Revised - Village Board Meeting
Regular MeetingKronenwetter, WI · June 26, 2023
Minutes
REVISED - VILLAGE BOARD MEETING MINUTES
June 26, 2023 at 6:00 PM
Kronenwetter Municipal Center - 1582 Kronenwetter Drive Board Room (Lower Level)
1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER
President Chris Voll called the meeting to order at 6:00 pm.
A. Pledge of Allegiance
Those in attendance cited the pledge of allegiance.
B. Roll Call
PRESENT
Village President Chris Voll
Trustee Ken Charneski
Trustee Tim Shaw
Trustee Sean Dumais
Trustee Alex Vedvik
Trustee Chris Eiden
Trustee Kelly Coyle
STAFF PRESENT
Village Attorney; Lee Turonie, Village Clerk; Bobbi Birk-LaBarge, Village Finance Director; Lisa Kerstner,
Community Development Director; Pete Wegner, Interim Administrator; Kim Manley
2. PUBLIC COMMENT
Please be advised per State Statute Section 19.84(2), information will be received from the public. It is the
policy of this Village that Public Comment will take no longer than 15 minutes with a three-minute time
period, per person, with time extension per the Chief Presiding Officer’s discretion. Be further advised that
there may be limited discussion on the information received, however, no action will be taken under public
comments.
Bernie Kramer - 2150 E. State Highway 153 Peplin - Kramer states a petition has been started against the
formation of an ethics committee
3. REPORTS FROM STAFF AND VENDORS
C. Treasurer-Finance Director Report
Finance Director Lisa Kerstner explains the treasurer's report. Trustee Charneski asks Kerstner if the
interest of $1,000.00 from moving funds to LGIP is correct. Kerstner confirms it is correct. Trustee
Vedvik questions the balance in TID #2. Vedvik suggests we should spend on improvements to the
village.
D. Community Development Planning and Zoning Director Report
Community Develpment Director Pete Wegner explains his report.
E. Staff Projects Report
Clerk Birk-LaBarge states the reports are drafted by Administrative Assistance Jennifer Poyer and asks
for questions. Trustee Vedvik asks about updates on the lift stations that have been taking a while to
complete by Dun Rite Construction. Finance Director Lisa Kerstner explains she called Dun-Rite last
week and questioned when they would be able to complete the work to the lift stations and they gave
her another timeframe of a month to a month and a half.
4. NEW BUSINESS
F. Discussion & Possible Action: Ordinance to Amend Code 180- Village Board, Section 180-3 Regular
Meetings
Interim Administrator Kim Manley explains she updated the ordinance and had our Village Attorney
look it over for corrections. The ordinance changes the documented day of the week for the Village
Board meetings from Tuesday to Monday.
Motion made by Village President Voll, Seconded by Trustee Vedvik to approve ordinance Code 180
Voting Yea: Village President Voll, Trustee Charneski, Trustee Shaw, Trustee Dumais, Trustee Vedvik,
Trustee Eiden, Trustee Coyle
Motion Carries 7:0 by roll call vote.
G. Discussion & Possible Action: Used Asphalt Roller & New Trailer
Motion made by Trustee Charneski, Seconded by Trustee Coyle to purchase the 1.5 Ton Double Drum
Smooth Roller from United Rentals for $14400.00 and the trailer from Bagley Trailer Sales for $7000.00
with trade-in. Motion carried 7:0 by roll call vote.
Voting Yea: Village President Voll, Trustee Charneski, Trustee Shaw, Trustee Dumais, Trustee Vedvik,
Trustee Eiden, Trustee Coyle.
H. Discussion & Possible Approval: Firefighter Job Description
Trustee Charneski moves to forward to PFC for approval. Trustee Vedvik seconds it.
Trustee Charneski moves to amend to approve and forward to PFC for their final approval. Trustee
Vedvik seconds it.
Motion made by Trustee Charneski, Seconded by Trustee Vedvik.
Voting Yea: Village President Voll, Trustee Charneski, Trustee Shaw, Trustee Dumais, Trustee Vedvik,
Trustee Eiden, Trustee Coyle
I. Discussion & Possible Approval: Commercial Crime Insurance Policy
Motion made by Trustee Eiden, Seconded by Trustee Shaw.to table this until a future village board
meeting. Motion carried 7:0 by voice vote.
Voting Yea: Village President Voll, Trustee Charneski, Trustee Shaw, Trustee Dumais, Trustee Vedvik,
Trustee Eiden, Trustee Coyle.
J. Discussion & Possible Approval: Interim Administrator Contract - Kim Manley
Motion made by Trustee Vedvik, Seconded by Trustee Coyle.to approve Kim Manley's contract and not
to exceed the Administrator's budget line. Motion carried 7:0 by roll call vote.
Voting Yea: Village President Voll, Trustee Charneski, Trustee Shaw, Trustee Dumais, Trustee Vedvik,
Trustee Eiden, Trustee Coyle
K. Discussion & Possible Approval: Retract Elimination of Human Resource Policy - HR-001
Motion made by Trustee Dumais, Seconded by Trustee Charnesk to remove HR-001. Motion carried
7:0 by voice vote.
Voting Yea: Village President Voll, Trustee Charneski, Trustee Shaw, Trustee Dumais, Trustee Vedvik,
Trustee Eiden, Trustee Coyle
L. Discussion & Possible Approval: Revision of Human Resource Police - HR -003
Motion made by Trustee Vedvik, Seconded by Trustee Dumais to send the red-lined version of HR-003
to APC for further review. Motion carried 7:0 by voice vote.
Voting Yea: Village President Voll, Trustee Charneski, Trustee Shaw, Trustee Dumais, Trustee Vedvik,
Trustee Eiden, Trustee Coyle
M. Discussion & Possible Approval: Revision of Finance Policy FIN-003
Motion made by Trustee Dumais, Seconded by Trustee Eiden to send FIN-003 back to APC for legal
review to meet statutory requirements. Motion carried 7:0 by voice vote.
Voting Yea: Village President Voll, Trustee Charneski, Trustee Shaw, Trustee Dumais, Trustee Vedvik,
Trustee Eiden, Trustee Coyle
N. Discussion & Possible Approval: Revision of Finance Policy FIN-004
Send back to APC for further review.
Motion made by Trustee Dumais, Seconded by Trustee Coyle to send FIN-004 back to APC for legal
review. Motion carried 7:0 by voice vote.
Voting Yea: Village President Voll, Trustee Charneski, Trustee Shaw, Trustee Dumais, Trustee Vedvik,
Trustee Eiden, Trustee Coyle
O. Discussion & Possible Approval: Revision of Finance Policy FIN-005
Motion made by Trustee Vedvik, Seconded by Village President Voll to send FIN-005 back to APC for
legal review. Motion carried 7:0 by voice vote.
Voting Yea: Village President Voll, Trustee Charneski, Trustee Shaw, Trustee Dumais, Trustee Vedvik,
Trustee Eiden, Trustee Coyle
P. Discussion & Possible Action: Revision of General Policy GEN-007
Motion made by Trustee Dumais, Seconded by Trustee Eiden to approve GEN-007 as presented.
Motion carried 7:0 by voice vote.
Voting Yea: Village President Voll, Trustee Charneski, Trustee Shaw, Trustee Dumais, Trustee Vedvik,
Trustee Eiden, Trustee Coyle
Q. Discussion & Possible Approval: Village Board and Committee Onboarding Checklist
Motion made by Trustee Dumais, Seconded by Trustee Eiden to send the checklist to the current
Interim Administrator. Motion carried 7:0 by voice vote.
Voting Yea: Village President Voll, Trustee Charneski, Trustee Shaw, Trustee Dumais, Trustee Vedvik,
Trustee Eiden, Trustee Coyle
R. Discussion & Possible Action: Renaming of Parks & Facilities
Trustee Charneski questioned the veracity of the report. Motion made by Trustee Dumais, Seconded
by Trustee Coyle to take no action on this item. Motion carried 6:1 by voice vote.
Voting Yea: Village President Voll, Trustee Charneski, Trustee Shaw, Trustee Dumais, Trustee Eiden,
Trustee Coyle
Voting Nay: Trustee Vedvik
S. Discussion & Possible Action: Creation of Ad-HOC Committee to Discuss a Formal Recommendation on
Structuring an Independent Ethics Committee
Motion made by Trustee Vedvik, Seconded by Trustee Coyle for formation of an Ad-HOC committee
and remove prior wording in regard to residency length, allow former board committee and
commission members and their spouses to be members with a nomination period of at least 60 days.
Motion failed 4:3.
Voting Yea: Village President Voll, Trustee Vedvik, Trustee Coyle
Voting Nay: Trustee Charneski, Trustee Shaw, Trustee Dumais, Trustee Eiden
5. OLD BUSINESS
None
6. CONSENT AGENDA
T. Operator's (Bartender's) License - Timothy Curtis, Angela Anderson
Motion made by Trustee Shaw, Seconded by Trustee Eiden to approve the consent agenda as
presented. Motion carried 7:0 by voice vote.
Voting Yea: Village President Voll, Trustee Charneski, Trustee Shaw, Trustee Dumais, Trustee Vedvik,
Trustee Eiden, Trustee Coyle
U. Village Board Meeting Minutes June 12, 2023
Motion made by Trustee Shaw, Seconded by Trustee Eiden to approve the consent agenda as
presented. Motion carried 7:0 by voice vote.
Voting Yea: Village President Voll, Trustee Charneski, Trustee Shaw, Trustee Dumais, Trustee Vedvik,
Trustee Eiden, Trustee Coyle
V. Village Board Meeting Minutes June 20, 2023
Motion made by Trustee Shaw, Seconded by Trustee Eiden to approve the consent agenda as
presented. Motion carried 7:0 by voice vote.
Voting Yea: Village President Voll, Trustee Charneski, Trustee Shaw, Trustee Dumais, Trustee Vedvik,
Trustee Eiden, Trustee Coyle
7. PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES FROM COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES
W. APC Meeting Minutes April 05, 18, 28 & May 16, 2023
Trustee Charneski requests the April 28th minutes be updated to read, "Trustee Sean Dumais was
invited into closed session."
8. CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS FOR FUTURE AGENDA
Trustee Charneski requests Standard Operating Procedure for creation of agenda and packets. Interim
Administrator Manley requests to handle this request and provide an update to the board at the next
scheduled meeting.
Trustee Tim Shaw requests Committee Appointments be added as an agenda item on the next Village
Board meeting.
9. ADJOURNMENT
Motion made by Trustee Shaw, Seconded by Village President Voll to adjourn.
Voting Yea: Village President Voll, Trustee Charneski, Trustee Shaw, Trustee Dumais, Trustee Vedvik,
Trustee Eiden, Trustee Coyle
Meeting adjourned at 9:06pm
Minutes created by: Clerk Bobbi Birk-LaBarge
Minutes approved by VB on July 10, 2023
Agenda
REVISED - VILLAGE BOARD MEETING AGENDA
June 26, 2023 at 6:00 PM
Kronenwetter Municipal Center - 1582 Kronenwetter Drive Board Room (Lower Level)
1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER
A. Pledge of Allegiance
B. Roll Call
2. PUBLIC COMMENT
Please be advised per State Statute Section 19.84(2), information will be received from the public. It is the
policy of this Village that Public Comment will take no longer than 15 minutes with a three-minute time
period, per person, with time extension per the Chief Presiding Officer’s discretion. Be further advised that
there may be limited discussion on the information received, however, no action will be taken under public
comments.
3. REPORTS FROM STAFF AND VENDORS
C. Treasurer-Finance Director Report
D. Community Development Planning and Zoning Director Report
E. Staff Projects Report
4. NEW BUSINESS
F. Discussion & Possible Action: Ordinance to Amend Code 180- Village Board, Section 180-3 Regular
Meetings
G. Discussion & Possible Action: Used Asphalt Roller & New Trailer
H. Discussion & Possible Approval: Firefighter Job Description
I. Discussion & Possible Approval: Commercial Crime Insurance Policy
J. Discussion & Possible Approval: Interim Administrator Contract - Kim Manley
K. Discussion & Possible Approval: Retract Elimination of Human Resource Policy - HR-001
L. Discussion & Possible Approval: Revision of Human Resource Police - HR -003
M. Discussion & Possible Approval: Revision of Finance Policy FIN-003
N. Discussion & Possible Approval: Revision of Finance Policy FIN-004
O. Discussion & Possible Approval: Revision of Finance Policy FIN-005
P. Discussion & Possible Action: Revision of General Policy GEN-007
Q. Discussion & Possible Approval: Village Board and Committee Onboarding Checklist
R. Discussion & Possible Action: Renaming of Parks & Facilities
S. Discussion & Possible Action: Creation of Ad-HOC Committee to Discuss a Formal Recommendation on
Structuring an Independent Ethics Committee
5. OLD BUSINESS
6. CONSENT AGENDA
T. Operator's (Bartender's) License - Timothy Curtis, Angela Anderson
U. Village Board Meeting Minutes June 12, 2023
V. Village Board Meeting Minutes June 20, 2023
7. PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES FROM COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES
W. APC Meeting Minutes April 05, 18, 28 & May 16, 2023
8. CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS FOR FUTURE AGENDA
9. ADJOURNMENT
NOTE: Requests from persons with disabilities who need assistance to participate in this meeting or hearing
should be made at least 24 hours in advance to the Village Clerk’s office at (715) 693-4200 during business
hours.
Posted: 06/23/2023 Kronenwetter Municipal Center and www.kronenwetter.org
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