food Vendors
15 Action on Animal Sheltering Agreement with the Wisconsin Humane Society
16 Motion to adopt proposed Resolution # 2026-018 to create Village of Somers
Ward 14 and assign thereto the Territory attached per Ordinance #2026-008.
For information purposes, this is for the annexation of parcel #45-4-221-241-
0102 (Truck Country of Wisconsin)
17 Motion to approve application for the Class “B” (Picnic) Beer License and
Temporary “Class B” Wine from Friends of Hawthorn Hollow DBA Hawthorn
Hollow Nature Sanctuary & Arboretum for their Walk in the Woods Art Fair
on September 12th from 10 to 4 p.m., their Gala Under the stars form 6 to 9
p.m. and their Spooky Hollow Night 1 and 2 on October 23rd and 24th from 6
to 9 p.m. Located at 880 Green Bay Road, Kenosha, Wisconsin 53144, and
requests to waive fees.
18 Action on Operator’s Licenses: Madison Laplant, Ashley Majors, Linda Olson,
Amy Richards, Amanda Rodriguez, Donovan Sanchez
19 Motion to convene in closed session per WI Statute 19.85(1)(c) Considering
employment, promotion, compensation or performance evaluation data of any
public employee over which the governmental body has jurisdiction or
exercises responsibility, specifically the Clerk-Treasurer
20 Motion to reconvene into open session
21 The Board reserves the right to take action on the items discussed in Closed
Sessions
22 Adjourn
I hereby certify that as the designee of the chief elected official of the Village of Somers, I posted this notice of
August 12, 2026 Village Board Meeting in 1 public place & on the Village website.
Dated this 7th day of August 2026 Wendy Burnette, Clerk-Treasurer
Requests from person with disabilities who need assistance to participate in this meeting should be made to the Clerk’s Offic e at 262-
859-2822 with as much notice as possible. Notice is hereby given that members of the Village Board may participate telephonically.
Notice is hereby given that members of the Town Board may be in attendance for the sole purpose of gathering information. A
quorum may be present. However, no Board action will be taken.
Source: Village of Somers website. First collected Oct 16, 2026.