VILLAGE MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a meeting of the La Farge Village Board will be held on Monday, September 9, 2019, at 6:30 p.m. at the Emergency Services building, located at 201 S. Cherry Street.
AGENDA:
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Call to order/Roll Call
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Verification of Meeting Posting/Publishing
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Motion to convene into closed session, in accordance with Wisconsin State
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Statutes section 19.85(1)(e), for negotiating the investing of public funds, whenever bargaining reasons require a closed session;
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Motion to return to open session
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Approval of previous meetings minutes
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Correspondence
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Public Comment
UTILITY BUSINESS:
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Regular Utility Business;
OLD BUSINESS:
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Action on a donation to the La Farge Schools for the After-School program;
NEW BUSINESS:
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Action on a recommendation from the Library Board to proceed with an agreement with the La Farge Solar, LLC for 2 Solar battery storage units;
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Action on a Tax Increment Finance Repayment agreement;
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Action on the purchase of a new sander;
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Action to renew the Connect Communities Agreement;
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Action on a Resolution Relating to Fair Housing;
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Action on a picnic license application for the La Farge Volunteers;
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Action on operator license applications;
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Set a date for the 10th annual Fall Village-wide rummage sales;
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Police report/update;
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Committee reports and updates;
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Approval to Pay the Bills;
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Adjourn.
Kimberly Walker, Village Clerk/Treasurer
Posted 9/6/2019
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Village of La Farge Board Meeting Briefs
*September 9, 2019, President Cheryl Purvis called the meeting of the Village Board to order at 6:30 p.m. Roll call was taken with all board members present: Purvis, Terry Jensen, Frank Quinn, Barbara Melvin, Reggie Nelson, Aaron Nemec, and Aaron Appleman.
*Verification of meeting publishing and posting was given.
*Jensen moved, Quinn seconded to convene into closed session, in accordance with WI State Statutes section 19.85(1)( e), for negotiating the investing of public funds, whenever bargaining reasons require a closed session. (Carried). ***CLOSED SESSION***
*Jensen moved, Quinn seconded to go back to open session. (Carried).
*Quinn moved, Nemec seconded to approve the previous meetings minutes. (Carried).
*No Correspondence.
*Public Comment: Carol Persons thanked the village workers for filling in the ditch by the library.
*Utility Business: The utilities started work on iron and manganese corrosion control in our drinking water.
*Old Business: Donation to the after-school program. Quinn moved, Appleman seconded to approve $2,000 for the program. (Carried).
*New Business: The library board recommended an agreement with the La Farge Solar LLC for 2 solar battery storage units at the library. The library cost is $2,400 over 6 years. Melvin moved, Quinn seconded to approve the agreement. (Carried).
*Quinn moved, Jensen seconded to approve the TIF Repayment Agreement as was discussed in closed session. (Carried).
*Reviewed 3 bids for a new sander. Jensen moved, Nemec seconded to buy from Universal Truck Equipment for $9,977.25, with funds from the equipment savings account. (Carried).
*Jensen moved, Quinn seconded to renew the Connect Communities Agreement for another year, and cost share with LAPA for the $200 fee. (Carried).
*To go with our planning grant application, a new Fair Housing resolution needs approved to replace our existing one, which the state says is outdated. Quinn moved, Appleman seconded to approve this. (Carried).
*Jensen moved, Quinn seconded to approve a picnic license for the La Farge Volunteers for their annual gun raffle banquet on October 5th. (Carried).
*Quinn moved, Melvin seconded to approve a renewal operator license for Nikita Spangler and a new one for Patricia Baker. (Carried).
*Appleman moved, Jensen seconded to set October 4 & 5 for the 10th annual Fall village-wide rummage sales. (Carried).
*Police Chief Jonathon Brown gave his police report.
*Reviewed committee reports.
*Quinn moved, Nemec seconded to approve payment of the bills. (Carried).
*Quinn moved, Appleman seconded to adjourn. (Carried). Adjourned at 7:10 p.m.
Kimberly Walker, Village Clerk/Treasurer