Village Board

Village of Palmyra REGULAR VILLAGE BOARD MEETING Monday April 7, 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. Kinjerski-absent. Tucker & Smith excused. Pledge of Allegiance Communications Healthy Community Network will have an Easter Dinner distribution dinner on April 16th, local food pantries are open, Easter egg hunt April 19th from 10 am at the park., Community wide rummage sale 1st weekend in May, Weiss congratulated the new trustee and incumbents that won the election, brush chipping next Monday. Incoming Village President Tim Gorsegner presented a plaque to Kathy for her many years of service to the Village Board. Monthly Reports: Public Works- S. 4th street will be closed for a couple of hours on Sat. April 12th so that the cemetery can cut a dead tree down, village parks will be open next week, Hwy 106 preconstruction meeting will be Monday April 14th, Scott is renting out the old shop to Payne and Dolan while they are in town working. There was a 30% planning meeting about the PFAS with MSA. The weed harvester employee has been hired pending a drug test, and the harvester should be in the water within a week or so. The manhole castings have been replaced along Hwy 106, they are now sealed manholes. Public Safety-March’s call numbers report was in the board packets, Nothing further to report. Recreation Dept.- none Library, - none Clerk/Treasurer - none Public Forum: Alissa Simmons – 702 W. Main St.- she asked the board to consider lowering the speed limit on W. Main St. starting at the High School going into the downtown area when the new Marsh Road development is done as this will cause a lot more traffic through town. Also- Simmons said she was approached by an employee of Generac to do an arboretum at Aurelian Springs Park. Possibly plant different species of trees inside pathways and label them. Generac encourages employees to do volunteer hours so maybe we could get some help through them. These trees and plants would be noninvasive. Whitewater has something similar. Simmons will come to the board with a plan. Joe DeYoung from MSA said that this falls within the DNR grant regulations. 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. Approval of the following minutes: March 17th, Committee of the Whole meeting and March 27, 2025 Special Village Board meeting. Noted corrections to the March 17th minutes that the FD does NOT have equipment for a 3 story fire. B. Operator’s License application for Christian Eddy. C. Renewal of a Mobile Food Vendor License for Ty Poulson dba Mr. P’s Grilled Cheese. President Weiss said that she thought we should clarify the portion of the March 17 th minutes talking about the wetlands and possible use of them in the Marsh Rd development. Weiss said there would need to be another delineation study done before anyone could do anything in this area. The Clerk stated that the meeting minutes caption what was actually said and the wording in the minutes are what Mr. Koziol stated. The clerk went on to say that she did make a correction to that same discussion clarifying that our Fire Chief said we do NOT have equipment to fight a 3rd or 4th story apartment if they are built in the development. Gorsegner/Ball motion to approve the consent agenda as presented with the corrections that the  Clerk made to the March 17th minutes. All ayes-motion carried. 2. Building Permits: None 3. New Business Discussion and Possible Action on the Following Items A. Gorsegner/Petruska motion to approve the Plan Commission’s recommendation for a conditional use request from A & K Armorers, owner(s) Anthony and Kimberly Nations, to operate a Recreation Equipment, Service of firearms and related accessories at 206 W. Main St., parcel 171-0516-2241- 033 with the recommendations from MSA in their memo. The parcel is currently zoned B1 - Central Business. The retail business will have a federal license and include the service, repair, modification, and customization of firearms for retail sales. The Board has a copy from the Plan Comm meeting of March 26th minutes and MSA’s recommendation to approve and their plan of operations. The owners are present. He holds a federal license, and he is a master armorer and gun smith and he will transfer his licenses to WI. All ayes-motion carried. B. Gorsegner/Ball motion to approve the Home Business License application from Angelica Ridgewell to have a roadside stand to sell breads, jelly and eggs from April 7th – Nov. 30th. All ayes-motion carried. C. Request from Nancy Frudden to place a dumpster in the parking stalls on Hwy 59 near Hot Rod Bar. Nancy Frudden is present. Scott Halbrucker said because it is on State Hwy 59 he didn’t think it is a good idea and also to take up parking stalls for 3 days for the other businesses isn’t a good idea. Chief Pavlock said that these are our parking stalls, so the State does NOT regulate it. Frudden said this would be for the weekend of April 25, 26, 27. She has signatures from Jim & Judy’s, Hot Rods, Squidy’s and Genoas pizza saying they don’t mind. Frudden also has a voicemail from the DOT saying that it is ok. The dumpster would be there from Friday until Monday, it is to clean out of her & her husband’s apartment they have lived in for 15 years. It would be a 20-yard dumpster. The dumpster is not wider than the parking stalls. Halbrucker suggested that the board look into requiring some kind of dumpster permit for future requests. He also suggested that, if possible, ask John’s Disposal if they have a flashing light or reflective tape that can go on the dumpster. Petruska/Gorsegner motion to allow the dumpster for Nancy Frudden in 2 parking stalls near Hot Rod’s Bar along Hwy 59 and if possible, put reflective tape and lights on it. All ayes-motion carried. D. Gorsegner/Petruska motion to approve a Special Event application from Connie Wilson to hold a pie and ice cream social on June 7th in parking stalls on 3rd St. by the museum. The street will not need to be closed. All ayes-motion carried. E. Gorsegner/Petruska motion to approve the Special Event application from the Kettle Moraine Blues band for Friday June 6th from 6-8 pm. 3rd street will be closed from the alley to Main St. All ayes- motion carried. F. Ordinance 2025-01, an ordinance to repeal and recreate Chapter 12 “Licenses and Permits, Section 13 titled “Intoxicating Liquor and Fermented Malt Beverages of the Village of Palmyra . Village Attorney and SH trusts the judgement of the law firm, the enforcement issues are still there. DOR is not giving much guidance, this ordinance is sound. SP concurs. AP/TB-carried. G. Gorsegner/Petruska motion to approve the bills totaling $298,716.31 that were on the bill list with extras presented tonight to J&J Trophies for soccer, and Triebold Outdoor Power for mower maintenance. Trustee Petruska asked about the PD legal services bill. Chief Pavlock says that he can’t comment on it in open format, he says the Village President is aware of what this is about and she could explain it to the board. Pavlock said this would require a closed session. Petruska would like to possibly go into closed session on this. Roll call vote: Ball, Gorsegner, Petruska, Weiss-aye. Motion carried. H. Ball/Petruska motion to approve advertising in the Our Town magazine for this year’s events. Cost is $212.50 for a half page ad. The Board members think that this is a good way to let people know what we have going on in the Village and help to draw more people to them. Petruska says that there is an Ice Age trail event coming up this summer and this could be advertised in the magazine. Roll call vote: Ball, Gorsegner, Petruska, Weiss-aye. Motion carried. I. The Board needs to decide on a procedure for filling Tim Gorsegner’s Trustee vacancy as he was elected to the President’s seat. It would be a one-year term. Weiss says we have taken letters of interest in the past. Petruska thinks that would be best, Gorsegner said he thought that the candidate that didn’t win the April 1st election could be chosen but he is fine with a letter of interest. Please submit a letter of interest by April 17th. Ball/Gorsegner motion to adjourn at 6:42 pm. All ayes-motion carried. The clerk announced there is cake and coffee for Kathy’s retirement if anyone would like to stay. Respectfully submitted, Laurie Mueller Village Clerk/Treasurer Minutes approved without corrections April 21, 2025