Blenker Sherry Sanitary District Commission Special Meeting — Minutes

Blenker Sherry Sanitary District Commission November 1, 2025, 12 pm 3720 County Road P, Milladore, WI, 54454 Commission members present: President Ned Ruesch, Commissioner Ron Koziczkowski, Commissioner Joel Kuehnhold, Secretary Leslianne Ruesch, Treasurer Teri Grassel. The meeting was opened by President Ned Ruesch. Discussion was had about the commission’s bank accounts held at First State Bank. The department that deals with business accounts was extremely difficult to work with while the new commission was trying to gain control of the accounts. There has been a lack of follow-through when asked to help with services needed to keep our accounts safe. Additionally, the Auburndale branch continues to pass along information to members of the previous commission about our account, recently giving them a deposit slip that shows our banking balance on it. This has been documented for legal sake. Our attorney has advised moving banks. The treasurer and clerk have researched and found that Valley Community Credit Union has several branches near us, and services that would suit our needs. A motion was moved by Joel to open a checking account with debit card, and savings account at Valley Community Credit Union for the Blenker Sherry Sanitary District Commission. Seconded by Ron. Motion carried. A motion was moved by Joel to have President Ned Ruesch, Secretary Leslianne Ruesch, and Treasurer Theresa Grassel added to any Blenker Sherry Sanitary District Commission accounts at Valley Community Credit Union, and to allow them to be signers to all checks and debit card purchases. Seconded by Ron. Motion carried. A motion was moved by Joel to have the secretary withdraw $72,000 from our First State Bank checking account via cashier’s check to fund the new accounts. Seconded by Ned. Motion carried. The secretary will put $10,000 in the new checking account, and $62,000 in the new savings account at Valley Community Credit Union. A motion was moved by Joel to have the secretary close out the 2 cd’s the sanitary district has at First State Bank as the penalty for early withdrawal is nominal. Seconded by Ron. Motion carried. The secretary will have the bank to draw up that paperwork and send the checks to us via mail. Once funds arrives, the treasurer will put them in the new savings account at Valley Community Credit Union. The treasurer will wait to deposit the sanitary payments received this week until the new accounts are open. The treasurer will work at switching the checks over to the new bank. The secretary and treasurer will work at moving online payments to the new bank. We will keep the account at First State Bank open until the investigation etc is completed and we receive word from the attorney(s), law enforcement, CPA etc involved that no further information needs to be obtained, at which point we will close the account. The secretary and treasurer have found another check missing in the sequence, that was not listed by the previous commission in Quickbooks. Since another check with similar sequence came through our account Friday, a motion was moved by Joel to put a stop payment on check #5357. Seconded by Ned. Motion carried. The secretary will handle this on Monday. A motion was moved by Ned to adjourn. Seconded by Ron. Meeting adjourned.