February 9

1 move Village of Rosholt Minutes Regular Board Meeting Monday February 9, 2026 7:00 p.m. @ Village Hall (101 S Main St) Immediately to follow Streets Committee Meeting APPROVED March 9, 2026 Call to Order: by President, R. Kurszewski at 6:35 pm Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call: R. Kurszewski, T. Firkus, J. Malek, R. Mueller, Absent E. Hartvig Public Present: N. Anderson, A. Simonis, D. Reit, J. Omernik, W. Leppen, C. Martin, M. Omernik, D. Omernik, D. Kaczor, M. Wierzba, T. Richter Minutes: January 9, 2026 – Caucus Meeting Minutes Motion: T. Firkus/ R. Mueller to Approve the minutes as read. All in favor, none opposed, motion carried. Minutes: January 9, 2026 – Board Meeting Minutes Motion: T. Firkus / R. Kurszewski to Approve the minutes as read. All in favor, none opposed, motion carried Minutes: January 26, 2026 – Special Meeting Minutes Motion: R. Kurszewski/ R. Mueller to Approve the minutes as read. All in favor, none opposed, motion carried *T. Firkus Abstained from voting on the approval of the January 26, 2026 Special Meeting Minutes PUBLIC REQUESTS FOR CONSIDERATION: W. Leppen introduced himself to the board and the audience. He talked about running for County Board Supervisor District 25. Leppen answered questions about Nelsonville water and nitrates in the area. He also talked about the Portage County Nursing Home. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: • Fair Park New Building Update: T. Firkus stated C. Martin asked him to come look at 8 trees that need to be removed to make room for the new building. All 8 trees are marked that need to be removed. M. Omernik gave all board members a folder full of information pertaining to The Community Event Center & Venue. M. Omernik shared details on the building once again pertaining to cost of building, size of building, how they will be fund raising. An upcoming meeting will be taking place on March 7th 2026, 10am at American Legion Hall in Rosholt, anyone is welcome to attend. Motion: R. Mueller/ T. Firkus to Approve of the removal of the 8 trees that are marked for removal. Roll Call Vote, all in favor, none opposed, motion carried. • Annual Review of Lease Agreements: 1. Rosholt Fair Association: Board reviewed and discussed the lease agreement. Motion: T. Firkus / J. Malek to Approve of the renewal of the (3 year) 2026-2029 lease agreement between the Rosholt Fair Association and the Village of Rosholt with annual reviews every November. Board asked C. Martin to submit all documents stated in Section 8 of the lease agreement. Roll Call Vote, all in favor, none opposed, motion carried. 2. Rosholt Youth Activities: Board reviewed and discussed the lease agreement. Motion: T. Firkus/ R. Mueller to Approve of the renewal of the (3 year) 2026-2029 lease agreement between the Rosholt Youth Activities and the Village of Rosholt with Annual reviews every November. 2 Board asked T. Richter to submit all documents stated in Section 8 of the lease agreement. Roll Call Vote, all in favor, none opposed, motion carried. • Building Premise & Maintenance Ordinance: Only a review of the Proposed Building Premise and Maintenance Ordinance. Motion: T. Firkus / R. Mueller to Postpone this agenda item for further discussion and review. Meeting will be March 9th starting at 6pm with the regular village board immediately to follow. Roll Call Vote, all in favor, none opposed, motion carried. NEW BUSINESS: • Superintendent Dennis Kaczor: Dennis presented to the board and the audience the reason the referendum has to go through for Rosholt School District. Handed out documentation on the next steps in case the referendum does not pass. NO Action was taken on this agenda item only discussion was had. • Talk about Valley Community Credit Union Sewer CD’s: Clerk & Village President to go to Valley Community Credit Union to discuss the current cd’s there and see what interest rates are right now there. Motion: R. Kurszewski / T. Firkus to Postpone till the March Meeting where clerk will present what Valley Community Credit Union cd interest rates are. Clerk to call around to other banks and credit unions to cd get interest rates. MAINTENANCE REPORT: Maintenance stated the issuance of Non-Compliance served by the DNR due to BOD testing. Village President & Maintenance to have a video conference with N. Lindstrom from the DNR. Maintenance gave a brief update on the flowmeter installation project. CLERK TREASURER REPORT: • Review Village & Sewer Year End Budget Report 2025: Board members reviewed the Profit vs Loss Budget vs Actual Report to show our actual money left over from the 2025 Sewer and Village Budgets. Motion: T. Firkus/ R. Kurszewski to apply $7,418.36 from the 2025 Village Budget to the Loan at International Bank of Amherst for the Local Road Project as a Principal Only Payment towards the current balance. Postpone Sewers 2025-year end budget numbers of creating a CD till the March meeting so Clerk and Village President can get interest rates from various bank institutions. • Resolution to Amend 2025 Budgets: Motion: T. Firkus/ J. Malek to Approve of the Village 2025 year-end report with funds in the amount of $7,418.36 to make a Principal Payment only to International Bank of Amherst towards the Road Project Loan. 2025 Year End Sewer Resolution will be discussed at the March Meeting. COMMITTEE REPORTS: • Streets Committee Meeting: NO Action or discussion was had on this agenda item. ROUTINE BUSINESS: 1. Payment of Bills: Motion: R. Mueller/ J. Malek to Approve the payment of bills as read. All in favor, none opposed, motion carried. Adjournment at 8:43 p.m. Motion: R. Kurszewski/ J. Malek 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: 3/10/2026 ______________________________________ Trisha Wrycza, Village Clerk-Treasurer 3