Meeting Minutes

Regular meeting of the Village Board- February 7, 2022 The Pledge of Allegiance was said. Meeting called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Lynn Lingford. Present: Lingford, Anderson, Stoflet, Schmutzer, Marten, Yeske, Curtin and Marth. Absent: Atty. Dietrich. Motion Stoflet/Marten to approve the minutes from 1-3-22 as listed. Carried. Bill Voight was present. He is running for District 7 representative. He provided a brief update on his pursuit for office on the County Board. Public safety, courthouse, schools and opioid crisis, farmers, broadband- these are his top priorities. 5-year CIP- Mike Voss from MSA was present. The sidewalk cost was updated. The police car was already purchased. This will be on the next agenda to approve the final version. Deboer lift station plumbing- parts are corroding. We need to convert to stainless steel from mild steel. John Spatz will get a price quote for the next meeting. This will be the last lift station that is not stainless. The quote will be from Staab. Earth pay application #2- Motion Yeske/Schmutzer to approve this pay application $183,243.60. Carried. Police officer report- Edgar Gonzalez was present. He issued parking warnings. There was garbage dumped on Progress Street. He ran some background checks. He was contacted about a lost dog and a fight at the high school. The students involved performed community service. Edgar had copies made of the draft ordinances. Shelter house sinks and faucets- will be on the next agenda. Codification of ordinances- we will have a special meeting to review and update the ordinances. This will be February 16, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. Shelter house review- there were 39 booking in 2021. 8 were out of area bookings. The water heater was replaced. Caretaker wages were $1100.00 each for Deb Stoflet and Diane Anderson. Future needs- ceiling tiles in the kitchen, replace countertops and cupboards. Motion Yeske/Marten to raise the caretaker wages to $1200.00 each. Carried. President position- Kevin Yeske and Tyson Weiler are interested in the position. Tyson said he would be interested in the trustee position if he was not appointed president. Motion Marten/Anderson to appoint Kevin Yeske as president to fill the unexpired term of David Haupt. Yeske abstained. Motion carried. Operator licenses- Motion Stoflet/Curtin to approve the operator licenses for Tasha Zellner and Beth Geisser. Carried. Expenses- Motion Stoflet/Marten to approve the expenses as listed and read. Carried. Financial report- Motion Anderson/Curtin to approve the financial report as listed. Carried. Motion Anderson/Curtin to enter into closed session under Section 19.85 (1)(e) for the purpose of deliberating regarding the investment of public funds. Roll call- all ayes. This meeting was adjourned from closed session at 9:20 p.m. Lynn Lingford, clerk