Village Board

MEETING MINUTES Village of Palmyra REGULAR VILLAGE BOARD MEETING Monday July 1, 2024 Village Hall 100 W. Taft Street 6:00 P.M. The meeting was called to order by Village President Kathy Weiss at 6:00 pm. Roll call: Ball, Gorsegner, Kinjerski, Petruska, Smith, Troiola, Weiss-present. Pledge of Allegiance Communications: President Weiss mentioned there will be 4th of July party on the 4th at the Village Park sponsored by the American Legion and the Library. July 12th is Music on Main. Weiss said she received a complaint letter but it wasn’t signed so she can’t follow up on it. Monthly Reports: Public Works- next week they will be working on the French drains on 8th and Wilson, manholes will be getting fixed on the roads that are scheduled for repaving and they will move the raft this week. Public Safety-Interim Fire Chief Mike Gartzke introduced the new personnel and talked about the promotions. Kyle Durham has been appointed lieutenant and Samantha Meier as EMS Coordinator, She also finished firefighter school. Recreation Dept.- nothing. Library-nothing, and Clerk/Treasurer- Laurie mentioned that the Aug. 13th Primary Election will be held in the Middle School gym and not the Community Center. There is more room and hopefully that is where the Nov. Elections will also be held. Public Forum: Heather Ohlsson, 721 W. Main St. Palmyra- she spoke about her revocation of her bartender license and how much this means to her. Chief Pavlock said the ordinance is based on state statute as well and the Village Board can’t just change our ordinance. He said this is very unfortunate, he wishes it could be changed for her. Nicole Roberts 741 Airview Drive-very glad to see the changes to public safety. Also wants to add that Heather Ohlsson is a member of the community and cares. Ray Barber 741 Airview- he is Heather’s coworker and is here in support. Eileen Baranowski-318 S. Second St. She is the manager of Hot Rods. She read a letter about how the bar has had problems hiring help and Heather is such a good worker and good person. Chief Pavlock stated that Ms. Ohlsson could petition a judge to expunge her felony charge but that is all that can be done, it is out of the Board’s hands. 1. Consent Agenda: All items listed are considered routine and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Board member requests, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent agenda and be considered on the regular agenda. A. Approval of the following minutes: June 17, 2024 Committee of the Whole meeting and June 24, 2024 Special Village Board meeting. With corrections on Ice Age Trail, Trustee Petruska abstained. Special Board meeting-Weiss would like to add the names of the employees that were reviewed and mention that communication needs to be improved, everyone had a favorable review. Gorsegner/Troiola motion to approve the minutes with the noted correction. All ayes-motion carried. 2. Building Permits: 3. New Business Discussion and Possible Action on the Following Items A. Petruska/Smith motion to approve the request from Officer LePak to carry over vacation hours. Chief Pavlock has approved her request as well. She will use up her remaining hours before the end of July. All ayes-motion carried. B. Troiola/Smith motion to approve the payment of bills totaling $34,852.59 on the bill list with extras presented tonight to WE Energies, umpire time sheets, Global Life, Verizon, Johns Disposal, and to Elan Financial for the Village credit card. Roll call vote: Ball, Gorsegner, Ki njerski, Petruska, Smith, Troiola, Weiss-aye. Motion carried. C. Gorsegner/Troiola motion to approve a Temporary Class “B” license (picnic) for the Palmyra Lions Club for July 20the Party they are hosting in the Village Park. All ayes-motion carried. D. Gorsegner/Troiola motion to approve the request for special park usage for the Palmyra Lions Club July 20th event at the Village Park. Scott Halbrucker doesn’t have an issue with the map and where they want to park cars for the car show, etc. All ayes- motion carried. E. Petruska/Troiola motion to approve a Temporary Operator’s License for Kristy Westenberg. All ayes-motion carried. F. Mural designs for the Beach House. Alissa Simmons and Veronica Shmauz (artist) spoke. She said that the sun would go on the Anemone side of the building. There will be different swimsuits from different eras, she will prep the building and use proper paint and primer. Trustee Petruska asked Scott H. if anything needs to be done to the building, Scott says it needs a new roof but the murals won’t hurt anything. Veronica said that maybe the garage door could be power washed? Troiola/Gorsegner motion to approve the murals on the beach house. All ayes-motion carried. G. Updated EMS billing rates. Mike Gartzke said that they have found our rates are substantially lower, like less than half than most other departments. They did a survey, most are at $1750 a run, this covers the cost of supplies. They will put together what the department would like to change the fees to and it will come back to the next meeting. H. Petruska/Troiola motion to approve an Operator’s license for Mary Tirado. All ayes-motion carried. I. Troiola/Ball motion to approve the May Financial statement, bank statement and cash account balances as presented by the Clerk. All ayes-motion-carried. J. Petruska/Ball motion to convene into Closed Session at 6:40 pm with staff, pursuant to §19.85(1)(e), Deliberating or negotiating the purchasing of public properties, the investing of public funds, or conducting other specified public business, whenever competitive or bargaining reasons require a closed session. Specifically, the Village owned lands on Hwy H, parcel 171-0516-2722-005, 171- 0516-2814-000, 171-0516-2811-000, 171-0516-2722-000 owned by the Village. Roll call vote: Ball, Gorsegner, Kinjerski, Petruska, Smith, Troiola, Weiss- all ayes. Motion carried. K. Troiola/Petruska motion to convene into open session at 6:52 pm for further discussion related to matters discussed in closed session. Roll call vote: Ball, Gorsegner, Ki njerski, Petruska, Smith, Troiola, Weiss- aye. Motion carried. Troiola/Gorsegner motion to approve the Pre- Developer agreement that Attorney Riffle has drafted and get it signed and off to the Developers so this project can keep moving forward. All ayes-motion carried. Gorsegner/Troiola motion to adjourn at 6:54 pm. All ayes-motion carried. Respectfully submitted, Laurie Mueller, Village Clerk/Treasurer Minutes approved without corrections July 15, 2024