Meeting Minutes

Regular meeting of the Village Board- March 6, 2023 The Pledge of Allegiance was said. Meeting called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Kevin Yeske. Present: Schmutzer, Stoflet, Lingford, Anderson, Marten, Marth, Yeske and Weiler. Absent: Atty. Dietrich and Curtin. Minutes- Motion Marten/Curtin to approve the minutes from 2/6/23 as listed. Carried. Police officer report- Edgard Gonzalez was not present. Old business- the replacement of the park lights was started but on hold until dryer weather. Lift stations were completed- galvanized pipe was replaced with stainless. BIL funding- we will not apply for this funding now. We will wait to apply until July. There are more funds available for awarding. This is BIL funds with 80/20 cost split. LRIP funds could be applied for with 50/50 cost split if we aren’t awarded BIL funds for the North Road reconstruction. Pay request Earth Inc- no action. Summer help- this will be on the next agenda. Voting booths- Lingford will check with the County Clerk to verify the number of booths and size needed. We will check with Tim Matti for a price quote to replace/build new booths. Operator licenses - Motion Anderson/Marten to approve the operator licenses for Kimberly Perron, Leighana Larsen and Tim Warner. Carried. Financial report- Motion Stoflet/Marten to approve the financial report as listed. Carried. Expense report- Motion Stoflet/Marten to approve the expenses as listed and read. Carried. School referendum- Kevin Yeske provided information about the 2 year non-recurring referendum on the April 4, 2023 election. The referendum will ask to exceed the revenue limit by $600,000 each year. Joint meeting with the Town of Auburndale, Village of Auburndale and Joint Fire Department 8:00 p.m. Village members remain the same. Town members: Steve Seidl, Jan Kaiser, John Bauer, Dick Austin . Several members of the Fire Department were present. Todd Bores opened the three fire truck bids. Pierce $541,763.22, Custom Fire $620,925.36, Stainless and Repair $497,118.00. This is for a 2024 truck, 2100-gallon poly tank. The cost of the truck is a 50/50 split between the Town and Village. The fire d epartment and committee will review the bids. The current truck is a 1989. No action was taken on awarding of the bids. Pine tree- there is a dead pine tree by the fire station. This will be cut down. The fire department is looking to start a junior fire department. This is for age 16 –18-year-olds. Arpin has an existing program. Joint meeting adjourned at 8:35 p.m. Motion Marten/Weiler to adjourn the Village meeting at 8:40 p.m. Carried. Lynn Lingford, clerk