Village Board

OFFICIAL MINUTES – MEETING OF September 15, 2025 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 Gary Schaub- Trustee Mitch Vis-Director of Public Works Mike Will-Trustee Conni Killian-Ritchie- Court Administrator Heather Wegner- Library Director Kris Ruch- Deputy Treasurer Others present: Eric Flood, David Blumke, Nick Patterson A. ROLL CALL OF OFFICERS Streetar called the meeting to order at 6:00 PM. Duffy, Hornung, Streetar, Schaub, and Will present. B. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE C. CITIZENS PARTICIPATION D. ANNOUNCEMENTS E. PUBLIC HEARING 1. The Board adjourned to public hearing at 6:01pm for a public hearing on Ordinance-2025-09, an ordinance to adopt the Village of North Fond du Lac Comprehensive Plan Update 2040. President Streetar asked for public comment 3 times, after hearing none, the hearing was closed at 6:01 pm. 2. The Board adjourned to public hearing at 6:02 pm for a public hearing on Ordinance-2025-10, an ordinance rezoning parcel V05-16-17-31-001-00 and parcel V05-16-17-32-07-001-00 and a portion of parcel V05-16-17-32-10-009-00 from R-7 Residential to R-6 Residential district and rezoning a portion of parcel V05-16-17-32-10-009-00 from R-7 Residential to B-2 Business. President Streetar asked for public comment 3 times, after hearing none, the hearing was closed at 6:02 pm. F. PRESIDENTS 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. G. CONSENT AGENDA 1. Approve the minutes of the following Village Board Meeting: 08/18/2025. Motion to approve the minutes by Will, seconded by Schaub. 4 ayes, Streetar abstained. Motion carried. 2. Approve invoices and authorize checks to be drawn on the respective funds as indicated. 3. Approve the following operator licenses: Ariane Kollmann- R Store- Permanent Dawn Kabitzke-Station Prospect-Renewal 240 Gillett Street 632 Minnesota Court Fond du Lac, WI North Fond du Lac, WI Kate Mosey-Stretch Restaurant-Permanent Tamara Strean-R Store-Permanent 274 W 12th Street N4749 Maple Drive Fond du Lac, WI Oakfield, WI Elsy Torzar-R Store- Permanent April Santigo-R Store-Permanent 423 Mustang Lane 166 E Johnson Street Fond du Lac, WI Fond du Lac, WI Motion to approve by Hornung, second by Duffy. 5 ayes. Motion carries. H. ADMINISTRATIVE 1. Discussion and possible action on the following license: CLASS “B” FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGE 6 MONTH LICENSE FOR THE 2025 LICENSE PERIOD (September 1, 2025-December 31, 2025): NFDL Flag Football Village Park Concession Stand Ric Thompson- Agent 234 Winnebago Street N8490 Van Dyne Road North Fond du Lac, WI Fond du Lac, WI 54937 Motion to approve by Hornung, second by Schaub. 5 ayes. Motion carried. 2. The Board discusses temporarily modifying the licensed premises for Charlie’s Banquet Hall and Pub for their annual event on Sept. 27th. Motion to approve by Streetar, seconded by Duffy. 5 ayes. Motion carried. 3. The Board discussed the 2025 Fond du Lac County Tax Collection Agreement. Leonard noted a $.05 increase per parcel. Motion to approve by Hornung, seconded by Schaub. 5 ayes. Motion carried. 4. The Board discussed the possible addition of a K9 to the North Fond du Lac Police Department. Chief Vergos explained that for a number of reasons, the department is exploring the idea of adding a K9. The Department’s goal is to raise funds for 100% of the expenses. Vergos explained that they utilize the County K9s when available and mostly for traffic stops, but the officers are not able to lengthen the stop to wait for the K9. Vergos said it would be beneficial to have our own for that reason. The Department is seeing increased contact with drugs during traffic stops. The Department would be looking at a single purpose dog that would be trained for drug sniffing and tracking capabilities and not a fight dog. Vergos asked the board for permission to move forward with fundraising efforts and wanted to make sure the Board didn’t have any reservations with moving forward. The dog would be assigned to one officer and that officer would be scheduled on the cover shift when the highest occurrence of need happens. Streetar asked about the specific training for drugs. Will asked about the specific needs of the vehicle to accommodate the K9. Will also asked about the ongoing costs. Vergos stated that he looked into the cost of food, insurance, stipends, and veterinarian costs. His intention is to fund raise or look for donations for most if not all of those expenses, but there likely would be some ongoing costs added to the budget. Streetar asked if this would be able to be utilized by neighboring jurisdictions for mutual aid. Vergos responded that yes, we would. The Board was comfortable moving forward and will have an opportunity to make a final decision in the future. 5. The Board discussed the 2026 Court and Library budgets. Court Administrator Killian-Ritchie presented the Court Budget with minor changes and discussed those items. Library Director Wegner presented the Library Budget. Wegner noted the changes to the budget. Leonard explained that the Library Fund Balance would be used up in 2025 and that the proposed 2026 Library budget has an approximate need of $21,000 of revenue to balance due to the fund balance being all utilized. Leonard asked if he should increase the Village levy amount to balance the budget. The Board agreed to increase the amount of levy and revisit once the entire general fund budget is completed and address at that time if needed. Will asked if we could calculate what the County subsidy would have increased over the years by 3% to show what that would have been today and have the levy amount reflect that. 6. The Board discussed 2026-2030 Capital Improvement Plan. Department heads presented their department’s portions of the CIP. Leonard started the discussion in regard to the total amount and recommended using about $600,000 of borrowed leftover funds from previous years’ capital projects. This would reduce the 2-year borrow for the CIP to about the $1.6mill that the board had previously set as the goal. Kris Ruch, Deputy Treasurer, explained that the total of $720,000 is from leftover borrowed funds for capital, projects that haven’t been completed yet, interest earned on the funds, and  proceeds from the sale of capital items. Leonard then started going through the 5-year CIP. Leonard discussed the Community Center upgrades and mentioned that those upgrades can be covered by the funds from Community Center rentals. Streetar asked if the plaques needed to be replaced and was in favor of leaving the originals. Duffy asked if the rental funds can only be used at the Community Center. Ruch said that was the way it was set up years ago, but it doesn’t have to stay there, and staff agreed that the Community Center needed many repairs. Ruch stated that $10,000 a year is recognized in the General Fund as revenue from the rentals and the remainder stays in the Community Center. Will asked if it was mostly rented by Village residents, Leonard stated that more than half of the rentals are from non-residents. During discussions about the Municipal Building, Will asked if staff could start getting some estimates for repairing the roof. Vis talked to the Board about utilizing all of the budgeted CIP funds for 2025 for the park paths at Optimist Park as there wasn’t enough budgeted to do LeMieux also. The Board agreed to move forward with Optimist and revisit LeMieux. Chief Vergos also discussed utilizing some of the leftover capital funds for the 2025 radio upgrade to purchase new firearms for the department. The Board agreed to include the firearms in the 2025 CIP. The Board asked Vis to look further into the sewer jetter pricing and adjust if necessary. Streetar asked about the possibility of renting a jetter. The Board discussed the rest of the projects and asked for some more details on a few things that will be discussed at a future meeting I. ORDINANCE 1. The Board discussed Ordinance-2025-09, an ordinance to adopt the Village of North Fond du Lac Comprehensive Plan Update 2040. Second reading. Leonard explained that this was making some minor language changes and also updating the Future Land Use map to accommodate some requested changes for the recently annexed golf course. Motion to approve by Hornung, second by Will. Roll Call: Duffy-yes, Hornung-yes, Streetar- yes, Schaub-yes, Will-Yes 2. The Board discussed Ordinance-2025-10, an ordinance rezoning parcel V05-16-17-31-001-00 and parcel V05-16-17-32-07-001-00 and a portion of parcel V05-16-17-32-10-009-00 from R-7 residential to R-6 Residential district and rezoning a portion of parcel V05-16-17-32-10-009-00 from R-7 Residential to B-2 Business. First reading. Leonard explained that this was also to accommodate potential plans for the recently annexed golf course. Motion to approve by Duffy, second by Schaub. Roll Call: Duffy-yes, Hornung-yes, Streetar- yes, Schaub-yes, Will-Yes J. UNFINISHED BUSINESS K. NEW BUSINESS L. CLOSED SESSION 1. Motion by Hornung, second by Duffy to convene in executive session at 9:20 pm pursuant to Wisconsin State Statutes 19.85(1) (c) considering employment, promotion, compensation or performance evaluation data of any public employee over which the governmental body has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility. a. IAFF Union contract. Roll Call: Duffy-yes, Hornung-yes, Streetar-yes, Schaub-yes, Will-Yes After deliberating in closed session, the Board may move to reconvene in open session to take formal action on the preceding subject of closed session, if appropriate; or to conduct discussion or give consideration where the subject is not appropriate for closed session consideration. The Board may adjourn in closed session. M. ADJOURNMENT @10:23pm ______________________________ __________________________________ Michael Streetar, Village President Nick Leonard, Village Administrator