Village Board

VILLAGE OF HORTONVILLE VILLAGE BOARD DECEMBER, 2025 MEETING MINUTES APPROVED JANUARY 15, 2026 President Jeanne Bellile called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. in the Community Center at 531 N. Nash St., Hortonville, Wisconsin. Trustees present: Bob Jewell, Shauna Keel, Carrie Lathrop, Jim Moeller, and Julie Arendt Vanden Heuvel. Trustees excused: Jane Olk Officials/Staff present: Administrator Nathan Treadwell, Clerk-Treasurer Jane Booth, Director of Public Works Aaron Steber, Chief of Police Brian Bahr, and Attorney Ashley Lehocky. Officials excused: Library Director Alexandrea Krause Consent Agenda Motion [Moeller/Arendt Vanden Heuvel] to approve as outlined. Roll call vote, 6 ayes, 0 nays, motion carried. A. December 4, 2025 Regular Board meeting minutes B. Presentation of accounts and other claims against the Village Agenda Changes None Preregistered Citizens to be heard None Committee Reports A. Library Board – Things are going well, nothing to report Unfinished Business from previous meetings None New Business Presentation by Ehlers on Bonding for the 2026-2028 Main Street Reconstruction projects. Ariana Schmidt (Ehlers) presented on bonding for the 2026-2028 Main Street Reconstruction. Existing debt profile and incorporating new debt and how that impacts our GO debt. Prepare for 2026 GO Notes 2.26 million projects that need to be funded. Discussion and possible action on Resolution R-25-25 adopting the 2026 Water & Sewer Utility Budgets Motion [Moeller/Jewell] to approve Resolution R-25-25 adopting the 2026 Water & Sewer Budgets. Roll call vote, 6 ayes, 0 nays, motion carried. Discussion and possible action on North Mill Street Reconstruction Project Pay Application #4 (final payment). Motion [Moeller/Arendt Vanden Heuvel] to approve the final payment for North Mill Street reconstruction in the amount not to exceed $14,673.93. Roll call vote, 6 ayes, 0 nays, motion carried. Discussion and possible action on Fountain Court and John Street Project Pay Application #3 (final payment). Motion [Moeller/Arendt Vanden Heuvel] to approve final payment for Fountain Court and John Street not to exceed $11,298.30. Roll call vote, 6 ayes, 0 nays, motion carried. Discussion and possible action on Resolution R-26-25 Wage Resolution Motion [Moeller/Jewell] to accept resolution R-26-25 Wage Resolution. Roll call vote, 6 ayes, 0 nays, motion carried. Discussion and possible action on Resolution R-22-25 Natures Haven Preliminary Plat 242 lots in total – 9,000 square feet lots and up. These are affordable lots. Discussion ensued on doing a traffic study. Motion [Arendt Vanden Heuvel/Moeller] to approve resolution R-22-25 Natures Haven Preliminary Plat with the addition of an access road from HWY M. Roll call vote, 6 ayes, 0 nays, motion carried. Discussion and possible action on possible cancelation of the January 1, 2026, Village Board Meeting Motion [Arendt Vanden Heuvel/Jewell] to cancel the January 1, 2026, Village Board meeting. Roll call vote, 6 ayes, 0 nays, motion carried. Discussion on Ambulance & Fire Changes Administrator Treadwell said that we talked about this at the last meeting. We created the letters and mailed them out to residents to invoice the residents separately for the ambulance charge. One of the options we can do is to talk with the Fire Department and see if they would take over the contract with Gold Cross Ambulance. The Village Board was ok with it. Report of Village Officials Clerk-Treasurer: The report is in the packet. Director of Public Works: The report is in the packet. I wanted to point out that we will receive an urban forestry grant in 2026. Chief of Police: The report is in the packet. Today I did reach out to our recommended candidate, and we are looking at a January start date. Library Director: Nothing Attorney: Nothing Administrator: I did not have a report for the packet. Working on TID documents and developer agreements. The Village staff had our Holiday party yesterday and the staff enjoyed that. Any other miscellaneous topics for future discussion None Communications and Miscellaneous Business Black Otter Lake District news: Nothing new Building permit report: None Hortonville-Hortonia Fire District news: Nothing new Gold Cross Ambulance run reports and news: The November run report was submitted. Hortonville Civic Association: None Senior Activities Committee: None Comments and suggestions from citizens present None Adjournment Motion [Moeller/Keel] to adjourn. Unanimous voice vote, motion carried. The Board adjourned at 7:20 p.m. Minutes submitted by, Jane Booth, WCMC Village Clerk/Treasurer