Historic Preservation Commission — Minutes

1 Historic Preservation Commission Meeting – May 27, 2026 Clerk’s Initials_________ CITY OF SHULLSBURG HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION MEETING A Historic Preservation Commission meeting was held at 5:00 p.m. May 27, 2026 in the Community Room of the Shullsburg Community Townsend Center, 190 N. Judgement Street, Shullsburg, Wisconsin. Chairperson Griffin Wiegel called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. Notice of the meeting was posted in the following locations: Shullsburg Post Office, Shullsburg Community Townsend Center, and Turpin’s Hometown Grocery. Roll Call –Jay Berendes, Gary Starck - Present. Cory Ritterbusch and Ellie Landau were not present. Others present: Janelle Schumacher and Emmett Reilly. Motion by Berendes second by Wiegel to approve the minutes of the May 7th, 2026 meeting. All aye, motion carried. The Commission reviewed and discussed a Certificate of Appropriateness Application for exterior painting at 201-203 W. Water Street, as well as a rendering provided by the property owner showing the trim on the building that is intended to be painted. Berendes commented that no painting should be done on the brick, but the colors of the rendering look appropriate. Motion by Berendes second by Starck to approve painting the trim at 201-203 W. Water Street as shown and described, without painting any brick. All aye, motion carried. The Commission discussed the work being done at 303 W. Water Street and reviewed a rendering of proposed outside work, but noted that no application had been submitted for approval. The Commission reviewed minutes from February 4, 2026 noting the property owner attended a meeting and was told to submit an application for approval on any exterior work being done to the building. The group discussed moving forward to request an application from the property owner for approval at a future meeting and they will reconvene when an application is available for review. Motion by Wiegel Second by Berendes to reconvene when an application has been submitted for work at 303 W. Water Street. All aye, motion carried. At 5:22 p.m. a motion was made by Berendes second by Starck to adjourn. All aye, motion carried. Janelle Schumacher City Clerk/Treasurer