Village Board - Regular Meeting

open forum. Maybe I use the wrong word. Sandy

Sandy Ham, West 230 South 3827 Milky Way Road. Um, I got a few items here tonight. Um, I see you have the fireworks changes on the agenda. That seems great. Of course, you know, I can state again that, you know, I think it should all be reserved for Independence Day, but um, seems that's not the way it works. when I come, I try and be posit positive with my remarks and and and not be negative towards things that are happening. Um, and even if they feel critical, uh, they're meant to be constructive. So, I have a few comments about things lately. Um, well, this one's actually positive, sort of. Um, I appreciate the detail on the sheriff's report. Um, I'm able to see the monthly change, you know, whether the current month is more or less or if there's some huge aberration in the total number. and having all that data on there is is really helpful for me. Um, procedurally, I just want to make a comment about the tempo of sometimes in the meeting where it seems like we get undue pauses, you know, where we're waiting for a motion or we're waiting for a second and it's already been discussed and everybody kind of knows what they're going to do. And actually when I used to manage a team for sales, we had everybody had their geographic territory, but there was an 800 number that came in. And so any number, any inquiry that came in on the 800 number, that could be yours regardless of the territory. So that made him jump on the phone real quick. It just, you know, changes the tempo on things. So I think from sitting out here sometimes it seems like there are pauses where I wasn't expecting them. I wanted to comment about um the way we handle complaints and that a citizen has to file a complaint and even when it's um anonymous you I'm not sure how often it actually ends up being anonymous to

the parties involved. Um, and so, you know, I I happened to go a couple nights recently to uh past Hansen's landscaping and then I went back and reviewed their plan of oper site plan of operation and I mean it they don't match. And so it just feels like as a citizen if somebody advises you of a situation that it would be then just simply incumbent upon you guys to go and inspect it or do whatever it is you need to do and not be filing a complaint. Um it's not healthy for the neighbors. I know that's the way we've been operating and everything, but um and maybe part of that problem is also with the inspector. I mean, the terms of that contract, unless I'm mistaken, are that they get paid based on the number of permits they write, a percentage of the permits they write. And I just think that's a faulty way to handle it. Um, and then lastly, in line with making motions in seconds, when we did the approval of the minutes the other day, um, we wouldn't stay on point totally and and that happens sometimes on other issues too, but the approval of the minutes should be pretty straightforward and everybody should have come prepared and have read the minutes and if they are not happy with the minutes, then be prepared to make a motion and uh have it seconded if it does and then make the changes. But it's not a time to restate your position or to pontificate on on the advice or advantage of of what your position was and it's simply move forward. You know, we don't need to go back to what happened the previous month. Now, on that note, I will say when I looked at the agenda for that meeting when the CDs

were were renewed, I thought about making a comment about what I thought and then I thought to myself, "No, I'm not going to do it. There's they can do what they want. They know what they're doing. You know, I don't need my advice on on what to do with the CDs." But only a week before that, I had renewed a CD and I renewed it for the longest term possible because that's what I felt was going to be best income for me and that in interest rates were coming down. So, but I didn't care what you guys did. Um, but once it's settled, when we come to the next meeting or the second next meeting and we're approving those minutes, I mean, let's just go through it and be done and not have to talk about it anymore. I mean, there's a lot of going backwards that goes on and it's just not necessary and I really appreciate you listening to me. I'm trying to make constructive criticisms. Thank you.

Thank you. Anyone else? Public comments. All right. Hearing none, we'll move on. Thank you. Um, going through the packet of reports, clerk treasurer,

anyone have any comments related All right. Uh public works. I'm just giving people the opportunity giving uh public works wise in addition to what's listed in there. Um we have some stuff we'll talk about at the end of the agenda. But uh as far as the last meeting and um the public works building, I just want to I guess put into this part of the report that um we are moving forward with um some of the changes that were discussed at the last meeting. So likely it'll be another um action item here in the coming meeting or two meetings to continue with that part of the project. Just so you guys are aware, um that's not stalling at this point. That's moving forward. Up next, fire department.

I have a comment. Okay.

I wanted to read from from their report that's under public education uh from Joel uh Panowitz. Um public education. We went door todoor and flooded areas assisting our residents with federal 211 forms. Chief Stalddorf administered training for our members and then they went out in teams to complete their assigned tasks. The goal of this project was to collect data for the county, state, and federal agencies with regards to the flooding. I think that's terrific. This is above and beyond. Um I don't know of another um um um group that that uh is is doing that kind of thing. And I think it's a job well done and I think it should be commended in in our uh in our report here. Thank you. All right. Anybody else with the fire department? Uh, sheriff's report. Uh, we commissioner report. Is that it? Nothing. All right. Uh, the non-compliance report. Couple of those items are on the agenda obviously. Uh anything related to the others. Um all right. Before I move on, uh Roger the fire department one I I will address part of that with the flooding that's flutter off but uh I do think that actually should be in the next report based on this is being the July report. The flooding was in August. I do agree. Um but we'll discuss more in the the flooding portion of the agenda of what the fire department did for us. Anything else comment uh reportwise folks gentlemen

the river road the horse farm has that been taken care of as far as the building um there are updates the temporary building that was up with the canopy like the carport type style building that has been removed. Um, what else was on there that was Is there something else besides that? That was your question. No, I think it was just the I think it was just the structure. Yeah, that that is gone. Okay, they did take that down. All right, moving on. Approval of previous minutes uh minutes for the meeting on July 24th of 25. any No, I'll I'll call you up when we're ready.

Um for the meeting minutes, any comments, questions, concerns for what was in the packet? Any changes that need to be made? I'll make a motion approved the July 24th, 2025 minutes. Very well. Is there a second? I'll second it. All right. It's been motioned and seconded. Any further discussion? All right. All those in favor of approving the minutes for July 24th say I. I. I. Anyone opposed. Motion carries unanimous. Thank you.

Uh discussion and possible action items. Up first then is the Merlin Minster extension update to bring property located at West 261 South 3547 into compliance. Um sir, you can go to the microphone on the side there. Just give us your name and address, please. Okay. Um, uh, Dustin Minster, uh, W261 South 3547 Jennese Road. Okay. Um, my father couldn't be here today cuz he uh, uh, he had to take my niece to her volleyball.

Okay. you know, she's got three girls, so grandpa gets a lot of responsibility. Um, so, you know, I know on his property and, you know, on the corner, a lot's gone on, um, since we got the first complaint. I mean, I've taken literally I think it was like 11 loads of u stuff out of there. And my dad is very very you know he's had some accidents in the last couple years. So he's in a wheelchair and you know it's hard for him to boy. It was hard for him just to take down the the shed thing, whatever the heck, you know, and uh so we, you know, we've been working on it as much as we can. Um, let let me ask you guys, sorry to interrupt, but um what what's remaining to be done? So, I know that Jared, the building inspector, has spoken with you or with your dad or some part of the family.

And I wish I was there. Okay. This I wish I would have seen this in the beginning.

Um there is uh basically there's probably like one load left and um there is a wood rack you know, he's got a concrete masonry business, you know, and that's what I run for him. And there's a wood rack there. It's it's been there forever. And I was I was saying, you know, it's it's an eyesore, but you know, what if what if I put plywood on it and paint it and then make it look nice or something like that? It's it doesn't it says on the on the complaint um three specific things um trash in the yard canvas carport uh and piles of lumber and overgrown weeds on that corner. I don't know as far as overgrown weeds. It's very hard. You do you guys do you guys know where we're on 59 in Salesville? They

Yep. We're we're familiar with your where you're at. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, you know, he got his land taken from him in the first place. Well, we're not here to discuss that at this point, right? That's deal with. That's nothing we have any control over. Yeah. No, I know. Sir, if you want to come up and speak, you can with him. Um, so you said you have about one more load left to remove. One load of uh, you know, there's a couple tarps and stuff. It just it was such a a lot to get done. Um,

okay. So, how long do you think it would take you to get that one load removed? I mean, I'd need at least another week. Okay. Just because I work. I got kids. Um, so it was brought to my attention this week that you had a shed that was erected on the property. Yeah. We were told to move it.

Yep. Looking at where it was originally, it wasn't even on your land. it was on the public rideway. That's no longer part of your dad's property. Uh because the lot line, if you look at at um where your lot lines sit, your form structure that you're talking about for your concrete forms, that looks like that's partially not on your lot either based on the lot lines. So you you may need to be moving things because they're not even on your land. So that's one concern. Um so it looks like you put a concrete pad in where that shed was originally. No, it was already there. Yeah, the concrete pad is probably not on your property based on the lot lines. Well, that's where they cut it when they came to do the the road when they put the road in.

What do you mean? That they cut the That's where they we had a huge slab there and they literally that's where they cut it and said that's where it was. So, I that's why, you know, I'm hustling trying to get all this stuff moved. Um, all right. So, to finish the work you're doing to bring it to to compliance, you think at least another week, but you don't based on that, you don't need more than another month. Correct. Yeah, I I we could do it a month. So, it's it's the end of August. So, if we were to

give you some grace and give you another month because we've already given you a couple months at this point. Um, if if you were to to receive another month, that's sufficient and you don't need anything beyond that. Correct. If it means move, are you saying that I have to that we have to still move the the wood rack as well? Well, if that's part of the violation, that would have to be moved. Yes. And and to be honest, part of the concern there is if you're running a business out of the property, uh you need to have permission from the village to be operating a village there, a business there as well, which is to my knowledge there isn't any approvals from the village to be doing that.

So, if you've been running and operating a business out of the property, then that's going to need to be addressed with with us as well. Okay. That'd be probably a separate issue from the compliance issues and and we're Okay. So, as far as the first thing, like I was asking the wood rack, um because that's a whole another story. I mean, there there's enough there's enough wood there to build a house. So, so to move it that's sufficient. No,

a month is not sufficient not to do that and the shed and Okay, then what is your request? Um, two two I mean two months I mean that would at least give me a little time. Okay. Well, just understand we're already at five months from when when this originated. Yeah, I just I'm because you've you've had a a letter from the village with the issues. Um it looks like at least for three and a half months.

Yeah. Um I see it doesn't say in here I had to move the I well it's come very confusing. I understand that that's that's also why we uh went a little bit out of our norm and in how we do these procedurally and asked that the building inspector uh make contact with your father so that it was better clarification of what the issues were. Um, normally we send you a letter like you received and then you have to follow up and get those things done. But, uh, to clarify some of those questions, um, Jared made contact with your father and and explained those things to you to him.

So, um, so you're asking for two months then is what you're saying. Yeah. Okay. board members. Um, questions discussion and I'll pull I'll get the permit for that shed then for my shed. I got it moved last night at 2 in the morning with my kids. Yeah, I saw it moved. I That's as far as we could get it. Sure. Shed can be moved and get a permit for it as administration of the ordinance. So, I don't think he needs a building permit for the shed at this point based on okay

the type of shed and what we changed the ordinance um recently. So, that that should be in compliance from that perspective provided it's got the proper setbacks from the lot lines and things like that. So, uh where it was was Yeah. Either on or over the the lot line. Yeah. So, it's I would not have put it there. There's over 2,000 screws in that thing. But it's a small like Yeah, you put a garden tractor in it size. It's not Yeah, it's like six by eight. Yeah, it's small. Actually, I think it's in the Was it So, is that the only thing that's left to be compliant is moving that shed?

No. No. If you look at the pictures in the packet, there's there's a lot of a lot of debris still scattered around the yard. Yeah. Two months to clean that up yet. What what about the cats? Have you resolved the issue with the cats? Yeah. Well, are they gone? They're not gone yet, but they will be okay. Are they in like humane condition? Oh, yeah. Okay. Do you let them out each day or what's what's the condition with that? The cats are just fine. I have my my fiance doesn't have any kids. Those are her kids. Trust me, the cats are fine. Okay.

You want to Come and take a look. Come and take a look. Okay. And a question. Um, who complained just to just because I What's that? Who complained? Because we Well, I we don't we I don't understand. I mean, I I get I get, you know, if we're on the lot line, but stuff. Yeah, I get it.

So, I think I'll be honest. I think what happened was it it appears this is how your property's been for for a pretty long time and it wasn't really noticeable until the bypass was put in because now you're in public's view. Um, and so that's created an eyesore and there were multiple people who approached me. So, if you look at our packet uh online, it shows that I filed the complaint. And that was because there was at least two people that reached out to me making comments and complaints about it and didn't want to have their name attached. So, that's why I filed it. That's part of our procedure. So, if a concerned citizen doesn't want to be named as a complaintant, they can come to any of the board members and we file one on their behalf. Okay.

So, yeah, I guess we go back to it for the board. Do you guys have any questions or discussion? I just have a question. It sounds like you're a son and you're going to take in behalf of your father's, you know, trying to, you know, clean his non-compliance issues up. I guess it's

I I mean it sounds like you're going to be since your father's an elderly gentleman and my suggestion is maybe you you can maybe have some contact with our building inspector to get up caught up on some things that you might maybe your dad not you know told you exactly all had to be done and see some things like you don't know exactly what all has to be done. So, I'd recommend you to uh contact the building inspector to make sure that you know exactly why it needs to be done. Well, I guess not to say I'm not going to stop him from doing that, but Jared's been pretty clear on what needs to be done. He's got photographs of it and it's been made clear to his father. So, father's property.

Yeah. But you you don't understand my dad's not he's starting to you know, he he's getting old. So, totally understand. So, all right. So, again, I guess we go back to that there's a two month you know have any comments, questions. Thank you, Alan. By the way, I will call the building inspector because I I wasn't there for the conversation. Yeah, Ste. I guess I I guess I will make a motion that we extend his request for two months

to whatever date that is. October 23rd would be the Okay. October 23rd. And if it's not cleaned up by that time, then we start with the citations. Okay. Is there a second to the motion? No. Second it. All right. It's been motioned and seconded to authorize an extension to um the property owners to get into compliance with the zoning issues here uh with a new deadline of October 23rd. Um

I mean that means cleaned up. Cleaned up to our specifications and weeds cut down and everything else completely cleaned up. Okay. So, right where right where just a question. Um, so right where um I took my my shed down. I just moved it. Um, so basically that that's the lot line. So that

Well, I I can't speak directly to exactly where your lot line is, but when you look at the maps and you look at the the GIS stuff that's online that the county has, it looks like that shed was partially over the lot line. That that's for surveyors to determine with you if you need that figured out and such. Uh we're not here to to determine those things for you. The point though is is if we authorize by vote here in a minute to give you an extension, you've got until October 23rd. And if it's not done to the building inspector satisfaction with the issues that have been raised, then you're going to get your father's going to start being cited and those citations continue daily until it's brought into compliance. So it can be a very expensive venture if it's not corrected immediately.

So okay. So anything that's not that's all that's all I was just asking. Yeah. As far as because I mean you guys know the corner there's the grass grows 8 feet tall in summer and then it goes down to nothing. Well y I I do sir just one second. Any other discussion from the board? So, the shed that we're looking at in these pictures, that's the one you moved. Yes. The the little like a dark gray dark gray. Yeah. Okay. How did you move it? I mean, how far did you move it? I moved it all the way to the back of the house and behind there's a big I I moved it with my kid. We cut the bolts and we

So, are you more than 10 ft off the lot line now? No. Oh, yeah. Way way off of there. I'm in the middle just behind the house. Because I can understand that because when the city came through and took the land or the county or the highway state took the land, they just cut it off right there. Yeah. The shed wasn't there at the time. You guys just put up the shed recently, correct? Yeah. Oh, I thought it was there when Oh, I thought it was there. No, this this was part of the big one. Removing the carport. The carport one was close to where the carport was. This is a new device that was just installed. Okay. My misunderstanding. I thought it was there when they cut the road.

No, he's saying that the concrete pad that if you look at the pictures closely, it looks like it's a new concrete pad. We we actually had just poured it right before my stepmom passed away and then that next you know that next year you know I know he fought it off for years have you know not losing the land but the next year then you know they came in and took the land and just we poured it that year and then all of a sudden you found note that, you know, it had to be taken or cut. It looks like he put the shed on the other side of the house closer to the garden. Yeah.

Is that accurate? Yeah. I'm You know, if you see there's a a really old shed behind the house. I don't know if you can see it from from a top view. Like I'm talking really old. It's probably 1800 same as the house. Sure. Um, on the other side of that is where I I built a like a raised to a Yeah, Jared took some for the board members didn't see these, but Jared took some additional photographs today and emailed them this afternoon. So, that that's how I know the shed is if you're looking at the house from the drive from the street from the driveway,

the the shed was on the right next to the bypass. Now, it's on the south side of the house. this shed. Yes. So that is that is moved. It's no longer where it is in the pictures in the packet. Okay. It has been moved. Okay. So the issue there would have been based on the new ordinance that it had to be at least 5t off the lot line. Um and it's now probably closer to center of the property from where this looks like this is. Okay.

Yeah. So all right. Any other discussion board members? All right. All right. So, the motion on the floor, it's been seconded, is to extend based on the request here tonight, um give it to provide an extension to the family to bring the property into compliance with a deadline of October 23rd. Um any further discussion and and further to do so, there's more. What's that? And failure to do so and failure to do so would result in citations being issued. Correct. I mean, you we don't have to have it part of the motion. That's why he included it and that's why I wanted to mention you want that in the motion because we're going to be discussing it that night anyways again. It's not

okay. Very well. So, the motion is to give the extension and if it's not in compliance by October 23rd, uh that citations will begin to be issued after that date. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. Anyone opposed? Motion carries unanimously. All right, sir. Your family's got until October 23rd. All right. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Thank you.

All right. Up next uh is an extension update for the property located at West 257 South 2699 Genese Road to bring that property into compliance. Uh just for your recollection, this is the property that's on uh Jennese or St. Paul, whatever you refer to it based on the locations uh just south of MacArthur on the opposite side of the highway from um the quick trip up there. So what we've referred to in the previous meetings that had a blue roof on it previously. Um I spoke to um Janine this afternoon. That's uh I I don't know the exact relationship. I believe it's girlfriend, fiance, wife, something to that effect. I'm not entirely sure. From Marcel that's listed in the packet. The owner. Uh we spoke by phone this afternoon. Um they have some things in the works as far as what's happening with the property. It was brought up, I think, at the last meeting when we discussed, but when he was present, they have now since finished correcting the issues with the roof. Uh there are other shoes that are still in place. Jared went there as well this afternoon and provided some additional photographs by email to the clerk's office uh that were not part of tonight's packet, obviously, because they came today. Uh that property is not in compliance at this point. However, uh based on the conversations I had with Janine this afternoon, I'm going to ask that the board um give them a 30-day extension to have them have the issues addressed or at a minimum they come back in front of us on the next meeting, which would be

September 25th. Um they may not be keeping the property. um they're trying to figure that out based on the discussions we had, which won't fix the compliance issues, but at least it gets us a a path moving forward. Uh based on our conversations, I don't know if the house is salvageable, but we'll see. Um they have been in contact with Jared as far as building permits and things to to correct the other structural issues in the inside that we've talked about. Um, so I make a motion at that point, um, from what I just said to give them a 30-day extension, a month extension to have them come back in front of us on September 25th. Um, I'm not going to attach the citation issue to this one like we did in the last motion. They were not able to be here tonight. That's why we spoke by phone. I'll second your motion.

All right. seconded by Stu. Uh any questions you have regarding what I just said? I have a question. Uh they are, you know, they have taken care of the roof and they they've been doing some things right along. Their intention is to remodel the whole thing and sell it or what are they going to take occupancy of it at some point? Have they indicated that? His goal was to purchase the property, rehab it so that they can move in and live there themselves. Okay.

Um I think I I try not to air all of their things here. I guess with them not being present, so I'm not trying to speak totally on their behalf, but uh I think they've realized the project is possibly bigger than what they can handle. Um, and so that's leading to that they may try to get rid of the property here based on the conversations this afternoon. Um, if not, they're going to have to continue forward with Jared and what they've already worked on as far as permits and things to continue forward with it because I did explain to her we're not it's not an open-ended, you know, if they choose to keep it, we can't give them like a a fiveyear extension to get the house rebuilt, right?

Um, so she's aware of that. She was talking to Marcel and that's her. She uh updated me shortly after we talked that they're looking at possibly selling off the land. I've visited the property and uh it is the project all around uh is is huge. So that's was my reason for my question. Okay. Any other questions, discussion? Hearing none. Uh, all those in favor of providing a one-month extension dated September 25th to Marcel the property owner signify by saying I. I. Anyone opposed?

Motion carries unanimously. Thank you. Moving on. Operator's license. Uh, Michael Pitzky. Chris, um, he is currently a server at Tally's Tap and would like to move into bartending. He had a noncriminal offense back in 2015, but um other than that, he is and I would recommend approval.

All right, board. I just looked at the uh it says check one of these boxes on this form and I don't think he completed his training course. He did. So, I think we might have checked that second box now. when he handed in the application, he had not completed the course. Right. So we we I mean do we need to check that box? That is all I'm saying. Yeah. I see. So we can check it on his behalf administratively because he did provide the paperwork. So I guess you completed it on the 20th of August. Yeah.

All right. I'll make a motion to approve the operator's license for Michael Pitzky. I'll second it. Any further discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor of approving the license say I. I. Anyone opposed? Motion carries unanimous. Thank you. Walk County property tax assessment and billing contract. Chris, uh, this is the annual contract we have with Wakisha County that u allows us to create the tax bills and access to the database so that the property taxes can be done. Okay. The alternative is we go back to us trying to collect it all and hiring staff probably due to

and um I was just going to say maybe we won't get a tax bill. I don't think that's going to happen. No. Um there are some that probably would have be happy about that, but All right. I'll make a motion to approve uh county tax property tax assessment and billing contract. Okay. Motion on the floor is our second. I'll second it. Motion by Bob, second by Stu. Any further discussion? I have a question. Okay.

Um did not understand uh item 12 uh under uh two it said okay that's per partial taxes. Okay. The 2026 rate is $1.99. Is that per thousand dollars worth of assessed value? No, that is to create and print the tax bills. That has nothing property. That has nothing to do with your bill. It's to create the tax bill and have them mailed. Okay. It's $1.99 per what? Per property. And there are last year 3,720 parcels that were mailed. So it's $1.99 per p per per uh property. Correct. for each bill they have to send out for every single property it's $1.99.

Okay, that's I didn't know what it affected. So, thank you for the clarification. Any further discussion? All right, the motion on the floor is to approve the building contract with Walker County for the property tax assessment and billing. Uh, all those in favor say I. I. Anyone opposed?

Motion carries unanimous. Uh, ordinance 16-2, regulation of fireworks. Uh so if you saw in the packet, if you recall from the previous discussion we had with the board here, uh there was a couple items that in our discussion were the items that were requested to be modified to the existing ordinance. Uh they were highlighted red in the packet. Uh, one was under letter B, prohibitions to add number two, which is fireworks shall not be um used or detonated after 10 p.m. Um, the the discussion at the time was to limit it so that they could not be after 10. Um, I know it wasn't discussed outwardly here with the board as far as the other side of the limit, but my concern was if we left it as 10 p.m. daily, uh, without giving more or less a start time that they could go again, that didn't prohibit somebody from launching fireworks at 1:00 a.m. because it's the next day. So, that's why I drafted that part to say 7 a.m. You not to be before 7 a.m. So, you know, 1:00 am, 2 am, 3M is all covered. and then after 10 p.m. daily. Keep in mind this is just making a time frame that we're regulating they cannot uh use fireworks. They still have to um be in compliance with state law as far as fireworks possession usage and otherwise uh which is also part of our ordinance here. Uh they still are required to get permits and such like u a couple locations do annually. So this I don't know if this is going to stop the person who launches fireworks at one in the morning out of their backyard anyways. Um but that's what that part is. Secondly, uh it was asked to increase the um the dollar figure for the minimum amount as far as the liability insurance was concerned. It was at 500,000. It was requested to be raised to 1 million. So those are the

two changes to the current ordinance as it exists now. Um, any discussion? I have a question and and it has uh has to do with what I I just really am am not uh apprised of of fireworks and and how they're used and uh is a quarter grain a lot of gunpowder? No. Is that in a cherry bomb? Is that what is that amount? It's a Quarter grains like a pretty small amount. Pretty small like like in a black hat or or a firecracker or something like that.

I I'd have to look up the exact amounts, but that's a quarter grain is dust. So, okay. All right. So, it doesn't I understand. Okay. So, it's not create any problem as far as you know, well, you know what happens with uh with cherry bombs and other things like that? They're they're hugely uh um hugely loud, you know, as far as things are concerned. I just wanted to make sure that this what this quarter grain amount is and what kind of a uh nuisance the possibility is of having fireworks that are in addition to that. So I understand.

So just to clarify because it was discussed at the previous meeting, the definition section um is verbatim to state law. those definitions are copied and pasted from state law. So we we haven't created something new there. Um what we're regulating with the additional items here or item is uh a time frame that we are not allowing them to be uh used in the within the village limits.

Understood. My concern uh from a law enforcement perspective and um enforcement perspective for this is um it's difficult to find those one-offs like I mentioned earlier where somebody launches one or two quickly and by the time a concerned citizen calls dispatch and then gives a general location by the time a deputy can get there they're likely back inside or doing something else and it makes it difficult to find those. So I don't know that we're stopping that with this. My concern, I guess, is going to be how do we enforce this? Uh, our contract with the sheriff's department ends at 11 PM. So, we're asking non-contract staff to come in and enforce these uh village ordinances. Um, which can be done. Not saying it can't. Um, so I I don't know I agree with the idea behind the time frame. I just don't know um how much it's going to be enforced based on the response to these kinds of complaints. It's easy if somebody's got a party and they've got, you know, a thousand or $2,000 worth of fireworks from the fireworks store. Pretty easy to figure where that is. Um and they're done that to find those ones. But as far as, you know, the stuff that becomes the nuisance that we've discussed, um those are harder to to locate. So um the the requested drafts are here in front of you. So what uh what does the board want to do?

Well, I agree with the time frame and stuff. I I gives you another aspect of a tool to use. I mean, most of these orders are just a tool to be used if it situation arises, but like you said before, somebody t sets one off or by the time you get there, it's all done and done and over with. But just a this is just a tool and I guess I would make a motion to adopt um ordinance 16-2 regulation of fireworks. All right, there's a motion on the floor. Is any second to that? I'll second that.

All right. Motion and seconded. Um, can I just add um one thing to your motion? This is not in ordinance form. So, if you can uh agree to it, we would add to the motion that um this would be drafted with staff to the ordinance form and then um be signed at that time. Yes, my mistake. Sorry. No, you're good. All right. Any further discussion? And that's going to include the corrections, correct? So, there are no corrections. This is I'm sorry. Is there corrections? This is This is what we're

No, it's this this is a word document form of where I I took the ordinance off the website and then made it a word document. But this is not an actual ordinance. No, I was asking it with with the corrections you said, right? Well, I I guess maybe maybe that's not the right word. What corrections? with the red. Oh, with the red marking. That's the part we're updating. Correct. With the updates. That's it. Everything else that's in front of you in the packet is identical to what it is currently today. Right now, all we're doing is approving B2 and the one dollar amount in E1. That's all we're changing. Okay. Yep. That's what I want to make sure.

Correct. All right. Any further discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor of the updates to the ordinance 16-2 for regulation of fireworks, say I. I.

Any opposed? Motion carries. All right. Uh community update concerning the recent flooding. So, I asked the clerk to put this on the agenda. I assume you're all very familiar with um the the very large rainstorm we had a few weeks back. Um, I don't know. You had to be out of the area to not know that it happened, I suppose. Uh, there's a lot that's gone on related to that. Um, and I just wanted to give you guys an update and the public as well if you haven't been following the news or the county exec has with emergency government has been putting out updates and such. So, uh, as far as the village specifically is concerned, um, there's two things I want to start off with. One, I want to um recognize Rob, our public works director, and also Andy from the fire department, Andy Stoddorf. Um they have done a tremendous amount of work the last few weeks. Um all well, many of the firefighters responded out the night of the storm and helped with issues u related to the storm as far as things with the road and trees down and things of that sort. Uh, so I commend them for all their efforts uh to keep the village safe. Um, I recognize Andy and and Rob specifically. Rob was out multiple times that night, went home, got called back shortly after. So, he was out all night basically trying to resolve things in the village. Um, we had some road wash out that occurred. We had shoulders that washed out. We had culverts that had some wash out to them. We had a a landslide or mudslide if you want to refer to it as that. Uh over on Milky Way, I think that was mentioned in public comments at the last meeting if I recall correctly. Um there were some tree issues. Um we had some roads that we ended up having to close, either county roads and or

village roads for periods of time. And Rob did a tremendous amount of work and he had his guys coming out the the days following. Uh and they had um stuff that they could not repair just by themselves. So they ended up with Waca's DPW out helping with some asphalt repair. They had um a tree company helping with some trees that needed to to be resolved from the storm. And they also had workmen out helping uh repair damage with um shoulder wash out and some call wash out and things of that sort that needed their equipment that we don't have. So there's a lot of stuff on the public work side. In total, that portion uh with a rough estimate is in the range of about $40,000 worth of expenses that the village has incurred um fixing those issues. Um I recognize Andy specifically because uh emergency government did what they do. They kicked into full-time gear uh the gears full-time related to the response to all this countywide. Um and um and Mercy Government is sending out multiple emails still every day, even through to today with daily updates on where things stand across the county. um Andy uh because I was not available um and Chief was unavailable at the time, I reached out to Andy with Chief's permission and and asked that he assist us uh because FEMA required uh some things to be done in a door-to-door basis through emergency government to do some damage assessment to private properties to residences, whether it was the yards, their basement, the house themselves or whatnot on the private property, Not just the public stuff. Public stuff was easy because we had numbers from Rob and and from from the fire department on their responses and such that we were able to use as our estimates. Public side is a bit more

difficult or sorry, the private side's a bit more difficult. And so um if you saw in the news, Milwaukee County was doing the same and uh there was groups going out doortodoor. Uh we did not go door to door in the entire village because there was areas that didn't appear to need it. Uh we focused on areas where people had called 211 indicating that they had damage on their property, flooded basement, whatever the case was. And uh using those addresses, um Andy compiled a list of over 400 residences uh primarily on the east and south central portion of the village. um that he had firefighters uh we had public works guys including Rob go out and they went door to door and made contact or attempted to make contact at over 400 properties in the village over about a two and a half day span. Um, and the intent there is uh to get those properties that are damaged on their official roles or records uh with emergency government. Uh because even if they called in and left a voicemail on the 211 line, that didn't add them to the stuff that then would get transferred to FEMA if FEMA were to approve disaster recovery funds and such. Um they had to have somebody going doortodoor and actually making contact at the property. With all of that, um, we have, I'm not going to go with addresses or any of that kind of information. That's not needed, but we had roughly $3 million at FEMA's formulas worth of damage to private property within the village. That's anywhere from some maybe some minor damage to their front yard to flooded basement to uh major damage is one of the categories. Um the way that they break it down is there's affected, there's minor, there's major, and there's destroyed. That's the four categories as far as the the

assessments on the properties. So, collectively with that, um I don't have the exact number. It's 50 or less properties that actually were damaged as a result, but we have about $3 million in damage to private property. It was um I think it was in today's news, yesterday's news that the governor sent a notice to to the president and to FEMA requesting assistance for both public and private. And so now we're waiting uh at the municipal and at the county level and state level for that matter to see what FEMA does to see what we can get for um assistance with those those issues. Um, in addition to that, um, speaking with the clerk's office, we did have some credits with LRS. We did make contact with them and see if they could jump ahead in the cycle where we normally would have u the large bulk item pick up at the end of the month. Given this was at the front side of the month, we reached out to them and see if they could um bump it up to being like the first week after this for large bulk pickup and they indicated they could not. They didn't have the staff and manpower to do so. Uh with the credits we had with with um our account with them, I authorized that a dumpster get brought out here by the trash or our yard waste area. And so there were residents that were taking advantage of that so that we didn't have rolled up carpet and things laying in the ditch for a month until um until LRS could come by at the normal schedule time for all that stuff. If you look and saw in the news, there were other communities that still have stuff out I believe potentially even to to today um sitting on the side of the road and just I don't want to see that and you know there's health concerns with mold and everything like that. So um but the dumpster is still out there. I think it's pretty much full from my

understanding. Um, and I think it's from what we're estimating it's to be roughly $1,000 u from what it's going to cost us to be able to have that service here for for this incident. Um, so, uh, I think that was pretty much everything I wanted to note on that. comments, concerns, anything, questions? So, again, public publicly recognize Rob, his staff for the work they've done. Um, the one road that had to have a partial closure, Milky Way, was uh I think within three days was repaired and back to normal. Um there's work they've been working on since and um and again with with Joe and Andy and their crews out that night and then with their crews going out for this doortodoor activity that we needed to have so that the private assistance could be meeting thresholds for FEMA and such. So good work by all of our staff and I appreciate their efforts last few weeks. So having said all that, uh up next is authorizing payments of the bills in the amount of $68,840.65.

I make a motion to pay the bills of $68,840.65. I will second that motion and seconded. Any discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor of approving the bills the amount noted say I. I. Anyone opposed? Motion carries. Adjournment. I will move to adjourn. Motion. Is there a second? I'll second. Motion seconded to adjourn the meeting. All those in favor? I. Anyone opposed? Motion carries. Thank you, gentlemen.