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CITY OF HARTFORD COMMON COUNCIL May 12 , 202 6 The Common Council of the City of Hartford, Washington and Dodge Counties, Wisconsin, met for its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, May 12 , 2026, 7:00 p.m., in the Common Council Chambers of Hartford City Hall, 109 North Main Street, Mayor Dennis Regan presiding. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Regan led the Common Council in the Pledge of Allegiance. ROLL CALL The Mayor and all Alderpersons were present with Alderperson Kohler and Alderperson Pechacek appearing via Zoom. UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGENDA MOTION by Alderperson Rusniak , seconded by Alderperson Kirley approving the following items: 1. The Common Council minutes of April 21 , 202 6 . 2. A pproving Prospective Construction LLC of Hartford, WI, who will be the general contractor, will pour a 2,340 square foot concrete pad and construct the 20 ’ x 30 ’ donated open shelter from Zuern Building Products for a seating area with shelter at West Side Park for a total cost not to exceed $49,798.00. 3. Approving the purchase and installation of a new SportsCluster system with total light control with LED technology from Musco Lighting for the Willowbrook Park lighting replacement for a total cost not to exceed $76,200.00. 4. Approving K & S Driveway Guys, Eagle River, WI for Willowbrook Park tennis and basketball court resurface project at a total cost not to exceed $65,000 anticipating armor crack repair exceeding 50 ’. 5. Approving the purchase of a 2026 Ford F-150 XL truck from Ewald Automotive Group for the Parks Department operations for a total cost not to exceed $34,672.00. 6. Approving the purchase of a 2026 Ford Transit Cargo Van from Ewald Automotive Group for the Building Department operations for a total cost not to exceed $43,990.00. 7. Accepting the quote from J & H Heating to purchase and install a new boiler for the Hartford Recreation Center at a cost not to exceed $201,500.00. 8. Approving the proposed agreements with Complex Solutions in the amount of $63,790.12 and Marco Technologies in the amount of $8,548.67 for the completion of the Council Chambers AV system upgrades, City Hall access control improvements and VMAC surveillance enhancements. 9. Accepting the bid from J & H Heating, Inc for a Roof Top Unit at the Fire Station for the project amount of $19,000, which is $10,000 less than the amount allocated for this project in the approved City of Hartford 2026 budget. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. MAYOR ’S REPORT Mayor Regan stated Sally Jenson came across an article about a potential time capsule that was placed in City Hall in 1930. He had the pleasure of working with her that day to try to retrieve said time capsule. It was kept small due to the fact that nobody was sure if anything would be found. Mayor Regan did state he would like to put back another time capsule from our time to replace the one that Sally discovered. ALDERMANIC REQUESTS A lderperson Rusniak received a letter from a nice lady who is a resident in the Slinger area and wanted to let him know that she was very impressed with our City Council and the organization of the Council Meeting she attended. Alderperson Kohler wanted to thank IT Coordinator Tiffany Tyner-Sohm for getting bids to improve the sound system in the Council Chamber. Alderperson Savage wanted to give a big thank you to Sally Jenson for all her work with the finding of the time capsule. Alderperson Pechacek stated he would like to see the media invited when the time capsule is opened. CITY ADMINISTRATOR ’S REPORT 1. Discussion and consideration of proposed operational revenue and expense changes to address 2027-2030 projected budget shortfall. a. City Administrator Steve Volker t stated two meetings ago he presented projections for the city budget for 2027 and beyond. As early as 2025 it was noticed that expenses were coming in over the city ’s non-taxed revenues. Due to levy limits the city was in a position not to be able to fit the taxes under the levy limit and still capture a shortfall. The Common Council requested options to reduce the general operating expenses. The Council was presented options on what areas could be cut by each Department. MOTION by Alderperson Turchi , seconded by Alderperson Kohler to accept option 1 in the proposed operational revenue and expense changes that was presented to address 2027-2030 projected budget shortfall. MOTION CARRIED 7-2. 2. Discussion and consideration of reconsidering capital construction of second fire house. a. City Administrator Volker t stated on August 26, 2025, the Common Council unanimously approved the 2026-2030 Capital Improvement Projects (CIP) which included the new Firehouse. March 24, 2026, Alderperson Kirley requested that the previously approved CIP including the 4.9 million Firehouse be brought back to the Council for reconsideration . At the meeting on April 14, 2026, the Council overturned their unanimous decision to move forward with building the second Firehouse with a 6-3 vote. On April 24, 2026, the Department of Administration informed staff that the Fire Department would receive an $800,000 grant for the second firehouse. Six Council members requested that they would like to see the building of the second firehouse be brought back for reconsideration. Administrator Volkert explained that with the grant from the State and the grant from Washington County along with the sale of engine 1660 the total cost would be reduced by over one million dollars for the second Firehouse. MOTION by Alderperson Turchi , seconded by Alderperson Webb to amend the 2026-2030 CIP, approving the second Firehouse for three million, accepting grant funding, and taking out the training tower. MOTION CARRIED 8-1. ADJOURNMENT MOTION by Alderperson Savage , seconded by Alderperson Webb for adjournment at 8 :05 p.m. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. Respectfully submitted, Shanna Kreilkamp, City Clerk CC MAY12 .2 6