Street Utility Committee — Minutes

1 Street Committee Meeting - March 11, 2026 Clerk’s initials_______ CITY OF SHULLSBURG JOINT STREET & UTILITY COMMITTEE MEETING March 11, 2026 A Joint Street & Utility Committee meeting was held March 11, 2026 in the Community Room of the Shullsburg Community Townsend Center, 190 N. Judgement Street, Shullsburg, Wisconsin. Utility Chair Reilly called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. Notice of the meeting was posted in the following locations: Shullsburg Community Townsend Center, Turpin’s Hometown Grocery and the Shullsburg Post Office. Roll Call - Emmett Reilly, Cheryl Mulcahy, Duane Wedige, Dan Morrissey – All Present. Others present: Nick Doyle, Dave Turpin, Jose Trejo, Tom Kleiber, and Janelle Schumacher. Motion by Mulcahy second by Wedige to approve the minutes of the February 11, 2026 Street and Utility Committee meeting. All aye, motion carried. Sewer Utility Water Quality Trading Project – Kleiber explained a project he’s interested in looking into in order to receive credits from the DNR. It will require Delta 3 Engineering assistance to see if the project will qualify for credits so he was seeking committee approval to move forward with that process. Motion by Wedige second by Reilly to contact Delta 3 and have further discussion with them to see if we would qualify for DNR credits if we move forward with the project. All aye, motion carried. Street Department – Turpin updated the committee that he had gotten a new computer. Cold Storage Building – Morrissey gave the committee an update on the building to be built for the Street and Electric Departments. His quote from an Amish man was $25k in materials and the quote from Menards was $31k; the estimated labor is $17,500. He would like the agreement with the Amish person to be typed up and discussed at the next Council meeting. Manhole Cover Repairs - The Committee discussed several manhole covers that need to be repaired. Turpin referred to several that had been done in 2017 and agreed several need to be repaired. The Committee agreed these repairs are a general maintenance item and Turpin should proceed with repairs when possible. Electric Utility Updates – Doyle updated the committee that he had been working on a boring project. Grapple Bucket Purchase – Doyle requested approval for the purchase of a grapple bucket to be mounted on the skid loader for tree work and concrete work. It would be used by the Electric, Street and Park departments and the cost could be shared between the three. He found one for $2500. Motion by Morrissey second by Wedige to approve the purchase of a grapple bucket for $2500. All aye, motion carried. Water Utility – Trejo updated the committee regarding work he had been helping with at the museum, as well as assisting Street and Electric departments with computer purchases. He will be attending a Water Utility conference at the end of the month, as well as the J&R Expo. At 9:37a.m. a motion was made by Morrissey second by Mulcahy to adjourn. All Aye, motion carried. Janelle Schumacher City Clerk/Treasurer