Village Board of Trustees

Village of Weston, Wisconsin OFFICIAL MEETING MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Monday, August 1, 2016, at 6:00 p.m. A. Opening of Session. 1. Meeting called to order by President Ermeling at 6:00 p.m. 2. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. 3. Clerk will take attendance and roll call. Roll call indicated 5 Board of Trustees’ members present. Trustee Present Ermeling, Barb YES Berger, Scott NO Ostrowski, Kevin YES Schuster, Fred YES Ziegler, Jon NO White, Loren YES Mark Porlier YES Village Staff in attendance: Guild, Jacobs, Donner, Weinkauf, Wodalski, Crowe, Osterbrink, Everest Metro Chief Sparks and SAFER Fire Chief Savage were also in attendance. There was one audience member present. 4. Request for silencing of cellphones and other electronic devices. Ermeling requested for the silencing of cellphones. B. Correspondence and comments from the public. 5. Acknowledgement of scheduled visitors. No comments. C. Consent Items for Approval 6. Approve Professional services contract with MSA Professional Services for an update of the Village’s Sewer Use Ordinance and rates. Action taken on this item under C12. 7. Approve an agreement with Layne Christensen to perform maintenance/rehabilitation services for Well No. 5 on Bloedel Avenue. 8. Award the 2016 Schofield Avenue pavement maintenance project to Norcon Corporation. 9. Approve Operator Licenses. 10. Approve July 18, 2016 Board of Trustee Minutes. 11. Approve payment of expenditures – Voucher #43641 – 43992. Motion by White, second by Ostrowski to approve Consent Items C7 to C11. Yes Vote: 5 No Votes: 0 Abstain: 0 Not Voting: 2 Result: PASS Trustee Voting Ermeling, Barb YES Berger, Scott - Village of Weston Meeting Minutes for August 1, 2016  Ostrowski, Kevin YES Schuster, Fred YES Ziegler, Jon - White, Loren YES Mark Porlier YES 12. Items removed from Consent Approval (if any). C6. Approve Professional services contract with MSA Professional Services for an update of the Village’s Sewer Use Ordinance and rates. Motion by Schuster, second by White to approve Consent Item C6. Yes Vote: 4 No Votes: 0 Abstain: 1 Not Voting: 2 Result: PASS Trustee Voting Ermeling, Barb YES Berger, Scott - Ostrowski, Kevin YES Schuster, Fred YES Ziegler, Jon - White, Loren YES Mark Porlier ABSTAINED D. Reports from Committees, including acknowledgment of draft meeting minutes (if any). 13. Community Life, and Public Safety. 14. Community Development Authority. 15. Everest Metro. 16. Finance. 17. Parks and Recreation. 18. Personnel. 19. Plan Commission. 20. Property & Infrastructure. 21. SAFER Board of Directors. 22. SAFER Fire Commission. 23. Zoning Board of Appeals. Motion by Porlier, second by White to acknowledge Item D16. Yes Vote: 5 No Votes: 0 Abstain: 0 Not Voting: 2 Result: PASS Trustee Voting Ermeling, Barb YES Berger, Scott - Ostrowski, Kevin YES Schuster, Fred YES Ziegler, Jon - White, Loren YES Mark Porlier YES Village of Weston Meeting Minutes for August 1, 2016 E. Reports from Departments (Directors may be dismissed following reports). 24. Clerk. Weinkauf reported Village staff and the Chief Inspectors performed public testing on the voting machines today. Staff will be busy this week printing poll books and getting all the supplies ready for the Election next Tuesday. 25. Everest Metro Police Department. Sparks reported there have been a lot of threats around the state directed at law enforcement. The Department is seeing a lot more requests for active shooter training. He also said the department is receiving a lot of local public support regarding this issue. 26. Finance. Jacobs reviewed the Village’s equalized valuation comparison. 27. Operations. No comments 28. Parks & Recreation. Osterbrink reported the Aquatic Center revenue has been low for July. He also said he will be attending the Wausau Park and Rec Committee tomorrow to talk to them about the Village’s plans for increasing access along the lower Ear Claire River. 29. Planning & Development. No comments. 30. Public Services. Donner said he continues to work with Rothschild on an easement from Weston for the Foremost site. He also reported staff will be focus their time on CIP projects. 31. Taxpayer Relations. Hodell said the Farmers Market has been busy. She recently added two new vendors. There will also be two new picnic tables. She continues to deal with mowing issues. 32. S.A.F.E.R. District. Savage reported he lost two firefighters to the City of Wausau. He distributed copies of the District’s strategic plan to the Board for their review. The new ambulance is here and he will try to bring it to the next board meeting so that members can see it. 33. Technology Services. Crowe said he just recently got back from vacation and there were not a lot of problems while he was gone. F. Regular New Business. No items to consider under New Business. G. Convene into closed session under Wisconsin State Statutes 19.85 (1) (e) to conduct other specified public business, whenever competitive or bargaining reasons require a closed session, and also under Wisconsin State Statutes 19.85 (1) (c) for the purpose of considering the employment, compensation, or performance evaluation data of any employee over which the governmental body has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility: 34. Discuss property purchase in TIF District 1. 35. Discuss personnel evaluations, performance reviews, and pay raises for all Village employees, in addition to reviewing the Village’s pay matrix and classification and compensation policies. The Board of Trustees did not convene to closed session. Village of Weston Meeting Minutes for August 1, 2016  36. Reconvene into open session and take action on items discussed in closed session, if necessary. No action taken. H. Report from the Administrator. No comments. I. Remarks from Trustees (No Board action will be taken for this agenda item). No comments. J. Remarks from the President (No Board action will be taken for this agenda item). No comments K. Discuss items to be included for next agenda (No Board actions will be taken for this agenda item). Ermeling asked for an Executive Closed Session to be placed on the next meeting agenda. L. Set next regular meeting date for Mon, August 15, 2016. M. Adjourn. Motion by Schuster, second by White to adjourn the meeting at 6:39 p.m. Roll call vote: Yes Vote: 5 No Votes: 0 Abstain: 0 Not Voting: 2 Result: PASS Trustee Voting Ermeling, Barb YES Berger, Scott - Ostrowski, Kevin YES Schuster, Fred YES Ziegler, Jon - White, Loren YES Mark Porlier YES Sherry Weinkauf, Clerk Village of Weston Meeting Minutes for August 1, 2016 Village of Weston Meeting Minutes for August 1, 2016