Village Board

MEETING MINUTES Village of Palmyra REGULAR VILLAGE BOARD MEETING Monday February 3, 2025 Village Hall 100 W. Taft Street 6:00 P.M. The meeting was called to order by President Weiss at 6:00 pm. Roll call: Ball, Gorsegner, Kinjerski, Petruska, Smith, Tucker, Weiss-present. Pledge of Allegiance Communications: Trustee Petruska asked for an update on the public safety building issues and Dept. head reviews. President Weiss said that Trustee Kinjerski is Chair of the Personnel Committee, Weiss asked him to take a look at dates for the reviews. If anyone is wondering Brightspeed workers are surveying for utilities for their fiber optics throughout the Village. Trustee Gorsegner informed the board that he will be meeting with Rob Martens from the Town Board this Thurs. to start some preliminary discussions on the fire agreement. Per Village Attorney there is no need to post this as it is not an official meeting. Tim asked if Scott Pavlock and Mike Gartzke want anything discussed to let him know, the same for any board member, before this Thursday. The Board agreed to hold a public meeting at the High School. March 12th at 6:30 pm. Weiss said at the next COW meeting the Board can discuss other ways to get the referendum information out to residents and maybe someone from Ehlers could assist as well. Monthly Reports: Public Works- Halbrucker said with no snow to plow the guys are getting a jump start on sidewalk repairs for this year. Public Safety- Chief Pavlock reported that a structural engineer will be here at 9 am on Friday to look at the building. Trustee Petruska asked about the basement mold remediation. Chief said that they won’t remediate the mold until they know the status of the building. The antique fire truck has been moved to the old DPW shop. 2 of the 3 furnaces have been replaced. Some of the electrical is not to code per our building inspector so there will be some corrections needed for that as well. Recreation Dept., - typed report was submitted Library- typed Director’s report was submitted Clerk/Treasurer – typed report was submitted. Public Forum: Resident Alissa Simmons asked if anyone knows the age of the public safety building. Chief Pavlock said that the last major renovations were in 1997. Simmons also asked why we still have the antique truck? It is jointly owned with the Town and it is piece of Palmyra’s history. 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 so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent agenda and be considered on the regular agenda. A. Tucker/Smith motion to approve the following minutes: Jan. 20, 2025 Committee of the Whole meeting with a couple of grammatical errors. All ayes-motion carried. 2. Building Permits: None 3. New Business Discussion and Possible Action on the Following Items A. Petruska/Smith motion to approve the bills $112,668.98 that were on the bill list and the extras presented tonight to: J & J Trophies, basketball referee pay, Triebold Implement, Bosto, Advance Auto Parts, Palmyra True Value, WPPA for union dues. Weiss asked about the ATV sign invoice. Halbrucker said that we need different signs for the ATV routes in the Village. And the ATV Club will be reimbursing the Village for these costs. Trustee Petruska asked about the invoice in the amount of $975 to the DOJ. Pavlock said it is for their Tyme system to run plates and criminal history. Roll call vote: Ball, Gorsegner, Kinjerski, Petruska, Smith, Tucker, Weiss-aye. Motion carried. B. President Weiss stated that the changes are indicated in red, mostly due to OT, vacation and holiday time for Police, Fire/EMS employees. Sgt. LePak and the Clerk worked on the necessary changes. Trustees would like a sentence added at the bottom of page 16 that says all FT employees have the option of getting paid their overtime out or banking it. Trustee Petruska also thinks that $30 a day for meal reimbursement is too little. Petruska/Smith motion to approve the employee handbook with the noted changes to OT and changing the per day meal allowance to $45. All ayes-motion carried. Gorsegner/Smith motion to adjourn at 6:47 pm. All ayes-motion carried. Respectfully submitted, Laurie Mueller Village Clerk/Treasurer Minutes approved without correction Feb. 17, 2025