March 9

1 Village of Rosholt Minutes Regular Board Meeting Monday March 9, 2026 7:00 p.m. @ Village Hall (101 S Main St) Immediately to follow the Ordinance Board Meeting APPROVED April 13, 2026 *Call to Order: By President, R. Kurszewski at 6:25 p.m. Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call: R. Kurszewski, E. Hartvig, T. Firkus, R. Mueller – Absent J. Malek Public Present: N. Anderson, W. Leppen, T. Bassett, P. Cherek, C. Martin, M. Omernik, D. Omernik, P. Landowski, S. Johnson, Granny’s Country Café, R. Wanta, G. Bryan NO PUBLIC REQUESTS FOR CONSIDERATION Minutes: February 9, 2026 – Streets Committee Meeting Minutes Motion: E. Hartvig/ R. Mueller to Approve the minutes as read. All in favor, none opposed, motion carried. Minutes: February 9, 2026 – Village Board Meeting Minutes Motion: R. Mueller/ E. Hartvig to Approve the minutes as read. All in favor, none opposed, motion carried. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: • Fair Park Update: M. Omernik was present to talk about how their Fund-Raising kick off event went on March 7th at the Rosholt American Legion. Stated they had a good turnout and so far, have raised about $200K towards the new building. Demolition has already begun of the old building. The breaking of ground will start very soon; this new building is anticipated to be almost finished by Labor Day - Rosholt Fair Weekend. NO Action was taken on this agenda item, only discussion was had. • Tree’s up at Fair Park: (8- 40) trees have been requested for removal. The Village Board has discussed and approved the removal of tree’s that will be around the new building. Removal is to ensure that NO tree/tree’s would fall on the new building. Tree cutting cost and removal to be expensed by the Rosholt Fair Association. NO Action was taken on this agenda item, only discussion was had. NEW BUSINESS: • Discuss Parking lot between Lisa’s Curl up & Granny’s Country Café: Granny’s Country Café submitted a written complaint stating the back room of their building is getting flooded due to the parking lot between them and Lisa’s Curl Up. Streets Committee members did go on individual personal time to look at the parking lot. Board members talked about different solutions that could possibly help with the melting and runoff of water. Motion: E. Hartvig/ R. Mueller to have Maintenance get a bid from J. Zdroik to see how to fix the parking lot drainage issue and look at the pitch of the parking lot. Roll Call Vote, all in favor, none opposed, motion carried. • Discuss Streets of Concern: Board members discussed various streets of concern that need some attention. Maintenance did receive a quote from Fahrner Asphalt for (25) street hot patches. Maintenance and Fahrner to decide which spots of concern will benefit the most from hot patching. Motion: E. Hartvig/ T. Firkus to Approve of bid submitted by Fahrner Asphalt for the 25 hot patches in the amount of $ 3,875.00. Motion: R. Mueller/ E. Hartvig to Approve of Village Maintenance also to get 2 bids for the following streets, Church, Fredrickson, Maple, River and the Parking lot between Granny’s Country Café & Lisa’s Curl up. • Discuss Sewer Cd’s at Valley Community Credit Union: Village President and Clerk went to Valley Community on March 5th to talk with a representative about our current existing CD’s. A recommendation was given by the Village Accountant to close the current CD’s and pay the penalty since interest rates are so much higher now than at the time of the opening of our current ones. Clerk received some new interest rates from Community First Bank, CoVantage Credit Union, Summitt Credit Union and updated CD rates at Valley Community Credit Union. Motion: T. Firkus/ E. Hartvig to Approve of the closure of (3) CDs at Valley Community Credit Union and take the early closing penalty. Also remove T. Hartvig & K. Hubatch from the documents and give the authority to Robert Kurszewski (Village President) to close out all CDs at Valley Community Credit Union. Village Board would like 3 individual checks issued upon the closure of the CDs. We will stagger the creation of the CDs so they do not renew at the same time. Rosholt Sewer Commission will open two new CDs at 7 months and one at 17-month at Community First Bank, they are offering (7month 3.65%) & (17 month 3.45%). Roll Call Vote, all in favor, none opposed, motion carried. • 2025 Year End Resolution to Appropriate Sewer Funds to a CD: Village Accountant recommended that the Rosholt Sewer Commission could open a $50k Cd since cd interest rates are higher than we currently have at another financial institution. Motion: R. Kurszewski / T. Firkus to Approve of opening a $50k CD for 17 months at Community First Bank at an interest rate of 3.45%. • Approve Operator’s (Bartender) Licenses: E. Hartvig read applicant name aloud, no applicable records on the applicant were found. Motion: T. Firkus /E. Hartvig to Approve of D. White Roll Call Vote, all in favor, none opposed, motion carried. MAINTENANCE REPORT: Village Maintenance talked about removing the snow fence up at the Fair Park and setting up the Baseball fence. Maintenance has been working on filling potholes on several village streets. Maintenance discussed the non-compliance meeting with the DNR that he and the village president had about BOD testing frequency. CLERK TREASURER REPORT: Clerk had received a proposal from Rhyme for a new office printer. Clerk presented the proposal to the board for a new updated office scanner/printer. Our current printer was purchased in 2016. Board reviewed the proposal submitted by clerk from Rhyme. Motion: T. Firkus/ R. Mueller to Approve of the purchase of new office scanner/ printer for the Clerk. Funds will come out of the village clerk budget. The equipment one time cost is $1,619.37 and $434.76 annually for maintenance. This annual rate beats our current cost with EO Johnson. ROUTINE BUSINESS: 1. Payment of Bills: Motion: E. Hartvig/ R. Mueller to Approve the payment of bills as read. All in favor, none opposed, motion carried. Adjournment at 8:06 p.m. Motion: T. Firkus/ E. Hartvig to adjourn. All in favor, none opposed, motion carried _______________________________________ Trisha Wrycza, Village Clerk-Treasurer Affidavit of Posting on Village website and at Village Hall. Posted: 4/15/2026 _______________________________________ Trisha Wrycza, Village Clerk-Treasurer 3 Village Bills This Month Alliant Energy $788.40 Amherst Telephone $113.21 CWEC $1,733.34 Firkus Lumber $139.00 (Paint, oil, painters’ tape, windshield wash) Fuelman $536.32 Harter’s Disposal $3,669.50 John Mieska……………………………. $ 350.00 (X-mas Lights up and take down) Lazer Utility………………………………$ 25.00 (February Locates) Portage County Treasurer………. $ 1,472.88 (2026 Animal Control) Service Motors…………………………. $ 19.12 (Plow Truck Bolts) Sherwin Williams……………………. $ 176.66 (Paint, brushes, rollers) Visa $720.59 (Postage, WMCA Renewal, cold patch) WI Public Service $358.47 Sewer Bills This Month Alliant Energy $1,474.11 Amherst Telephone $340.32 Cellcom $37.30 Commercial Test Lab $352.30 (February Testing Fee’s) Firkus Lumber…………………………. $99.56 (grease, shovel) Village of Rosholt………$ 1,521.54 (Annual Property Insurance Reimbursement) PD 2/23/26 WI Rural Water Association…. $ 340.00 (Annual System Membership Renewal) Visa $485.63 (Postage, Sludge Judge)