Meeting Minutes

Regular meeting of the Village Board- January 4, 2021 The Pledge of Allegiance was said. Meeting called to order at 7:00 p.m. by David Haupt. Present: Lingford, Marten, Schmutzer, Stoflet, Marth, Curtin, and Haupt. Absent: Atty. Dietrich, Anderson and Yeske. Motion Marten/Stoflet to approve the minutes from 12-7-20 as listed. Carried. Officer report- Edgar Gonzalez was present. He has been working on getting junk vehicles removed. He ran a background check. Edgar has been working on the ordinance for the constable. He has also been dealing with traffic violations. Constable ordinance- will be on the next agenda. TIF #1 extension- this has been approved and is pending Department of Administration review. This will be on the next agenda. Names by lot for ballot placement- Dale Marth, treasurer; Rick Schmutzer, Kevin Yeske, trustee; president; clerk. 5-year capital improvement projects- MSA will perform the update at a cost not to exceed $4, 000. Motion Marten/Curtin to authorize MSA to complete this on a time and material basis not to exceed $4,000. Carried. Dog and cat license fees- there will be no fee for cats. Spayed/neutered dogs will be $5.00 per animal and $10.00 per non-spayed/non-neutered dog. Motion Marten/Schmutzer to increase these rates. Carried. Operator license- Motion Stoflet/Marten to approve the operator license for Melissa Purser. Carried. Expenses- Motion Stoflet/Marten to approve the expenses as listed. Carried. Financial report- none. Mike Voss from MSA presented a letter from Atty. Wolfgram, Gamoke & Hutchinson regarding Steen Construction and Connor Street final payment. The village is withholding $16,940 from the project for non-completion. Lingford will send Mike Voss a copy of the November 2, 2020 minutes. Mike Voss will write a response to Atty. Gamoke. The Department of Transportation sent a letter stating there is a moderate deficiency at the salt storage shed. John Spatz will call Joel Ortman at DOT. The cracks in the blacktop could not be fixed during the winter. Motion Marten/Schmutzer to adjourn at 7:55 p.m. Carried. Lynn Lingford, clerk