Livingston 

VILLAGE OF LIVINGSTON

REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES

AUGUST 8, 2016

HELD AT VILLAGE HALL-220 W. BARBER AVE, LIVINGSTON, WI 53554

Meeting called to order at 7:00 pm by Village president, Tom Brown.

Roll call taken; Kimberly Loeffelholz-present, Rosemary Gluege-present, Tom Brown-present, Ron Haas- present, Ryan Walter-present, Kyle Richards-present and Jeremie Klaas-absent. Also in attendance were Jerry Vesperman and Clerk Christina Christianson. Clerk verified posting of agenda at Livingston post office, Village message board and Village office on 8/4/16.

Motion by Loeffelholz to approve July minutes. Gluege seconded. All in favor. Motion passed.

Zoning Report-Ric Riniker

Clerk Christianson updated the board as Ric Riniker was not present. All information was received from Ric for the electronic updates. Zoning permit was issued to Patrick Loeffelholz and there will be a Board of Appeals meeting on August 23, 2016 at 6pm for Dale and Harold Coulthard regarding their asking for 3 variances.

Old business

None

Police Report

Jerry handed out the Police log activity for the month.

Treasurers Report-Christina Christianson

Motion by Haas to approve July Treasurer’s report. Gluege seconded. All in favor. Motion passed.

Motion by Brown to approve bills to be paid to Ric Riniker for $4470.00 out of the general account and Utility Service for $3655.52 out of the water account. Haas seconded. All in favor. Motion passed.

Motion by Gluege to approve transfer of funds within the Village accounts for Clerk Christianson. Loeffelholz seconded. All in favor. Motion passed.

Library Report

The August meeting was cancelled. Summer program was very successful.

Clerks Report-Christina Christianson

Christina informed the board of the letter received from Grant County Sheriff’s office and the new rates to increase over the next three years. Christina also informed the board that the water loan payment that was approved at the July meeting amount actually due was only $7130.13 once the papers came from the bank and not the approved amount of $11,226.03. Since there was not a lot of funds available Christina paid only what was due. Next year we should be back on schedule for the regular payments.

New Business

Motion by Richards to approve Grant County Road Aid payment of $2000.00 for matching funds that is done yearly. Gluege seconded. All in favor. Motion passed.

Maintenance Report- Gary Stuckey

In Gary’s absence, Christina read his prepared report. See attached sheet of full report.

Presidents Report-Tom Brown

Motion by Brown as Kyle Richards handed in his resignation letter which is in effect after this meeting dated 8-8-16. Kyle is moving and will not be able to fulfill his duties as board member. Gluege seconded. All in favor. Motion passed.

Motion by Brown to go into closed session at 7:35pm to discuss employee wage, benefits and personnel. Gluege seconded. All in favor. Motion passed.

Motion by Gluege to reconvene into open session at 8:05pm. Haas seconded. All in favor. Motion passed.

Motion made by Gluege to adjourn at 8:06pm. Richards seconded. All in favor. Motion passed.

Next regular Village Board meeting will be on

Tuesday-September 13, 2016 at 7:00pm.