Meeting Minutes

Regular meeting of the Village Board- May 2, 2022 The Pledge of Allegiance was said. Meeting called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Lynn Lingford. Present: Lingford, Anderson, Curtin, Schmutzer, Weiler, Marten, and Marth. Stoflet and Yeske present at 7:05 p.m. Absent: Atty. Dietrich. Minutes- Motion Marten/Schmutzer to approve the minutes from 4/4/22. Carried. Grant- Bipartisan Infrastructure Law- Mike Voss from MSA was present. Spatz sent the statements of qualification to MSA, Becher Hoppe and REI. MSA was the only one to reply. MSA would put together the grant application to be used for North Road. The application is due June 3, 2022. The cost is approximately $3,000 to prepare the grant. This is 80/20 grant. The DOT determines who receives the funds. Mid-August is when the DOT should decide who was awarded the grant funds. Motion Stoflet/Weiler to authorize MSA to apply for the BIL grant. Carried. Developer’s agreement- no action needed. St. Mary’s Church- Eugene Brueggen and Helen Swetz were present. St. Mary’s would like to add a speaker to the bell tower. They would like to play music and recite the rosary. The music would be 8:00-8:30 a.m. on Sunday mornings and 6:00-6:30 p.m. daily to recite the rosary. Concerns- length, loudness, neighbor reactions. The village doesn’t have any ordinances that prohibit this. Police car- sell old car-Blue Book value $2,500-$3,000. It needs a battery and cleaning. Wisconsin Surplus- we could put a minimum reserve amount on the price. We could set the viewing times. Motion Weiler/Anderson to put the car on Wisconsin Surplus with no minimum bid. Motion to amend by Curtin/Anderson to list with minimum bid of $2,500 on Wisconsin Surplus. Carried. Operator license- Motion Stoflet/Curtin to approve the operator license for Theresa Hasenohrl. Carried. Police officer report- Gonzalez issued some parking violation warnings and a warning for an abandoned vehicle. He conducted two traffic stops due to speeding. He did a welfare check and ran a background check. Gonzalez participated in the tractor parade and received the quote for the police car equipment. Flyght Maintenance Agreement- Motion Marten/Schmutzer to authorize Spatz to sign a 3-year agreement $2,950. Carried. 50/50 road aid- will be on the next agenda. Liquor license- Motion Marten/Curtin to authorize the clerk to publish the liquor license applications. Carried. Summer help- Motion Schmutzer/Weiler to hire Fletcher Raab for summer help at a rate no less than his hourly wage last year. Carried. Insurance- Lingford will update the vehicle list. Motion Stoflet/Anderson to have Lingford update the information. Carried. Cemetery trees- Arbor Vantage quoted a price to remove several trees in the cemetery and grind stumps. This would be done before Memorial Day. The quote is $6,440. Motion Marten/Schmutzer to authorize Arbor Vantage to remove the tress and grind stumps. Carried. Expenses- Motion Stoflet/Marten to approve the expenses as listed. Carried. Financial report- Motion Marten/Curtin to approve the financial report as listed. Carried. Hiring operator positions- references checks were performed on the two finalists. Motion Weiler/Stoflet to offer the positions at $47,840 per year plus $3,600 year HSA payment, one week vacation and no retirement. Carried. Adjourn- Motion Marten/Curtin to adjourn at 8:45 p.m. Carried. Lynn Lingford, clerk