Common Council

The Common Council for the City of New Lisbon met in regular session on Tuesday, May 20, 2024 at 7:00 PM in the New Lisbon Community room with the following members present: Mayor Mark Toelle; Alderperson Marv Newlun, and Morgan Reichhoff. Member absent: Ken Southworth. Also present: Director of Public Works Nick Wyss, City Clerk/Treasurer Lisa Vinz, and Police Chief Kyle Walker. Attending by phone: Ernie Tourville, Architect from Design Focus. A motion was made by Newlun and second by Reichhoff to approve the minutes as written from April 16, 2024 and to amend the minutes from March 18, 2024. With a voice vote all members present voted “aye.” Motion carried. Mayor Mark Toelle opened the public hearing at 7:00 PM to discuss the proposed New Lisbon Police Department facility project with the public. Ernie Tourville, Architect from Design Focus was there to give an overview of the facility and answer any questions from the public. A motion to close the public hearing was made by Newlun and second by Reichhoff. With a voice vote all members present voted “aye.” Motion carried. Public hearing closed at 7:19 PM. Alderperson Mark Toelle was elected Mayor of the City of New Lisbon at the April 2nd Spring Election leaving a vacancy for Ward 2 Alderperson. Mayor Toelle recommended Sheldon LaBudda to fill the vacancy until April, 2025. A motion to appoint Sheldon LaBudda to fill the vacancy for Alderperson Ward 2 until April, 2025 was made by Newlun and second by Reichhoff. With a voice vote all members present voted “aye.” Motion carried. Alderperson Sheldon LaBudda was sworn in. Justin Petersen, Auditor with Hawkins/Ash presented the 2023 summary financial reports to the Common Council. The City’s fund balance decreased by $400,000.00 due to the dam capital outlay, purchasing of land and project costs for the police facility. Interest income was seen as the largest increase over budget. Long-term debt obligated is below the state statute debt limit. Resolution was presented to the Council for their review of the proposed appointments to various committees and commissions. A motion was made by Newlun and second by Reichhoff to approve Resolution R0416-24-02. With a voice vote all members present voted “aye.” Motion carried. Ordinance 0520-24-01, creating and or amending portions of Chapter 418 pertaining to Sex Offenders were presented to the Council. At the March regular meeting, the Council approved an increase to the bond amount for any person who violates any provision of this article. The ordinance also includes “a dog park” as a residency restriction. A motion to introduce Ordinance 0520-24-01 was made by Reichhoff and second by LaBudda. With a voice vote all members present voted “aye.” Motion carried. GTR Investments applied for a conditional use permit to allow for a 24 hour fitness center in a commercial business in the Downtown Business District. Earlier the Plan Commission held a public hearing and hearing no comment referred the conditional use permit to the Council for action. A motion was made by Newlun and second by LaBudda to approve the conditional use permit to GTR Investment. With a voice vote all members present voted “aye.” Motion carried. Barry Davis submitted a conditional use permit application to request to allow a 2-family dwelling in an R-2 district. A motion to refer the application to the Plan Commission for consideration was made by Newlun and second by Reichhoff. With a voice vote all members present voted “aye.” Motion carried. The list of 2024 lifeguard recommendations was presented to the Council. A motion was made by LaBudda and second by Newlun to approve the hiring of Marlys More, Madlyn Weinshrott, Malena Anderson, and Aubrey Bennett as lifeguards and Rachel Homan as the Pool Assistant Manager and Head Lifeguards Brayen Morey and Alayna Willard. With a roll call vote Sheldon LaBudda, Marv Newlun, and Morgan Reichhoff all voted “aye.” Motion carried. Proposed 2024 swimming lesson price recommendations were presented to the Council. A motion by Reichhoff ad second by LaBudda to approve $40.00 for the Necedah School District lessons and to amend the night lessons for residents to $30.00 and non-residents to $40.00 was made. With a roll call vote Sheldon LaBudda, Marv Newlun, and Morgan Reichhoff all voted “aye.” Motion carried. A request to install an invisible dog fence at Riverside Park seasonal sites was presented to the Council. A motion to deny the request was made by LaBudda and second by Newlun. With a voice vote all members present voted “aye.” Motion carried. The council was presented a request for reimbursement for garbage/recycling fees inadvertently charge to a property owner and tenants. The property owner provides a dumpster for his tenants. A motion to deny the request was made by Reichhoff. The motion failed to get a second. A motion was made by Newlun to approve the request for a refund in the amount of $143.75 for the main building, $230.60 for apartment 1, $5.75 for apartment 2, $387/85 for apartment 3, and $406.19 for apartment 4 and second by LaBudda. With a roll call vote LaBudda and Newlun voted “aye” with Reichhoff voting “nay.” Motion carried. The Council discussed what action they wanted to peruse due to the condition of 909 S Monroe Street. The property has moved out ad is assuming no responsibility at this time. Director of Public Works Nick Wyss requested authorization to advertise for bids to seal coat streets and roads in the City of New Lisbon. A motion was made by LaBudda and second by Reichhoff to authorize Nick Wyss. With a voice vote all members presented voted “aye.” Motion carried. Resolution 520-24-1, Compliance Maintenance Annual Report was presented to the Council. A motion to approve the resolution was made by Reichhoff and second by Newlun. With a voice vote all members present voted “aye.” Motion carried. A motion to approve the operator license application for Jamie Rowe was made by Newlun and second by Reichhoff. With a voice vote all members present voted “aye.” Motion carried. A motion to approve the operator license application for Jodi Bradley was made by Newlun and second by Reichhoff. With a voice vote all members present voted “aye.” Motion carried. A motion to approve the operator license application for Billie Talbert was made by Newlun and second by Reichhoff. With a voice vote all members present voted “aye.” Motion carried. A motion to approve the operator license application for Natasha Winchel was made by Newlun and second by Reichhoff. With a voice vote all members present voted “aye.” Motion carried. Nick Wyss, Director of Public Works reported the following: Water is on at the parks and they have begun the pool start up process; no concrete work needed at the pool this year; the purchase power from Oakdale Electric will take place this month; ATC is still interested in the property owned by the City for their transmission facility; DNR is requesting that all plans for fixing the dam be submitted to them for approval. Alderperson Morgan Reichhoff updated the Council on the new cement and picnic tables for the Library. Alderperson Marv Newlun informed the Council that the Police and Fire Commission approved the hiring of Aaron Harnisch to the Fire Department; 20 calls were made in the City of New Lisbon by the Mauston Ambulance Association and 0 were made to the prison. A motion to approve the payment of bills in the amount of $67,491.69 was made by Newlun and second by LaBudda. With a roll call vote, Sheldon LaBudda, Marv Newlun, and Morgan Reichhoff all voted “aye.” Motion carried. A motion to enter into closed session under State Statute 19.85 (1)(c), considering employment, promotion compensation or performance evaluation data of any public employee subject to the jurisdiction or authority of governing body was made by Newlun and second by Reichhoff. With a voice vote all members present voted “aye.” Motion carried. A motion to reconvene into open session with possible action on items discussed in closed session was made by Newlun and second by Reichhoff. With a roll call vote, Sheldon LaBudda, Marv Newlun, and Morgan Reichhoff all voted “aye.” Motion carried. No action taken. A motion to adjourn was made by Reichhoff and second by LaBudda. Meeting adjourned at 8:54 PM. Lisa Vinz City Clerk