Meeting Minutes

Regular meeting of the Village Board- April 3, 2023 The Pledge of Allegiance was said. Meeting called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Lynn Lingford. Present: Schmutzer, Stoflet, Lingford, Anderson, Marten, Marth, Curtin and Weiler. Yeske present 7:20 p.m. Absent: Atty. Dietrich. Minutes- Motion Marten/Curtin to approve the minutes from 3/6/23 as listed. Carried. Police officer report- Edgard Gonzalez presented two months of reports. He issued violations for snow removal, garbage and parking. He monitored the cemetery, school and park. He ran background checks. A new speed sign was placed on the overpass. He purchased a used radar gun. Shelter house- Motion Weiler/Marten to authorize $175 to Tim Matti to move the cupboard in the shelter house. Carried. Earth Inc. pay request- no action. This will be on the next agenda. Earth was out to look at the building. They will be caulking the building. Summer help- Fletcher Raab is interested in the summer help position. Motion Curtin/marten to hire Raab for summer help starting when lawn mowing starts. Carried. Voting booths- Lingford received information on the voting booth requirements. This will be on the next agenda. Board of review meeting - open book will be May 1, 2023, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Board of review will be May 9, 2023, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Rick, Terry, Kevin, Lynn and Dale Anderson (as outside member) will be on the board. Motion Weiler/Anderson to appoint those members to the BOR. Carried. Park lights - on hold due to wet grounds. Flooring - Park Association had epoxy coating on the floor - approximate cost $9,000 paid by Park Association. Oak trees were cut down in the cemetery. Potholes are being filled. They will get a quote on an alarm system for the lift station (SCADA). They have a quote to remove/cut/trim trees on Rozellville Street. The manhole on Leo was hit and broke. This will need to be replaced. Joint meeting with the Town of Auburndale, Village of Auburndale and Joint Fire Department - 8:00 p.m. Village members remain the same. Town: John Bauer, Steve Seidl, Dick Austin, Jan Kaiser. Fire Dept: Todd Bores, Colin Bores, Shelly Quinlan. Fire truck- the members at large reviewed the bids. They recommend Stainless and Repair $517,532. This is higher than last month because they added some items to be comparable to the other bids that had included the missing items. No action. By-laws- 2020 is the most current copy. Lingford will copy for the village board. Annual audit- Motion Schmutzer/Curtin to appoint Linford and Kaiser to audit the fire department books. Carried. Fire dues can be used for PPE and education and can be saved for a new truck. The Town of Milladore does pay the fire department some of their dues. Budget format- the depreciation schedule will be changed on the budget. The fire department does put the depreciation into a separate account now. Fire Dept minutes- Rachel Malinowski will email the minutes to Lingford each month. Financial report- Motion Schmutzer/Weiler to approve the financial report as listed. Carried. Expenses- Motion Anderson/Stoflet to approve the expenses as listed. Carried. Motion Marten/Curtin to adjourn at 9:25 p.m. Carried. Lynn Lingford, clerk