PROCEEDINGS OF REGULAR MEETING JANUARY 28, 2019 |
A regular
meeting of the Birnamwood Village Board was held on Monday evening, January
28, 2019 |
at the
Matsche Center. |
All members
were present. |
Also
present: Tom Gatz, Dennis Wruck, Sheila Humblet, Don Schmidt, Chris Jensen,
Ed Resch, |
Rueben
Eckardt & Jody Dombrowski |
President
Sprague called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. |
Tom Gatz
questioned gas tax applied at Remington Oil as we are tax exempt. |
Rueben
Eckardt verified that the meeting has been posted. |
Minutes were
read and approved. |
Bills were
presented. |
Burazin/Behm
m/s/c to approve bills as presented. Roll call vote – all yes. |
Rueben
Eckardt mentioned that the top fence rail in the ballpark outfield needs to
be capped. |
The aerator
pump at Birchwood will not be rebuilt. |
Broadband
informational meeting will be held February 11, 2019 at 6:30 p.m. at the
Matsche Center. |
Jody
Dombrowski contacted Congressman Mike Gallagher and Rep. Mary Felzkowski in
regard to |
need for
greater accessibility to broadband internet. Both have responded. |
Complaint
about dogs running at large from rental properties in the Corazalla
subdivision. |
Karl Behm,
Carol Resch & Bob Ecker met on January 21st to perform Chris Jensen’s
review. They |
recommend a
2.5% raise (.62) retro-active to January 1, 2019. Burazin/R. Resch m/s/c to
grant |
raise as
presented. Roll call vote all yes with Ecker voting no. |
Discussion
held in regard to Chris Jensen attending board meetings. Burazin/R. Resch
m/s/c |
to pay Chris
Jensen hourly wages equal to length of meeting. Roll call vote – all yes with
Ecker |
voting
no. |
President
Sprague shared a cost estimate per municipality for new fire truck. |
Ice rink is
open. Notification is made on sign by rink and website. No ad in paper is
necessary. |
Fire
Department has asked for and will pay for a water meter in the village garage
so fire trucks |
can be
filled from there. |
Fine screen
at sewer plant needs replacing in spring. |
Ecker/Diers
m/s/c to adjourn at 8:25 p.m. |
Lauri
Klumpyan, clerk/treasurer |