Village Board

VILLAGE OF HORTONVILLE VILLAGE BOARD APRIL 2, 2026 MEETING MINUTES APPROVED APRIL 16, 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, Jane Olk, and Julie Arendt Vanden Heuvel. Trustees absent: Officials/Staff present: Administrator Nathan Treadwell, Clerk-Treasurer Jane Booth, Director of Public Works Aaron Steber, Chief of Police Brian Bahr, and Attorney Tyler Pluff. Officials excused: Library Director Alexandrea Krause Consent Agenda Motion [Moeller/Olk] to approve as outlined. Roll call vote, 7 ayes, 0 nays, motion carried. A. March 19, 2026 Regular Board meeting minutes B. Presentation of accounts and other claims against the Village Agenda Changes Move items under Unfinished Business to after New Business Item I. Move 8 below 9 Preregistered Citizens to be heard None Committee Reports A. Library Board – Library Director’s report was in the packet B. COW – nothing to report New Business Discussion and possible action on Resolution R-06-26 Providing for the Sale of Approximately $1,670,000 General Obligation Promissory Notes Administrator Treadwell said that this is a resolution for taking out our first bond for the Main Street reconstruction. The project will be paid from TID 4, 5, and 6. They are general obligation notes, the last time the Village did this for a large amount was bonds. The payback timeline is fifteen years. The goal of the Village is to keep the levy limit similar, and not the roller coaster with taxes. Quarles & Brady are the ones administering the loans. Ariana Schmidt needs to know about using a paid agent for the note. When we do go out to bid, the amount might change a little. The Village board decided on using a paid agent to make the payments. Motion [Moeller/Arendt Vanden Heuvel] to approve R-6-26. Roll call vote, 7 ayes, 0 nays, motion carried. Discussion and possible action on National Night out Scholarship Fund Chief of Police Bahr said that this came out of a department meeting. We do a number of events each year, primarily the Police Lights of Christmas, and we get a few thousand dollars of gift cards, and we found that we weren’t using all that money annually; and I have talked with the school about a scholarship. We are proposing a $1,000 scholarship for a high school senior and also sponsoring 2 rec students. This is a way to give back at different times of the year. I will check the viability every year to see if we can continue year to year. We would like to support a local student, maybe going into criminal justice and/or a law enforcement related. Motion [Arendt Vanden Heuvel/Moeller] to approve a National Night Out Scholarship Fund for the Hortonville Police Department. Roll call vote, 7 ayes, 0 nays, motion carried. Discussion and possible action on Sanitary Sewer Televising Quotes DPW Director Steber said that there are 3 quotes here for our annual sewer cleanout. The low bid was Speedy Clean. Motion [Moeller/Keel] to approve the quote for Speedy Clean Drain & Sewer in an amount not to exceed $9,241.98. Roll call vote, 7 ayes, 0 nays, motion carried. Discussion and possible action on Hortonville Street Maintenance-Crack Filling Quotes Motion [Arendt Vanden Heuvel/Moeller] to accept the crack filling quote from Precision Seal Coating not to exceed the amount of $14,300.00 for Street Maintenance for Wildwood, Wildwind, Warner Street and N Olk Street as listed in the advertisement for bids, contingent on the submission of a Certificate of Insurance. Roll call vote, 7 ayes, 0 nays, motion carried. Discussion and possible action on WWTP Sewer Lining Proposals DPW Director Steber said that we did receive 3 proposals. We have had to have it pumped 3 times this year already because there is a curve in the sewer line. Motion [Moeller/ Olk] to approve the quote from Turek’s Plumbing for sewer lining not to exceed $6,562.00. Roll call vote, 7 ayes, 0 nays, motion carried. Discussion on Assembly Bill 217 Public Construction Bidding Thresholds Administrator Treadwell said that the law has changed the initial bidding for construction projects from $25,000 to $50,000. Our ordinance will automatically switch with the new state laws. Discussion on burning of trees and shrubs at the WWTP DPW Director Steber said we bought an old dumpster in which we can burn sticks. We changed our burning schedule to days when there is little to no wind. We have to make sure branches are dried out before we put them in the dumpster. President Bellile said that in the past we would notify residents that were close that we would be burning. Discussion on East and West Segments for Main Street Administrator Treadwell said that DPW Director and I met with the County and went over the east and west segments. The thought was to put a crosswalk on the east side of Olk Street next to the health clinic. With Main and Nash if there wasn’t a crossing guard there, they could at least walk down and cross on the east side of Olk Street. The other thing was the tree placements, and on the west side we put in new trees after the tornado, and we will be pulling them and replacing them in the current location. The other thing was the speed adjustment sign, and the County wanted us to put it farther down to end the 45 mph by Kelly Way and then to end by Sentry Foods. Discussion on the sidewalk to be installed all the way to Givens Road. Administrator Treadwell said that the multimodal trail will be on the South side and a sidewalk will be on the North side. Administrator Treadwell said he took a ride with Chief of Police Bahr, and it seemed good to slow it down to 25 mph, going out of town by Spruce Street. The engineering firm needs to know if we want the speed limit to 25 mph before the train tracks. Engineer Ron Wolf said that the work to do with the Office if the Commission of the railroads is long and the design of the arms and how that all works you have to start now, because it is about a two-year process and it is advantageous if the speed limit is slower, it makes it easier. Discussion and possible action on allowing for an Administrator Internship for 2026 Administrator Treadwell said that he was approached by a college student from La Crosse who lives in Greenville, who is doing Public Administration, and he asked if there would be an internship with the Village of Hortonville. WCMA does have a grant that would cover up to half of the $5,000 for an internship for a graduate/undergraduate student. Half of the payment out of the $2,500 would be TID driven and if we can get the grant that would be the other half. The student said he would do it either way if we got the grant or not. Trustee Lathrop said that she thinks it is a good idea. Trustee Arendt Vanden Heuvel said she loves the idea. Motion [Arendt Vanden Heuvel/Moeller] to approve an internship for administrator with a college student in the amount of $2,500. Roll call vote, 7 ayes, 0 nays, motion carried. Unfinished Business from previous meetings Discussion and possible action on IT Server Administrator Treadwell said that he got the answers from the questions asked at the last meeting. Motion [Moeller/Olk] to approve the VC3 contract for the proposed server from VC3 in the amount of $15,149.94 Roll call vote, 7 ayes, 0 nays, motion carried. Discussion and possible action on No Parking Ordinance Chief of Police Bahr said that he made the changes that we requested, we did remove the wording regarding the 14 days. Motion [Moeller/Olk] to approve the No Parking Ordinance O-2-26. Roll call vote, 7 ayes, 0 nays, motion carried. Discussion and possible action on Temporary No Parking for Olk St. Chief of Police Bahr said that he looked this over and talked with the school district. They do not use Olk Street for a drop off and pick up over the summer. Trustee Arendt Vanden Heuvel asked about how hard it would be to change this if needed. Chief of Police said that if we have this as an ordinance, we can make changes if needed. Motion [Moeller/Jewell] to approve the parking restrictions on Olk Street to only allow parking in front of the high school. Roll call vote, 7 ayes, 0 nays, motion carried. Report of Village Officials Clerk-Treasurer: The report is in the packet. Director of Public Works: The report is in the packet. I am still looking at reimbursement from the County regarding the snowstorm. Chief of Police: The report is in the packet. Officer Johnson is due to be on his own on April 8, 2026. Act 443 impacts municipal courts they have increased the bond amount in the amount of $10.00. Very nice letter about Officer sweeney and taking a small thing and turning it into a big thing. Library Director: The report is in the packet. Attorney: I am here since Ashley had her baby boy. Nothing else to report. Administrator: The report is in the packet. The next few weeks I will be going through the zoning code and getting that updated. Any other miscellaneous topics for future discussion None Communications and Miscellaneous Business Black Otter Lake District news: Nothing new, next Thursday at 5:30 pm next meeting. Building permit report: None Hortonville-Hortonia Fire District news: Wednesday, April 8 we have a meeting. Gold Cross Ambulance run reports and news: None Hortonville Civic Association: Nothing Senior Activities Committee: Meeting next Thursday at noon. Comments and suggestions from citizens present None Adjournment Motion [Moeller/Olk] to adjourn. Unanimous voice vote, motion carried. The Board adjourned at 7:41 p.m. Minutes submitted by, Jane Booth, WCMC Village Clerk/Treasurer