Meeting Minutes

Regular meeting of the Village Board- June 28, 2021 The Pledge of Allegiance was said. Meeting called to order at 7:00 p.m. by David Haupt. Present: Lingford, Marten, Yeske, Stoflet, Anderson, Schmutzer, Curtin, Marth and Haupt. Absent: Atty. Dietrich. Motion Marten/Stoflet to approve the minutes from 5-3-21 as listed. Carried. Resolution- Motion Stoflet/Curtin to approve the Resolution Authorizing the Issuance and Sale of Up to $119,384 Sewerage System Revenue Bonds, Series 2021, and Providing for Other Details and Covenants with Respect Thereto. Carried 6-0. Financial Assistance Agreement- Motion Stoflet/Curtin to approve the financial assistance agreement. This is a 20-year loan at 1.45%. The amount borrowed is $341,098.00. $221,715.00 is a grant. Carried 6-0. Police officer- Edgar Gonzalez was present. He issued dog citations, parking warning and ran background checks. Connor Street- we will talk to Steen again about the restoration. There are many rocks and weeds. This will be on the next agenda. Codification of ordinances- will be on the next agenda. CIP plan- will be on the next agenda. Summer help- Fletcher Raab and Victoria Hasenohrl will be the summer help employees. Auburndale Park ball fields- an out of area ball team wants to use the park. We don’t have guidelines for outside teams. We will contact neighboring communities to see if they have a contract for teams to sign with ballfield rules and guidelines for severe weather. Licenses- Motion Stoflet/Anderson to approve the operator, tobacco and alcohol licenses as listed. Carried. Solar lights- no action needed. Sewer compliance maintenance report- Motion Yeske/Curtin to authorize John Spatz to submit this report. The grade is A. The board reviewed the report. Carried. Flushable wipes- a notice was included with the sewer bill. No wipes down the pipes. Park walking trail connection to school forest- an estimated cost for blacktop is $14,000. This is approximately 310 feet long and 10 feet wide. This estimate is from Wood County. Motion Yeske/Anderson to proceed with the project for gravel and blacktop and secure funding with 50/50 road aid. Carried. 50/50 road aid- Motion Yeske/Marten to participate in the 50/50 road aid with Wood County. The park walking trail connection will be placed on the project list. Carried. Closed session- Motion Stoflet/Marten to enter into closed session under Section 19.85 1c for employee compensation. Roll call- all ayes. Carried. Motion Anderson/Stoflet to enter back into open session. Roll call- all ayes. Carried. Wages- Motion Yeske/Curtin to approve a 4% increase for John Spatz ($43,140.20 to $44,865.00) and Edgar Gonzalez ($16.07 to $16.71). Carried. Expenses- Motion Marten/Curtin to approve the expenses as listed and read. Carried. Financial report- Motion Anderson/Marten to approve the financial report as listed. Carried. Motion Marten/Stoflet to adjourn at 10:05 p.m. Carried. Lynn Lingford, clerk