Meeting Minutes

Regular meeting of the Village Board- October 7, 2024 The Pledge of Allegiance was said. Meeting called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Tyson Weiler. Present: Weiler, Bulin, Klassy, Lingford, Stoflet, Marten, Anderson, and Marth. Absent: Atty. Dietrich and Schmutzer. Public Comment- none. Minutes- Motion Marten/Klassy to approve the minutes from 9/9/24 as listed. Carried. Ron Draxler property on Marshfield Street- Tyson Weiler will try to contact other structural engineers. This will be on the next agenda. Police report- Gonzalez monitored the Park. There has been damage to the bathrooms. He has been working with the Humane Society on contracts. He issued parking citations. He attended the school safety meeting. He ran a background check. Park Association- playground equipment will be installed this week. Fire Department- none Shelter house- balance in account $10,116.91. Youth baseball- four light poles are currently not in use. Youth baseball would like to use two poles for the installation of a score board. Motion Stoflet/Bulin to donate two poles to Youth baseball. Carried. Sewer for Bob Draxler’s shop- Grosskreutz will ask MSA for an estimate to run sewer, either gravity or grinder pump. This will be on another agenda. Operator license- Motion Marten/Klassy to approve the operator license for Heather Kieliszewsi. Carried. Financial report- Motion Stoflet/Marten to approve the financial report as listed. Carried. Compost ordinance fee- this will be on the next agenda. Motion Marten/Bulin to establish $100.00 fee and the fee doubles after 48 hours if unallowed items are not removed/cleaned up. Carried. Halloween hours- will be October 31st from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Motion Klassy/Stoflet to set this date and time. Carried. Santa in the Park- Motion Marten/Klassy to donate $300 for Santa in the Park. Carried. Sewer user fees- Motion Anderson/Marten to increase the sewer user fees from $82.00 per quarter to $95.00 per quarter. Carried. This will be effective January 1, 2025. Garbage/recycling presentation- tabled. Work list projects- Grosskreutz began discharging sewer ponds. He has been clearing brush along the fence line at the cemetery. Expenses- Motion Klassy/Marten to approve the expenses as listed and read. Carried. Ambulance contract- Motion Stoflet/Anderson to approve the ambulance contract with the City of Marshfield $28,510.00. Carried. Joint meeting with the Town, Village and Joint Fire Department Village members remain the same. Town- Jan Kaiser, Cal Fehrenbach, Steve Becker Fire Department- Todd Bores, Colin Bores Budget- tabled until November 4th for the Village and October 14th for the Town. There were 106 calls. Town 40, Village 51, EMS 69, Fire 7, Car accidents 11, Good intent 6, Community Service 9, CO2 1, Mutual aid 3, Milladore 6. Officers- Motion Marten/Klassy to appoint the officers as follows: Chief Todd Bores, President Andy Schneider, Treasurer Michelle Quinlan, Secretary Jay Stuettgen, EMS Heather Ertl, Vice President Dave Malinowski. These are two-year terms. Carried. SCBAs new equipment should be here in January 2025. December 15, 2024, old SCBAs will be for external use only. Combine secretary/treasurer positions- no action at this time. The fire department building needs paint and tin. These are on the outside of the building. The fire department will get quotes. The cost for automatic nozzles are $18,140 for SAM boost installed to waterous pump and $14,140 for SAM boost installed to Hale pump. Motion Marten/Klassy to adjourn at 9:05 p.m. Carried. Lynn Lingford, clerk