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VILLAGE OF LIVINGSTON
REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES
September 10, 2019
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; Tom Brown-present, Deb France-present, John Jelle-present, Chris Roth-present. Linda Friesen & Jason Potter-present. Tim Loeffelholz- absent. Also in attendance: Steve Jeardeau, Sheila Ruchti, Bart Nies, Jordan Fure, Gary Stuckey and Clerk Christina Christianson.
Motion by Friesen to approve agenda. France seconded. All in favor. Motion passed.
Clerk verified posting of agenda at Livingston post office, Village message board and Village office on 9/5/19.
Motion by Potter to approve July minutes. Roth seconded. All in favor. Motion passed.
Police Report
Steve gave a brief update and has been handing out some warnings as well as some citations.
New Business
The board set trick or treating for October 31, 2019 from 5 to 7pm
Clerk gave the board an update on the variance board of appeals meeting for Joanne Marshall that will be held September 16, 2019 at 6:30pm.
Motion by France to approve the new purchase of one ImageCast X (ICX) prime VVPAT DRE voting machine from Grant county Clerk’s office through command central. Friesen seconded. All in favor. Motion passed.
Unfinished Business
Motion by Potter to approve Johnson & Block engagement letter for a full audit to be performed in 2020 for the 2019 year. Jelle seconded. All in favor. Motion passed.
Gary and Sheila gave a little update on the new sports park baseball field.
Engineering Report- Bart Nies
Jordan Fure with Delta 3 Engineering gave the board a handout and discussed the information in it in regards to the wastewater treatment plant evaluation. Delta 3 recommends for the village to do the addition first then do the VFD update. Bart also discussed the smoke test and how it can help the village find where we are losing/gaining excess water.
Engineering report-continued-
Bart then gave the board an update on the Barber Ave/Grove Street project and described a project timeline. Motion by Jelle to approve Delta 3 Engineering to do a smoke test for our village starting as soon as possible and billing after January 1, 2020. Friesen seconded. All in favor. Motion passed.
Motion by Roth to exempt the requirement for formal bids for engineering and grant administration services for the Barber Ave./Grove St. Project as allowed per Section 3-1-13 (b)(1) of the Village’s Ordinances and to approve to utilize Delta 3 Engineering for the engineering and grant administration services for the Project. Jelle seconded. All in favor. Motion passed,
Bart also discussed meeting with Gary and Chuck Jones in regards to the Jones subdivision and Chuck finishing his part of the deal from when this became a sub-division. He has sold the 9th lot and it is past the time allowed for him to finish the road work. Once this is done the village has one year to accept the street and take over expense for future costs.
Clerk Report-Christina Christianson
Budget/finance and Wage and personal committee meetings set for October 8, 2019 immediately following the regular board meeting. Potter will contact the employees and have them fill out evaluation forms and then will meet with them individually before these meetings.
Treasurers Report-Christina Christianson
Motion by Potter to approve August Treasurer’s report. Jelle seconded. All in favor. Motion passed.
Motion by Brown to approve bills in the amount of $45,226.92 and $16,662.60 to community first bank for loan for Cty Rd E and Cty Rd E TIF improvement due to be paid out of the general account and Delta 3 Engineering in the amount of $2290.00 to be paid out of the sewer account, and t. Jelle seconded. All in favor. Motion passed.
Motion by Friesen to approve Clerk to transfer of funds within the Village accounts through the LGIP and Community First Bank. Roth seconded. All in favor. Motion passed.
President’s Report
Sheila Ruchti informed the board that the Grant county economic development will be meeting for Montfort and Livingston to be host-should be Montfort’s turn- and that it would be great if some people from the village would attend these. The location to be highlighted will be Montfort Vet Clinic and not certain where the dinner will be yet. Clerk informed the board members that this can be paid by the village for board members.
Maintenance Report- Gary Stuckey
See attached sheet for other maintenance report information from Gary.
Motion by Potter to approve resolution PW2019-Hauled Waste. Roth seconded. All in favor. Motion passed.
Motion by Friesen to adjourn at 8:30 pm. France seconded. All in favor. Motion passed
Next regular Village Board meeting will be on:
Tuesday October 8, 2019 at 7:00pm
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Christina L. Christianson--Village of Livingston, Clerk/Treasurer