[0:00] 29, but why stand on ceremony?
I will call to order the Village of
[0:07] Belgium's board meeting for Monday, July
13th, 2026. If you would all please
[0:12] stand and face the flag for the Pledge
of Allegiance.
[0:17] » I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America, and to the
[0:22] republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[0:29] justice for all.
[0:33] » Roll call of officers.
[0:36] » Andrew Bartley, Brian
Lorge, sorry. Chris Clear, Rose Sauer,
[0:41] Kevin Schuler, and Dan Wall.
>> Thank you.
[0:46] I will now entertain public comments.
Please keep in mind this is not the
[0:51] public hearing having to do with the
zoning ordinance.
[0:56] So, these are just general questions,
comments.
[1:01] So, does anyone have anything to say not
related to that ordinance change?
[1:10] Okay.
Village Marshall, would you like to give
[1:13] your report, please?
>> Okay. For June, it was very, very slow.
[1:17] I only had one call for a barking dog,
and that was the only complaint I had
[1:22] all month long. And so, everybody's
behaving themselves.
[1:26] » [laughter]
[1:29] » But, I patrol every day,
>> [cough]
[1:31] » and I get some positive vibes cuz I'm
out in the morning when the kids are
[1:34] getting on the school bus. They like to
see me driving around when the kids are
[1:39] getting on the school bus, so
they like seeing my presence out there.
[1:43] » Great.
>> Other than that, everything's going
[1:45] good.
>> Great.
[1:47] Thank you.
I'll entertain a motion to approve the
[1:53] consent agenda items.
>> So moved.
[1:57] » Can
>> second.
[1:59] » It's been moved and seconded to approve
the consent agenda items. All in favor,
[2:05] say I.
>> I.
[2:06] » I.
>> Any opposed?
[2:08] Okay.
Unfinished business, it doesn't look
[2:12] like we have any unfinished business, so
we will move on to new business.
[2:17] Consideration, discussion, and possible
action regarding and this is the public
[2:23] hearing for the um
uh
[2:27] zoning ordinance change. So, would
someone like to make a motion to convene
[2:32] that public hearing?
>> I'll make a motion to convene the public
[2:36] hearing.
>> Second.
[2:39] » Then moved and seconded. All in favor
convening the public hearing, say I.
[2:44] » I.
>> Any opposed?
[2:47] Okay.
Now's your time to discuss
[2:50] uh the
ordinance. Any
[2:53] public that [clears throat] would like
to do so, uh I would ask you to keep it
[2:57] to a couple of minutes each, if you
would.
[3:01] » I will just make a point of order to
remind everybody that this is a text
[3:06] amendment that, while it is being
submitted by Boot's Barbecue, um would
[3:11] apply to
if if this conditional use is created,
[3:15] it would apply to any business within
the village could [laughter] then apply
[3:19] for this conditional use.
So, it isn't specific to them.
[3:26] » I suppose I ought to read this.
Um motion to convene public hearing
[3:31] regarding an application submitted by
Peter and Christine Raymond for a zoning
[3:36] ordinance text amendment, proposed
ordinance number 11-26
[3:42] to amend uh section 270-34
of the village code and to add
[3:50] subsection Q as a conditional use as
follows.
[3:56] Uh
section Q, uh
[3:58] restaurants operating with an expanded
commercial kitchen for other licensed
[4:03] food operators processing
processors utilizing shared kitchen
[4:09] facilities at the restaurant location
for catering, mobile vending, ghost
[4:15] kitchen operations
utilizing third-party delivery services,
[4:21] temporary event vending, and or
instructional and class-based activities
[4:27] related to food education and small
group events in the B2 community
[4:33] business district. So,
[4:38] anybody else
anything?
[4:42] » The petitioner could also um
address the the board also if you want
[4:47] to. Any comments?
>> Does anybody have questions? We're
[4:51] already more than happy to explain any
more of the questions.
[4:56] » Otherwise, there will be opportunity
during the discussion part of it if no
[4:59] one has public hearing comments or
questions.
[5:05] » Okay, this is your last chance for
public comments, otherwise we will
[5:10] make a motion to close the
[clears throat] public hearing. Um
[5:15] Would you like to make that motion?
>> I'll make a motion to close the public
[5:18] hearing and proceed with other
>> I'll second
[5:22] » It's been moved and seconded to close
the public hearing and proceed to other
[5:27] new business. All in favor say I. I.
Any opposed?
[5:33] Okay, so we're moving on to
uh
[5:37] discussion and possible action regarding
ordinance number 11-26
[5:43] based upon plan commission's
recommendation to the village board to
[5:47] approve the zoning ordinance text
amendment submitted by Peter Christine
[5:52] Raymond to amend section 270-34
of the village code to add subsection Q
[6:00] as conditional use. So
[6:06] I don't have any issues with it.
Anybody else?
[6:11] » Nope.
>> No issue.
[6:13] » Oh.
Okay.
[6:17] » So you would then need to make a motion
to either approve or deny
[6:21] uh ordinance number 11-26.
>> I will make that motion to approve
[6:29] ordinance the acceptance of ordinance uh
11-26
[6:34] with the amended section 270-34
with subsection Q.
[6:41] » Second.
>> It's been
[6:44] moved moved and uh seconded to uh agree
to the addition of the new subsection to
[6:52] the zoning
ordinance number uh 11-26.
[6:58] All in favor say I.
>> I.
[7:01] » All opposed.
>> [clears throat]
[7:03] » Okay.
Action regarding Nicholas Roper
[7:08] operation license [clears throat]
uh application dated uh the original was
[7:14] um
January 28, 2026.
[7:19] » So
>> So this was
[7:21] uh he submitted it at that time. He did
not fill it out truthfully. Gave it back
[7:27] to him. He filled it out. Um
it was denied.
[7:31] I gave him the option to come and state
his case and he never did. So now he's
[7:37] reapplying.
So now he would like to have it
[7:40] approved.
>> So other than the fact that he's come
[7:45] clean on something we already knew,
there has been no substantive change in
[7:52] any of this, correct?
>> Nothing has changed since January 1st or
[7:55] January
right.
[7:59] » Um 28th.
>> And if the board recalls
[8:03] » [laughter]
>> one of the concerns aside from the
[8:06] not truthfulness of of of stating
the issue on his original application,
[8:13] is that substance abuse is
somewhat related to
[8:20] um
dealing alcohol. So,
[8:23] » I I would say it's it's substantially
related, not just somewhat. I would say
[8:26] it's legally substantially related.
>> I'm not a lawyer.
[8:28] » Yeah, but that's a
That's the term which I think is
[8:31] applicable here.
>> Okay, yes. So, substantive and
[8:35] hearing that not much has changed, does
the board have any
[8:40] uh any
Do they Do they give him a chance?
[8:42] » Did they give him the opportunity to
come back and
[8:45] » If the board denies his application, he
will get another letter stating it's
[8:49] been denied and what is what his due
process is from that point.
[8:53] » Got it.
>> Staff will send that out.
[8:56] » Yeah,
the board denied it once for very good
[8:59] reason.
>> He had his opportunity to
[9:02] plead his case. He didn't show.
Now he just wants to reapply.
[9:06] » Exactly.
>> Well, I will entertain a motion with
[9:10] regard to Mr. Roper's
application for a liquor license.
[9:18] » I'll make a motion to deny
the operator license application
[9:23] for Nicholas Roper.
>> I'll second.
[9:25] » Is that based on the same reasons as
previously? Okay.
[9:29] » It's been uh moved and seconded to deny
the application of Mr. Roper for of
[9:36] license uh based on no substantive
change to uh his circumstances since the
[9:42] last application.
All those in favor say I.
[9:47] » I.
>> Any opposed?
[9:49] » [clears throat]
>> Okay, motion carried.
[9:52] » [snorts]
>> Approved new operator license
[9:55] applications submitted by Daniel Sewell,
Nathan Ori, David Brown, and Jessica
[10:02] Goderski.
Uh do we need to do these separately?
[10:06] » No.
>> And these all check out just fine.
[10:10] » Background checks are all good and
everything's good with these ones. I
[10:13] only know two of them, so.
>> Well, I then will uh feel comfortable
[10:17] moving to moving to approve the new
operator's licenses for those four
[10:23] individuals.
>> I'll second.
[10:26] » It's been moved and seconded to approve
the new operator licenses. All in favor
[10:30] say I.
>> I.
[10:32] » Any opposed?
Okay.
[10:35] Well, we're ticking right along here.
Action to approve the public utilities
[10:40] recommendation to deny the amendment
lease offered by AT&T Communication and
[10:47] request for the new amendment offer to
be $3,000 monthly with a 25% escalator
[10:55] every 5 years starting in 2031.
Um
[11:01] So, we have two tenants using our tower,
T-Mobile and AT&T. Both were uh leases
[11:08] were started in the same year. Um
T-Mobile just renewed theirs because
[11:13] we're in the last 5 years term now
um
[11:17] both of them. So, uh T-Mobile has been
amended, AT&T has reached out and
[11:22] requested an amendment. They came in
with an offer that was
[11:27] very low and uh a reduced escalator over
what they're paying out. And frankly,
[11:33] they are getting a deal compared to what
T-Mobile is paying anyway.
[11:36] [clears throat] So, um the Public
Utilities Committee reviewed both leases
[11:41] and they um felt that the offer that
they would counter AT&T's with would be
[11:49] fair compared to market, you know,
use based on the previous lease we just
[11:56] amended.
>> [clears throat]
[12:00] » Um before we call the motion, is there
anyone who wants to discuss this or
[12:05] chime in on this?
>> Pretty straightforward.
[12:09] » Then I will make the motion to approve
the Public Utilities recommendation to
[12:14] deny the amendment uh lease offer by
AT&T Communications.
[12:22] » Second.
>> Uh it's been moved and seconded. All in
[12:26] favor say I. I.
Any opposed?
[12:31] Okay, action to approve Finance and
Personnel's recommendation to hire
[12:36] temporary interim building inspector and
giving the building staff authorization
[12:42] to address inspector's fees at
reasonable rates for pre-existing
[12:47] permits that have not been finalized.
And I personally am a little behind the
[12:52] eight ball on this having not been at
that meeting, so.
[12:56] » So, I'm going to give a short synopsis.
[clears throat]
[12:59] Um
Roger had a medical emergency.
[13:04] Um he we became aware of it, but then we
were unable to reach contact with him
[13:11] for several
um
[13:13] weeks. So, we were concerned that we
were um
[13:18] going to be left, you know, we had a lot
of permits coming in. I will say that
[13:22] since then he is now home and he is has
retaken over duties and is handling
[13:29] things as far as I am aware.
>> Um, Rosie would like to if you would
[13:34] consider [clears throat] tabling it for
now.
[13:37] » I'm I'm fine with that because I think
we need to know a little bit more about
[13:42] how much of his duties he can uh
>> Well, he is he is handling things as I
[13:49] as far as I'm aware right now. Um
so we don't need temporary. Now, you
[13:55] know, if the uh board, you know, wishes
to table this and um, you know,
[14:01] » [clears throat and cough]
>> we do not have a current contract with
[14:04] Rogers. So, there are some things that
maybe should be addressed going forward,
[14:08] but I think we need to [clears throat]
take some, you know, a beat to
[14:12] » Okay.
>> So, so I guess what I'm saying is we
[14:15] don't need a temporary person at the
moment.
[14:19] » Do we need a motion to table?
[14:23] » Not necessarily. It could
If if there's no motion made, it'll fail
[14:27] for lack of motion and it
>> Well, I will say that we we had a
[14:31] recommendation from public from finance
and personnel.
[14:35] Um, so do they not have to address that
recommendation?
[14:39] » They don't have to, but probably just
state for the record that there was a a
[14:43] recommendation from the finance
committee.
[14:46] » Then I'll state for the record that um
that finance and personnel had
[14:52] uh recommended that to hire a temporary
interim building inspector. However,
[14:59] circumstances have changed. There's
further details that we need to discuss,
[15:04] so
uh
[15:05] the
>> If you do table it, it would come back
[15:09] at the potentially the next board
meeting and the recommendation could
[15:12] continue depending you might know more
next month. You know, as far as what the
[15:16] needs are. So, maybe a
as Rosie indicated, motion to table
[15:20] might be the
appropriate.
[15:24] » Then I will make a motion to table, I
guess, officially.
[15:28] » I'll second.
>> Okay, it's been moved and
[15:31] and seconded to officially table the
matter until the next board meeting. All
[15:37] in favor say I.
>> I.
[15:39] » All opposed?
Okay, eyes have it.
[15:45] Discussion and possible action regarding
letter of support Wisconsin electric
[15:51] vehicle infrastructure program from
QuickTrip.
[15:57] » Um so this is from QuickTrip. They just
want to know if we would just sign this
[16:01] letter of support so they can get a
grant for getting the electric for
[16:06] electric cars
>> [clears throat]
[16:07] » be put in.
>> I believe that they did this either last
[16:10] year or the year before also. So
apparently they did not get the grant,
[16:13] but the village did provide the letter
of support that year.
[16:17] Well, just my own
opinion is that uh there's no losing
[16:22] scenario in in doing this. That it it
would be good to have an electrical
[16:28] charging station in the village. So um
anyone disagree? Any
[16:34] Okay, um
does this require a motion or just an
[16:39] agreement to sign the
>> I would do a motion.
[16:43] » Okay.
I'll make a motion to
[16:47] uh
that the village does sign the letter of
[16:51] support regarding the Wisconsin electric
vehicle infrastructure program
[16:56] uh to allow a grant for QuickTrip should
they um
[17:02] you know be chosen to allow for an EV S
station at the QuickTrip.
[17:07] » I'll second.
>> It's been moved and seconded. Any
[17:11] further discussion?
Otherwise, all in favor say I.
[17:16] » I. Any opposed?
>> Okay, at this point
[17:23] I will need a motion to convene for
closed session pursuant to section
[17:29] 19.851e
[17:33] of the Wisconsin statute for the purpose
of deliberating or negotiating the terms
[17:39] of a developer's agreement where
competitive or bargaining reasons exist
[17:45] with Ante Development Corporation. Um,
so
[17:51] do I
>> And that's for the proposed Lincoln
[17:54] Woods subdivision.
>> Right.
[17:56] » As indicated.
>> Do First of all, I know I need a poll,
[17:59] but do I have to make a motion to go
into closed?
[18:03] » Yes, there'll be a motion to go into
closed session and then there'll be a
[18:05] roll call vote.
>> Okay.
[18:07] » for that.
>> I will make the motion that the Village
[18:11] Board convene to closed session pursuant
to section 19.851e.
[18:20] » As indicated in the agenda.
>> As indicated in the agenda.
[18:23] » I'll second.
>> Smith made and seconded, so I will poll
[18:27] the board members.
>> I.
[18:30] » I.
>> I.
[18:32] » I.
>> I.
[18:34] » Okay,
well, that means unfortunately, ladies
[18:38] and gentlemen, um
thank you for
[18:43] » We are going to reconvene in open
session, so if you want to stay out in
[18:46] the lobby, it's
perfectly fine.
[18:49] » [laughter]
>> This This is why I have people here.
[18:52] » Uh, if there
for the purpose of the live stream, I
[18:56] will be ending the stream now. I will
not be reconvening the stream
[19:01] the reconvening of the board.