Public Hearing — Minutes

MINUTES PUBLIC HEARING VILLAGE OF SURING Monday, August 12, 2024, at 4:45 PM Suring Municipal Building, 604 E. Main Street, Suring, WI 1. Hearing called to order by President Steffeck at 4:45 PM. 2. Roll Call of Village Board members: Bengtson/Kohlwey/Kramp/School/Schuettpelz/Steffeck Other in attendant: Clerk-Treasurer Kim Gruetzmacher, Deputy Clerk-Treasurer Pat Sleeter, Public Works Director Jeff Tienor, and Police Chief Kevin Schneider. Public in attendance: Chester Kruppa, Andrew Jantz, Harvey Miller, Steve Fifield, Lois Brazeau, Mike Carlson, Dan Shanahan, Art Bahr with MSA Professionals, and Phil Kriesel with MSA Professionals. Nieling was excused. ________________________________________________________________ 3. Application: Maple Valley Community Church, 8992 County Road Z, Suring requests permission to requests conditional use for 725 E Main Street to utilize building for tax exempt church use. Brazeau questioned parking as Carlson already has parking issues with his tenants. Miller questioned if there would be tax revenue implications. Carlson questioned occupancy on service days and individual days of the week. Carlson further questioned if there would only be church services or if there would be other functions at the building. Pastor Jantz replied to questions. Jantz stated that the church would turn the full lot in the bank of the building into a parking lot, and the church has already contacted Lamers Bus Lines and were given the ok to utilize their parking lot and in front of the bus garage on Sunday mornings. Jantz stated that they currently have approximately 60 people in attendance for church services on Sundays. He also explained that the church would be utilizing the building daily as they have bible studies, Sunday school, and multiple services. Jantz stated there would be people utilizing the building daily and the church would hope to offer more outreach programs due to having more room. Carlson further questioned the timeline of when the purchase would purchase the building. Tienor questioned the renovations to the building. Pastor Jantz replied that they are in the early stages and the church wanted to see if the conditional use would be granted before they even thought of purchasing the building. Kruppa informed public that they are outgrowing their current location and there is no place to add onto the building due to cemetery placement and well placement. Pastor Jantz in closing stated that the church would be there for the community to serve, not for the community to serve them. 5. Steffeck closed public hearing at 4:59 PM. Hearing adjourned at 4:59 PM. Minutes taken and prepared by Kim Gruetzmacher, Clerk-Treasurer