City Council - Regular Meeting

Good evening everyone. I'd like to call to order the January 28th, 2026 meeting of the FondeLac City Council. The first item of business is roll call which is done electronically and I will declare a quorum present with Mr. Heistler and Mr. Schistler absent. The next item on our agenda is the pledge of allegiance which is followed by a moment of silent reflection. Please rise. Next on our agenda, we have a proclamation recognizing crossing guards. Uh if we have any representatives of our crossing guards, if you'd like to meet me down in the front, please. evening. Welcome. All right. Whereas the adult school crossing guards of the city of Fondelac serve as trusted

guardians of our community's children, ensuring their safe journey between home and school and reinforcing a shared commitment to public safety. And whereas through their reliability, vigilance, and quiet professionalism, these crossing guards stand watch in all conditions, braving inclement weather, managing busy intersections, and working split shifts to protect our youngest and most vulnerable pedestrians. And whereas beyond directing traffic, school crossing guards are everyday teachers and role models, helping children learn awareness, responsibility, and lifelong safe street crossing habits. And whereas the city of Fondelac employs adult school crossing guards at eight critical intersections where they assist and protect thousands of students in grades 4K through 8 on each school or each day school is in session. And whereas the week of January 26 through January 30th, 2026 has been designated as crossing guard appreciation week in FondeLac, providing an opportunity to formally recognize the dedication, service, and impact of these individuals who keep our children safe and our community strong. Now therefore, I, Tiffany Brawl, president of the FondeLeak City Council, on behalf of the city of FondeLeak and its residents, do hereby express our sincere gratitude and deep appreciation to our school crossing guards for their steadfast commitment, care, and service to the safety and well-being of our children and our community. Thank you so much.

Beautiful. Let's give a round of applause. Nobody should Thank you so much.

Thank you. Thank you for joining us. Sir, sir, as the presiding officer, please would you please have a seat in the in the gallery, please?

Could you please have a seat in the gallery? I'm going to continue the meeting. All right. All right. Well, next on our agenda is public hearings, and we have none. So, we move on the to the consent agenda. The consent agenda finalizes the proposed actions for the meeting. A, January 14th, 2026 regular council minutes. B, list of claims dated January 20th, 2026. C, denial of claim, Stephanie Lewis. And D, denial of claim, Daniel Leeds. Is there any discussion? And reminder, put your button if you do. But seeing no discussion, I will entertain a motion. All right. I don't even know who to give that to.

All right. So, okay. I'm gonna go with who had their button. Yeah. So, the motion is by Mr. Godfrey and the second is by Mr. Zimmerman. So, okay. Well, let's let's just at least get through this vote and Okay. All right. So, we had a motion by Mr. Godfrey and a second by Mr. Zimmerman on the consent agenda. Is there any other discussion? Seeing none, please proceed to vote. Are you on the um the item in the You actually have to like click on that item.

Yeah. Let's let's take a fiveminute recess. Um I will call the vote on the consent agenda that passes unanimously. Uh we'll now have a fivem minute recess.

the presiding officer will limit sorry I lost my script speaking time for non-aggenda items to one minute and items noticed on the agenda to five minutes. Miss Heftter, do we have anyone wishing to speak? We do have one. We have uh Donna Richards who would like to speak. on the non-aggenda item. Uh, is that meetings? Okay. Is this on? Yeah. Um, I just wanted to let you all know about a couple of meetings next week that are really important to tune into as citizens and as members of city council. Um, that you may or may not have tuned into, but I'd like you to do so. on Monday, the um the planning commission meeting that was supposed to have been held last week was was cancelled because there wasn't a quorum. So, there's a meeting this Monday at 5:30 and um I'm particularly concerned about one of the what the public hearing is on. Um there's it's a really important project. Could be as many as 120 units on 21 acres. And if it's done well, it could be wonderful. But the write up that was submitted is really hard to understand and discern. There's like conflicting things in it. So I don't know how to deal with that. I'll be at the public hearing, but if you take a look at their attachments and study them a little bit. It's important to consider. The other thing is, is that a minute already? Oh, jeez. Okay. The other thing I just wanted to say, there's a public safety committee meeting of the county the next day at 4:45 if you're interested in the jail.

Right. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Next, we will move on to our action. Oh, sorry. That concludes our audience comments and we will move on to our action items. Action item A is change of agent for class A intoxicating liquor and class A fermented malt license. Entity is Ultramart Foods LLC. Agent name Dan Palug. Business name pick and save number 472. Business business address 55 West Pioneer Road. Introduction is by our city clerk, Miss Hefer. Thank you, President Bald. This is a standard agent change for a class A off- premises license for pick and save. Background checks were done on the proposed agent and city staff recommends approval.

Thank you. Are there any questions for Miss Heft? Seeing none, I will entertain a motion. We'll do that through the app. Maybe. All right, we got a motion by Mr. Godfrey. Do I have a second? All right, second by Miss Laring. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, please proceed to vote. All right. And that passes unanimously. Item B is change of agent for class A intoxicating liquor and class A fermented malt license entity QuickTrip Inc. Agent name Sharon Rowit Johnson. Business name Quick Trip number 486. Business address 1061 East Johnson Street. Again, our introduction is by our city clerk, Miss Hefer.

Thank you again. This is another standard agent change for Quick Trip. Background checks were also done and city staff recommends approval.

Thank you. Are there any questions for Miss Hefer? Seeing none, I will entertain a motion. We have a motion by Mr. Bradfrey and a second by Miss Laring. Sorry, we're having some technical difficulties. Uh, is there any other discussion? Seeing none, please proceed to vote. And that passes unanimously. Item C is resolution number 9209, a resolution waving the prohibition against possess possession of alcoholic beverages on specified public ways for the Sturgeon Spectacular Festival February 13, 2026 to February 15, 2026. Again, our introductions by our city clerk, Miss Hefa.

Thank you. Again, this request is for the annual Sturgeon Spectacular event to allow participants to consume alcohol on a portion of Shbboan Street on February 13th through the 15th. No glass containers or carry-ins will be allowed in the designated area. City staff has approved the special event application submitted by Fondelac Festivals and recommends approval. Thank you. Are there any questions for Miss Heft? Seeing none, I will entertain a motion. We have a motion by Mr. Godfrey and a second by Mr. Mullen. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, please proceed to vote. And that passes unanimously. Item D is resolution 9220, a resolution approving the application for a recreational boating facilities grant for sealing and crack filling the boat launch parking lots by Mohawk Avenue and Harborview Drive. Our introduction is by our public works director, Mr. Dere.

Thank you. Um, so this is a resolution just to give us the authority to submit the grant. Uh, we've used this DNR grant program before and it's been successful. Um, we're not sure we're going to get it right away. There's two different cycles. Um, so it might be later in the year that we get it. Um, but this is for Harborview, Mohawk area. um helping seal that and and keep it um in good condition. Uh we have CIP money in for the other part of it if um we're not successful and if we are successful it'll just be decreased in the amount that we need to put towards. So with that I would entertain any questions but uh recommend approval.

All right. Thank you so much. Are there any questions for Mr. Dere? Seeing none, I will entertain a motion. We have a motion by Mr. Godfrey and a second by Mr. Mullen. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, please proceed to vote. And that passes unanimously. This ends our action items and we do not have any input items on our agenda tonight. So I will entertain a motion to adjurnn.

Motion by Mr. Mr. Zimmerman, second by Miss Learing. This is not debatable. Please proceed to vote. And we are adjourned.