Ordinance Committee — Minutes

ORDINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES Village of Whiting Municipal Center 3600 Water St. Stevens Point, WI 54481 Tuesday, January 6, 2026– 5:30 p.m. Meeting convened at 5:44 p.m., following completion of the Utilities Committee meeting. 1. Roll Call. All committee members, Karen Curtis, Ben Lasecki, and John Koutre, were present. The committee’s volunteer word processor, Dean Curtis, was in attendance in the audience. 2. Approval of December 1, 2025 Ordinance Committee meeting minutes. Karen C. noted an error in the ordinance section number mentioned in item #6 of the draft minutes. Ben L. will correct and work with the Village Clerk to publish the finalized minutes, as amended. Motion to approve corrected minutes made by Curtis, seconded by Lasecki. Approved by unanimous vote. • Public Comment may be permitted on the following agenda items: 3. Report on progress made in updating the ordinance section of the village website. Ordinance word processing specialist, Dean C. reported he has met with incoming Village Clerk, Pam Filtz twice in the past few weeks. She indicated she is comfortable with the technical aspects of updating the village website. Dean and Pam will begin updating the website’s ordinance section in February. 4. Discussion and possible action to amend Section 15.01 of Whiting Ordinance Chapter 15, “Water and Sewer Regulations and Rates”, indicating the availability of the current PSC water rate information elsewhere. John K. reported the Utilities Committee approved the draft of the amended ordinance Sec. 15.01 at their January 6 meeting. John will work with Dean to complete the word processing of Chapter 15 for approval at the February Ordinance Committee meeting. 5. Assignments for future review of committee members’ suggestions for revising Whiting Ordinance Chapter 7, Ethics. Ben L. distributed his suggested changes to Chapter 7. Karen and John will have their revisions ready for discussion at the February Ordinance Committee meeting. Karen will also communicate changes previously suggested by Dean C. and Village Clerk, Annette Stashek, at that meeting. 6. Discussion and possible action regarding the proper method for informing the Village Building Inspector of all new or recently amended and enacted ordinances applicable to his work. Discussion of this topic and the current Ordinance Sec. 3.15 quickly turned to the periodic need to distribute new and amended ordinance information to other public officials and government agencies. Motion by Curtis to ask the Village Board for guidance in setting responsibility for this distribution/communication task. Seconded by Lasecki. Approved by unanimous vote. 7. Adjournment. Motion to adjourn made by Lasecki, seconded by Curtis. Approved by unanimous vote. Meeting adjourned at 6:59 p.m. Dated: January 7, 2026