Joint Streets, Water & Sewer Committee Meeting

CITY OF MINERAL POINT 137 HIGH STREET, SUITE 1 MINERAL POINT, WI 53565 608-987-2361 MINUTES CITY OF MINERAL POINT JOINT MEETING STREETS COMMITTEE AND WATER & SEWER COMMITTEE Monday, July 21, 2025. 5:30 PM Community Room, City of Mineral Point City Hall CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL Chair Christensen called the meeting to order at 5:30 pm. Mike Christensen (chair) Present Brian Graber Present (Water and Sewer Alternate) Steph McKeon Absent (Streets Alternate) Jared Weier Absent Others Present: City Administrator Matthew Honer, Water/ Sewer Superintendent Nate Fosbinder, Andrew Jacque – Water Quality Investigations APPROVAL OF MAY 20, 2025 MINUTES. Motion (Graber/Christensen) to approve the minutes, with modification of blank agenda item. Motion carried, all voting aye (2-0). DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF CORROSION CONTROL STUDY. Fosbinder gave a background on what has been done since the last meeting. Fosbinder explained that the proposal from WQI goes further than the WIDNR requirements to address corrosion control on a long-term basis. Andy from WGI provided a background regarding his proposal. Motion (Christensen/Graber) to recommend WQI’s proposal. Motion carried, all voting aye (2-0). WATER AND SEWER UPDATES (BILLING AND METERS, INFLOW AND INFILTRATION (I&I), LEAD SERVICE LINES, PROJECT UPDATES, OTHER. Nate provided a brief update on utility adjustments and the recent infiltration that took place following the major rainfall events, DISCUSSION OF STH 23/39 AND COMMERCE ST. PROJECT. Honer provided an update on the Commerce St. (Doty St to Dodge St.) project. Honer stated WisDOT has moved the project into a reconstruction and are looking for input from the City on their timeline. The Committee agreed that the infrastructure needed to be done sooner rather than later and would like to see WisDOT move their reconstruction timeline up. OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK-TREASURER Mayor – Danny Clark City Administrator | Matthew Honer | administrator@cityofmineralpointwi.gov City Clerk-Treasurer | Christy Skelding | cityclerk@cityofmineralpointwi.gov  CITY OF MINERAL POINT 137 HIGH STREET, SUITE 1 MINERAL POINT, WI 53565 608-987-2361 DISCUSSION OF PUBLIC WORKS ORDINANCE UPDATES Honer stated that the public works ordinances will be updated with the rest of the ordinances, and now is the time to review the ordinances and see if there is anything that should be changed. Honer stated that the City could use updates to the culvert and driveway ordinance. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE CONSIDERATION OF UPDATING THE LEAD SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT ORDINANCE. Honer updated the Committee on the number of outstanding lead service lines in the City. The Committee discussed implementing a mandatory replacement ordinance. Motion (Christensen/Graber) to recommend updating the ordinance to require a mandatory service line replacement with a timeline and property sales as triggers. Motion carried, all voting aye (4-0). STREET UPDATES Honer provided updates on the Commerce and South Street project, stormwater issues, Union Street, and the Commerce Street parking lot agreement with the Pecatonica Rail Transit Commission. DISCUSSION OF 2026 BUDGET AND 2025-2027 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN Honer discussed the current state of the 2026 budget and provided a brief overview of the projects identified for the Water and Sewer Utilities and the Streets Department in the Capital Improvements Plan. ADJOURN. Motion (Graber/Christensen) to adjourn at 7:38 pm. Motion carried, all voting aye (2-0). OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK-TREASURER Mayor – Danny Clark City Administrator | Matthew Honer | administrator@cityofmineralpointwi.gov City Clerk-Treasurer | Christy Skelding | cityclerk@cityofmineralpointwi.gov