January 11, 2022

Village of Prairie du Sac Village Board Meeting Minutes of Regular Meeting January 11, 2022 1. CALL TO ORDER. The Prairie du Sac Village Board met for their regular meeting on January 11, 2022 at the Prairie du Sac Village Hall, 335 Galena Street, Prairie du Sac, WI. Village President, Cheryl Sherman, called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. 2. Roll Call. Board Members present: Nick Lester, Jim Witecha, Cheryl Sherman, Abby Dinger-Zach, Andrew Strathman, Craig Bender (virtual), and Lauri Meixelsperger (virtual). Also present were Alan Wildman, Village Administrator, Niki Conway, Clerk/Treasurer, and Troy Murphy, Public Works Director. Attending virtual, Jon Cameron and Frank Roman from Ehlers. 3. Public Notice of Agenda, deletions/corrections – (Strathman/Witecha) moved to approve agenda. Motion Carried. 4. Presentation of Minutes a. December 14, 2021 – (Lester/Strathman) moved to approve minutes. Motion Carried. 5. Pre-Registered Citizens – None. 6. Communications a. Treasurer’s Report-Recognized b. SP Sewerage Commission Minutes dated November 9, 2021 – Recognized c. Sauk Prairie Area Food Pantry – Recognized d. Voucher Report-Recognized e. Pamela Ziegler, 575 Water Street, Prairie du Sac, WI - Recognized 7. Action Items – a. Consider Resolution No. 01-11-2022 (a), Amending the Village of Prairie du Sac Personnel Manual – Our current policy states that upon retirement 100% of sick time can be used towards health insurance or 50% payout; which triggered the IRS. Need to change this to 100% for health insurance or Deferred Comp. Also looking to change the vacation accrual. Proposing to shorten the time between accruals. Abby suggests changing the proposal to accruals after 3, 7, and 12.5 years. Lauri suggests an additional day every year after the one year mark. This will attract employees to stay around longer. Library wants to keep consistent with Village Hall. Abby suggests separating the sick and vacation policies. (Dinger-Zach/Strathman) moved to pass resolution striking out section one and sending vacation accrual back to admin. Motion Carried. 5. Discussion Items: a. Ordinance No. 1, Series 2022, Amending Title 10, Chapter 1: Zoning Code – Plan and ET Committee met in regards to Waste Management proposing another building to bring them up to date. Recommended for approval. Automation will be coming; Alan and Troy to meet with them tomorrow. 9. Reports: a. Committees – Board of Appeals – Discussed variances request, still need more info from applicant for future meeting. Room Tax – There will be a new customer; hotel in Sauk City. b. Plan Commission – Held 3 public hearings. Recommended approval to zoning code amendments, and took action on CUP and Site Plan. c. Engineer – Planning for 2022 projects. Removal of trees on 14th Street. Held first public involvement meeting, in which 7 property owners attended, went well. 2nd meeting in March. d. Director of Public Works/Utilities Report – None. e. Administrators Report- Public Hearing for water rates; customers will see a 15% increase. Last increase was 2016. There will be no February Primary. f. Presidents Report - None. 10. Closed Session- a. Convene into Closed Session Per WI Stats. Sec. 19.85(1)(e), Wis. Stats., for the purpose of deliberating or negotiating the purchase of public properties, the investing of public funds, or the conducting of other specified public business, as long as competitive or bargaining reasons require a closed session – Possible Sell of Public Land and Possible Use of Tax Incremental Financing – (Strathman/Witecha) moved to go into closed session. Motion Carried. Roll Call- Dinger-Zach- Aye, Lester-Aye, Bender-Aye, Meixelsperger-Aye, Sherman-Aye, Strathman-Aye, Witecha-Aye b. Action on Item(s) Discussed in Closed Session – None. 11. Adjourn - (Strathman/Witecha) moved to adjourn at 9:04. Motion Carried. Respectfully Submitted, Niki Conway, Clerk Treasurer