Kettle Moraine Fire Board — Minutes

SPECIAL KETTLE MORAINE FIRE BOARD MEETING MINUTES Approved October 7, 2025 Call to Order: President C. Mommaerts called the meeting to order at 6:30pm on October 7, 2025, at North Prairie Municipal Building, 130 N. Harrison St, North Prairie. Roll Call: C. Mommaerts, J. Davis, G. Planning, R. Spurrell, C. Wood, D. Miresse were all present. B. James was excused. Pledge of Allegiance: C. Mommaerts led the Pledge of Allegiance. Citizen comments/concerns: no action will be taken on any items brought forward: Hannah Lang S106W36133 Matthew Ln, Eagle commented on the referendum that was discussed at the last Fire Board meeting. She stated to get public support you need a clear problem that the referendum will fix as well as an amount of money that is required to fix that problem. Hannah does feel this is the right time for a referendum since there is not enough clarity on these items to gain taxpayers’ support to move forward. Donna Samuels 505 Karin Dr., North Prairie agreed with Hannah Lang’s comment on the referendum. As a board member of the Village of North Prairie she has concerns that this is being rushed, the ability to do a referendum and to make sure the information is clearly known to all the municipalities. Donna also wanted to mention that before the meeting she asked Chief Nottling for a copy of the budget that is being discussed, and he was not willing to pass that out at the time. She was wondering if there is a reason why it can’t be shared with residents that are present at the meeting to follow along while the board is discussing the budget. Diane Knaur W345S6950 State Rd 59 commented that she has done research on records as it pertains to open record request, and it is any document that is prepared for a board and if the Chief is preparing something to present to the board it is subject to open records, and anyone should be able to get a copy. Discussion/action as necessary regarding the 2026 Kettle Moraine Fire District budget: Chief Nottling presented the board with a 2026 Draft Budget Executive Summary and Draft #3 of the 2026 Budget. He read the Executive Summary and discussed the budget with the board. With a few recommended adjustments the budget increase went from 1.80% as presented to a 5.53% increase. Motion by R. Spurrell that the Fire Board presents to all the municipalities a draft budget with consideration for approval with a 5.53% increase. Chief Nottling asked if we could schedule the joint intermunicipal budget meeting for the same night as the fire board meeting in October and if that can be included in the motion. R. Spurrell replied that he will not put a date in the motion due to not knowing if the other boards can commit to that day. Motion was seconded by J. Davis. No further discussion. All in favor. Motion carried. Motion to adjourn: Motion by C. Wood to adjourn. Motion seconded by G. Planning. All in favor. Motion carried. C. Mommaerts adjourned the meeting at 7:41pm.