Village Board

OFFICIAL MINUTES – MEETING OF August 19, 2024 Village of North Fond du Lac – BOARD OF TRUSTEES Board Present Staff Present Mike Streetar – President Nick Leonard- Administrator John Duffy- Trustee Pete Vergos-Police Chief Chuck Hornung- Trustee Jake Flaherty-EMS/Fire Chief Ann Price – Trustee Mitch Vis-Director of Public Works Mike Will-Trustee Conni Killian-Ritchie- Court Administrator Zach Clinton- Detective Sergeant A. ROLL CALL OF OFFICERS Streetar called the meeting to order at 6:00 PM. Duffy, Hornung, Streetar, Price and Will present. B. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE C. CITIZENS PARTICIPATION D. ANNOUNCEMENTS 1. The Board recognized and thanked Zach Clinton for his 5 years of service with the Police Department. E. PRESIDENT’S BUSINESS AND STAFF REPORTS 1. Administrator Leonard and present Department Heads gave a summary of the weekly report along with some updates from County Board members. F. CONSENT AGENDA 1. Approve the minutes of the following Village Board Meeting: 08/05/2024. 2. Approve invoices and authorize checks to be drawn on the respective funds as indicated. Motion to approve by Will, second by Price. 4 ayes. Price abstained. Motion carries. G. ADMINISTRATIVE 1. The Board discussed the use of State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF). Director of Public Works, Mitch Vis presented the Board with several designs for new welcome signs and also park signs. After discussion, the Board asked for some modifications to the designs and also preferred the stone signs for the parks and the aluminum signs for the welcome signs. Staff will continue to research and report back to the Board at future meetings. Price asked where we were at with the surveillance camera project. Leonard stated staff was working on it and the goal was to have it under contract by the end of the year. 2. The Board discussed and reviewed the EMS transport service and staffing of a second ambulance. Chief Flaherty provided expense and revenue reports. Flaherty provided a positive outlook for the second ambulance and estimated about $200k of net revenue year to date. Trustee Will asked about the expense fluctuation on the weekends. Trustee Duffy asked about the purpose of the second ambulance and his concern that the ambulance service would potentially be unavailable for Village residents during transports. Flaherty explained the benefit of having those staff here for both fire calls and EMS calls along with the additional revenue generated from transports, but the emergency service takes precedence. Duffy also asked about the additional use of the second ambulance and if maintenance is a concern. Flaherty mentioned that it is in good condition and that is part of the reason that he has reduced the replacement plan to 8 years. Flaherty also mentioned he was not concerned about run volume for transports stretching us too thin as we can control what we take. 3. The Board discussed the Police Department budget. Administrator Leonard and Chief Vergos presented the budget with minor changes. Trustee Price asked about the WRS increase. Kris Ruch explained some minor increases to the Village portion of WRS. Leonard touched on some IT increases. Chief Vergos started talking about the overtime budget and that getting closer to full staff should reduce that amount for 2025. Vergos highlighted the increase in public relations and  explained the importance of some of these activities to engage the community more. Chief Flaherty then presented the EMS and Fire Budgets. The fire budget had very little change. The EMS proposal included adding 2 additional full-time employees. Flaherty explained that this would provide 3 members on all shifts. This would reduce overtime and also reduce some of the need for part-time members. Trustee Will asked Leonard to take a quick look at the rent charged for EMS for the building and see if it still makes sense. Flaherty highlighted the larger changes in the EMS budget. The Board will continue to discuss the additional staffing at future meetings. Flaherty also touched on the 2024 budget is looking very promising and will likely provide the full amount owed to the general fund. H. ORDINANCE 1. The Board discussed and read Ordinance-2024-07, an ordinance revising 21.05(2)(c), required open space. First reading I. UNFINISHED BUSINESS J. NEW BUSINESS L. ADJOURNMENT A motion was made by Price with a second by Hornung to adjourn at 7:49 P.M.- 5 ayes. Respectfully submitted, ______________________________ __________________________________ Michael Streetar, Village President Nick Leonard, Village Administrator