[0:01] Everybody ready?

[0:03] Yeah. TV people are ready. So, it is uh

[0:08] Tuesday, September 1st, 2026

[0:11] at 6:00 p.m. And I'd like to call the

[0:14] regular board of trustees meeting

[0:16] together at uh at 6:00 p.m. Call to

[0:21] order

[0:23] and we've done that invocation

[0:26] uh as we do every week. Ervant, Father,

[0:31] we ask for your wisdom, guidance, and

[0:34] discernment in the decisions we make

[0:37] that affect our village, its residents.

[0:40] We also ask that you watch over our

[0:42] police,

[0:44] military, and all who serve.

[0:48] And roll call.

[0:50] » Trusty Keller here.

[0:51] » Trusty McGuran here.

[0:52] » Trusty Nelson here.

[0:53] » Trusty Pike here. Trusty Porter here.

[0:55] Trusty Rowdy here. And President Wen

[0:58] » Here.

[0:59] Okay. Item two, two, review and approve

[1:03] minutes from the regular board meeting

[1:04] of August 4th, 2026.

[1:08] » Move to approve.

[1:11] » Thank you, Brian. Is that Nick? Yeah.

[1:16] » All right. Uh, any adjustments,

[1:20] corrections, or additions to the

[1:22] minutes?

[1:23] » Um, Kathy Leaf. C A T H Y.

[1:27] » What's that? Kathy Leaf's name is

[1:29] misspelled in the minutes. It should be

[1:31] C A T H Y.

[1:33] » Oh,

[1:35] okie dokie. Thank you for that input. Uh

[1:40] any other corrections or adjustments?

[1:44] Hearing none. All in favor of the

[1:47] minutes with the addition with the

[1:49] corrections for Kathy Lee's name signify

[1:53] saying I.

[1:54] » I opposed.

[1:57] Thank you. As approval number three,

[2:02] comments from the floor limited to three

[2:05] minutes per speaker. Opportunity for the

[2:08] village north Hudson residents, property

[2:10] owners, business owners to make the

[2:13] board aware of new topics, issues of

[2:17] opportunities not on today's agenda for

[2:20] consideration for future meetings. Is

[2:23] there anyone here that has something to

[2:26] bring up for the board in the public

[2:28] comments?

[2:32] Hearing none,

[2:34] we'll move on to item four.

[2:38] New business from the border staff

[2:40] versus president's comments. Uh, first

[2:44] thing I'd like to bring up is uh

[2:47] apparently it's a uh golden rule month

[2:52] and uh I know the our neighbors to the

[2:55] south have a have a a project going on

[2:59] with the the golden rule and uh and uh I

[3:04] was approached today that uh to please

[3:07] let uh the people in the village know

[3:10] that uh if you would like to be involved

[3:14] and have a golden rule sign for your

[3:17] yard or or area that you can uh uh

[3:23] contact me or uh better yet uh Matt

[3:28] Yakub who works for uh Big Guys Barbecue

[3:32] is uh got a truck full of signs. So if

[3:36] you need a sign, let us know and we'd be

[3:39] happy to uh you know

[3:42] approved and approached that. And uh

[3:46] next item I have is that uh well next

[3:51] Monday is

[3:53] Labor Day. So I hope everyone has a safe

[3:56] and wonderful Labor Day. The forecast is

[3:59] good and uh I hope you enjoy yourself.

[4:03] And then

[4:05] uh we're coming up in the 25th

[4:08] anniversary of the se se September 11th

[4:14] uh disaster. And uh I hope everyone will

[4:18] take time to say a prayer or think about

[4:22] all the folks that that have uh were

[4:25] were uh taken out in that uh in that

[4:29] disaster. So,

[4:31] next item is administrator clerk

[4:33] comments.

[4:34] » All right. So, um mentioned Labor Day

[4:38] next Monday. So, the village offices

[4:40] will be closed on Monday, September 7th.

[4:43] » We are entering into budget season. Um

[4:46] so, heads up to everybody on the board.

[4:48] Um and and we'll be uh posting as soon

[4:52] as we have them the dates for a formal

[4:54] budget review meetings that would be

[4:55] open to the public. So, those will be

[4:57] coming up here between now and the end

[4:59] of November. So, watch for those. Um,

[5:02] election season is also back. We got a

[5:06] two short two week break um and now

[5:08] we're back. So, absentee ballots will be

[5:10] sent out on um September 17th for those

[5:13] that have already requested a an

[5:15] absentee ballot within the system. And

[5:17] in-person absentee voting for the

[5:19] November election is starting on October

[5:21] 20th. So, um, a little ways out more for

[5:24] that, but, um, the election activities

[5:27] are in full swing. We also have, as we

[5:30] noted last meeting, our union

[5:32] negotiations with our WPPA, the police

[5:35] association is also starting next week.

[5:37] So, we've got quite a few things um, in

[5:39] the hopper. Um, the last month we did

[5:41] approve uh, 15 um, building permits. We

[5:45] had no new pedallers licenses come

[5:47] through, but just a reminder, we still

[5:49] do have seven people that are a part of

[5:51] custom remodelers that do have a

[5:53] pedaller's permit. So, um they have that

[5:55] until October 10th. Uh we did process

[5:58] two new operators licenses, two new

[6:00] utility permits. Uh and we do not have a

[6:03] board of zoning appeals meeting

[6:04] scheduled for September.

[6:07] » Those are my updates.

[6:08] » That's it. Thank you.

[6:10] Okay. Item five, amended class B

[6:16] slash parenting class B liquor license

[6:20] for extended premise Maluin fall

[6:24] motorcycle run October 10, 2026 approval

[6:29] requested. Is there a motion?

[6:31] » Stand. I move that the classB/classB

[6:34] retail license for the sale of fermented

[6:36] malt beverages and intoxicating liquors

[6:38] from Malu in be temporarily amended for

[6:41] an event taking place October 10, 2026

[6:44] with the following conditions as written

[6:48] in our packet.

[6:51] » Thank you, Brian. Is there a second?

[6:54] » I'll second.

[6:55] » Thanks, John.

[6:57] Uh,

[6:59] any comments or questions or discussion?

[7:05] » Just making sure Paul's letting you get

[7:07] away with that. [laughter]

[7:08] » I'm thinking about it.

[7:10] » I could see you thinking about it

[7:12] » Without listing the conditions.

[7:14] » Do you want me to read them all?

[7:15] » How many you got?

[7:17] » Nine.

[7:19] » You know, I'm just thinking, you know,

[7:20] if people are watching on the on the

[7:23] video or anything like that, they don't

[7:24] have any clue. All right, I'll read

[7:27] them. They are online if you want to

[7:30] look at them again with these following

[7:32] conditions.

[7:34] Uh, number one, sale of alcohol to be

[7:35] extended to the parking lot area of Malu

[7:37] Inn. Number two, possession of open

[7:40] containers of alcohol outside of the

[7:42] establishment shall remain within Malu

[7:44] Inn parking lot and blocked off street

[7:47] area for event Wisconsin Street North

[7:49] from Third Street North to 6th Street

[7:51] North. Number three, use of outside area

[7:54] only with specific permission of village

[7:57] board for each particular date and

[7:58] event. The Saturday, October 10, 2026

[8:01] event to be held from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00

[8:04] p.m. Item four, three North Hudson

[8:07] police officers and up to three St. Croy

[8:09] County deputies to be on duty during the

[8:12] hours of the event at the owner's

[8:14] expense to be build to the owner by the

[8:17] village. Number five, owner to provide

[8:20] adequate satellite restroom facilities.

[8:23] Number six, Wisconsin Street North from

[8:25] 6th Street North to 3rd Street North to

[8:28] be closed to through traffic from 10:00

[8:29] a.m. to 2 p.m. with an open corridor for

[8:32] emergency vehicles maintained.

[8:35] Surrounding neighbors to be notified in

[8:36] advanced by the village. Actual times of

[8:39] detour route are at the discretion of

[8:41] the commanding NHPD officer on scene.

[8:45] Item seven, payment for village services

[8:47] must be paid within 30 days after the

[8:49] event. Item eight, event map must be

[8:52] provided to the police department by

[8:54] 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 7, 2026.

[8:58] Item nine, alternate date for event to

[9:01] be Saturday, October 24, 2026 if the

[9:04] conditions do not allow for the event to

[9:06] take place on Saturday, October 10,

[9:09] 2026.

[9:12] » Thank you.

[9:13] » I'll second. Well, we know.

[9:16] » All righty. Then any comments or

[9:18] questions about conditions of the Maloo

[9:24] Fall motorcycle run?

[9:27] » And just note that our U memorandum from

[9:30] Chief Rickard uh recommends approval

[9:32] with those conditions.

[9:33] » What was that?

[9:34] » The memo from the chief recommends

[9:36] approval with those conditions.

[9:41] » Agree. That's a We've been doing this a

[9:43] long time. They've been doing this a

[9:45] long time. So, I don't disagree with

[9:48] that. So, uh any other comments or

[9:50] questions

[9:53] hearing? None. All in favor of the

[9:56] extended use for mal

[9:58] in fall motorcycle run signal saying I

[10:02] » I opposed. Thank you.

[10:06] Oh, here we go. Must be nice.

[10:08] » Item six, plan commission

[10:11] recommendations chair update and our

[10:14] chair is here and Tim.

[10:17] » Good year trustees and President Wen.

[10:20] » Uh we had three things on the item this

[10:22] month. So um the first one is a petition

[10:24] by the Wisconsin Development LLC

[10:26] uh uh Tom Troy and and I'm sorry Dar

[10:30] Sarbani to reszone 8506 Street North

[10:33] Hudson from C3 to RA. I'm understanding

[10:37] some changes to that. So, I'll have our

[10:39] attorney kind of speak to that right

[10:40] now.

[10:41] » Yeah, I understand that we had Gan and I

[10:44] and a representative from them had a

[10:46] call today and they had some questions

[10:50] and I believe they contacted Gina later

[10:52] this afternoon and requested that their

[10:55] petition be pulled from the agenda and

[10:58] they're going to re-evaluate u what they

[11:01] want to do.

[11:05] » Okay. Okay, we'll move on. Move on.

[11:09] » Second thing, we had a condition of use

[11:10] permit by uh doing business as North

[11:12] Tuts and Pepperfest. I removed myself

[11:14] from this meeting at this time. So, um

[11:16] this is all basically what I reviewed

[11:18] from the the the tape, but actually

[11:20] another conditional use permit to um

[11:23] extend the time that we had before that

[11:26] you guys already approved for the

[11:28] building of the community center on 850

[11:31] Monroe Street North.

[11:34] Um all of that was passed with u

[11:37] approval by the board um committee I

[11:40] should say but there were comments of

[11:41] course from the committee from the

[11:43] community which we definitely respected

[11:45] and that but basically some were on the

[11:47] size of it and then other comments were

[11:49] favor of it. So in general um it's just

[11:53] an extension from what you guys have

[11:54] done done already and we have the 11

[11:56] conditions that were um brought back in

[11:58] again that uh we you guys approved

[12:00] before. So 4017 Street [clears throat]

[12:03] North and once again there were comments

[12:05] there. One of the comments made by the

[12:07] committee members is the fact that uh

[12:09] that Pepper Fest goes into some type of

[12:11] agreement. Number one, what we put on

[12:12] there during the festival does not

[12:15] affect the the actual parking lot

[12:17] itself. [laughter] Number two, maybe

[12:19] obviously u we just we can talk more

[12:21] about that with the city min

[12:23] administrator as far as the financial

[12:24] side of it also. But that also approved

[12:27] and Paul any comments on that?

[12:30] No, it was supported. It was needed. Uh

[12:33] Gina did a good job of representing the

[12:35] village and explaining, especially

[12:37] around election time, to have people

[12:40] with a a proper place to park so they're

[12:43] not struggling going through gravel and

[12:45] snow and mud and anything else. So,

[12:50] » Okay,

[12:51] I'll wait here for your motions and if

[12:53] you have any questions during that

[12:54] period of time, otherwise I will.

[12:58] So, I have I have questions for our

[13:00] attorney.

[13:02] Each of the um can we can we discuss

[13:05] those or we have to have a motion first?

[13:08] » I'd have a motion and then discuss.

[13:09] » Okay.

[13:12] » So, which

[13:14] » So item

[13:15] » Well you're I would start with

[13:17] » B

[13:18] » C.

[13:20] C. Okay.

[13:21] » Yeah.

[13:21] » Conditional use permit by Tim Z for the

[13:24] construct community center. Uh, is there

[13:27] a motion

[13:29] to

[13:30] approve?

[13:32] » St. I make a motion to approve the

[13:34] petition for a conditional use permit

[13:36] application by Tim Zeiss, DVA North

[13:39] Hudson Pepper Festival, Inc. to

[13:41] construct a community center and

[13:43] pavilion located at 704 Monroe Street

[13:46] North, pin number 161-104-50-0000

[13:52] with the following conditions per the

[13:54] plan commission's recommendation.

[13:56] Number one, all operations shall comply

[13:58] with federal and state regulations,

[14:00] local ordinances, and state and fire and

[14:03] NFPA codes. Number two, property must

[14:07] pass a satisfactory fire inspection.

[14:10] Number three, the site plan must be

[14:12] reviewed and approved by the plan

[14:13] commission for compliance with zoning

[14:15] standards, including setbacks, building

[14:18] size and height requirements,

[14:20] landscaping, and possible mitigation

[14:23] elements for adjoining residential

[14:25] properties. Number four, parking for

[14:28] building occupancy limit shall conform

[14:31] with municipal code 98-31C,

[14:35] which requires one space per five

[14:37] people, provided that off-site parking

[14:39] constructed in cooperation with the

[14:41] village, may be used to satisfy the

[14:43] parking requirement.

[14:45] Handicap parking must conform to state

[14:47] requirements. One space per 25 people

[14:50] requires eight spots for 200 occupancy.

[14:54] Item five, state approved plans must be

[14:56] provided to the building inspector

[14:58] before a building permit can be issued.

[15:00] Item six, a sign permit must be issued

[15:03] by the building inspector prior to any

[15:05] sign being installed. Signs shall be in

[15:08] conformance with section 98-102

[15:11] signs of the municipal code. Item seven,

[15:15] hours of operation must comply with

[15:17] village defined hours and not go beyond

[15:19] quiet hours. Number eight, no

[15:22] residential occupancy.

[15:25] Number nine, no commercial operation

[15:27] unless directly associated with

[15:29] Pepperfest nonprofit fundraising.

[15:32] Rentals for private events must be

[15:34] donations or handled within nonprofit

[15:36] parameters.

[15:38] Item 10, outdoor lighting must be low

[15:40] light when not in use, down lighting

[15:42] only, and no tall poles or flood lights

[15:45] affecting neighbors. Item 11, an

[15:48] operational plan must be developed and

[15:50] submitted for village board approval to

[15:52] define day-to-day use, hours, noise

[15:56] control, maintenance responsibilities,

[15:58] and event handling.

[16:01] » Thank you, Brian. Is there a second?

[16:03] » Second.

[16:04] » Thanks, Kirk. Discussion.

[16:11] So Paul, the operational plan that the

[16:14] board is supposed to approve on

[16:16] condition 11, where in this process does

[16:18] that happen?

[16:20] » Um, that's going to they'll have to come

[16:23] up with something and present it to the

[16:25] board before they can

[16:28] operate their facility.

[16:30] » So I'm assuming it's going to be before

[16:31] we actually open the door, obviously,

[16:33] and get approved. There was questions

[16:35] about the maintenance, of course, that

[16:36] key. We're going to hire maintenance um

[16:39] firm to maintain this thing. We're not

[16:41] going to rely on volunteers. We're not

[16:43] going to rely on

[16:45] anybody here at the village to maintain

[16:46] it. We're going to we're going to fund

[16:48] that maintenance crew to maintain the

[16:50] the actual building itself.

[16:52] » That wasn't probably clearly stated at

[16:54] the planning commission, but that is

[16:55] definitely going to be the case.

[16:57] » Thank you. That was that was certainly

[16:59] one of the questions.

[17:00] » Does any part of you want it to go to

[17:02] park before it or do you fine with us

[17:03] coming straight here?

[17:05] » I'm sorry.

[17:05] » Do you want it to go to the park first?

[17:07] » No.

[17:08] » Okay.

[17:08] » No. No. Um, the other question that I

[17:11] had was in response to the questions

[17:12] from the community about the use and if

[17:15] it would be uh a use for private rental

[17:19] and what that what that would mean for

[17:22] the neighborhood. And I'm I'm reading

[17:24] the conditions and they seem a little

[17:26] bit conflicting in that there can be a

[17:28] rental a rental for private event is a

[17:30] donation or handled within nonprofit

[17:32] parameters which I don't know what that

[17:33] means. So can you explain if it will be

[17:36] used for private rental? Yeah, the

[17:38] intention's obviously obviously a lot of

[17:40] nonprofit organizations that we

[17:41] definitely know that we that we give

[17:42] money to definitely want to use it. But

[17:44] secondly, we do we do see smaller events

[17:47] like family reunion type activities

[17:49] potentially smaller graduation type

[17:51] activities part you know events at the

[17:53] at that we'd have rent out. Um, I don't

[17:56] anticipate any type of larger events in

[17:58] the like a wedding or anything like that

[18:00] because there's limited occupancy that's

[18:02] dependent of course number one on on

[18:04] parking and number two just on the fact

[18:06] the size of them can only have so many

[18:07] people in it based on our requirements

[18:10] by the state and the federal being a

[18:12] community center itself. Now, we will

[18:15] set those things up in that operational

[18:17] plan that we're talking about that we

[18:19] will define those activities and all

[18:20] that will be coming in front of you

[18:22] before we actually open those doors. So

[18:23] I'm just telling you that that

[18:24] definitely is going to be laid out in

[18:25] front of you.

[18:26] » Thank you. And so when the village the

[18:28] building has up to 200 person occupancy,

[18:31] will the plan identify then if the

[18:34] private or events will be up to the 200

[18:37] person occupancy?

[18:38] » Yeah, we'll define that. And obviously

[18:39] there's going to be two large rooms with

[18:42] the bathrooms in the middle. Um that 200

[18:45] is stretching it to be honest with you,

[18:47] but um we will definitely define what

[18:49] type of activities are limited to that

[18:51] 200.

[18:53] Um anything bigger of course we have to

[18:54] put different firework I mean um

[18:56] sprinkler systems in and water you know

[18:58] and HVAC activities. So um that's size

[19:01] is dependent on what we can do for the

[19:03] number of people that can be in it. So

[19:05] » Thank you.

[19:06] » Yep.

[19:08] » One of the comments we had um you know

[19:10] the size we've heard and we definitely

[19:13] respect the neighbors for bringing that

[19:14] up. The front of it is no bigger than

[19:16] the front of any house that's on Monroe

[19:17] Street. It's just the depth that comes

[19:19] back into this park. That's obviously

[19:21] the land that we own. Um, but we feel

[19:23] mirrors closely to the building in

[19:25] itself with a sidewalk walking into the

[19:27] actual building for the backside. And

[19:29] then of course um

[19:31] the pavilion in the backside um will add

[19:35] additional space for outside use. We do

[19:37] plan in adding more green space to this

[19:39] whole neighborhood. We we we definitely

[19:41] are going to be budgeting for that. We

[19:43] plan on adding trees and definitely

[19:44] definitely fencing for the neighbors

[19:46] behind so they're they can provide

[19:48] additional uh privacy for them. Um

[19:51] Pepper Fest will make this right and you

[19:54] guys will be through the every step

[19:56] through it. As I stated before, we ran

[19:58] out of time. We jumped the gun, but the

[20:00] fact is is that we're back here again

[20:01] because we are moving on it. We've we

[20:03] are definitely moving on it.

[20:06] So,

[20:09] » Any other comments or questions?

[20:13] Hearing none. All in favor of the motion

[20:16] to uh permit the commission conditional

[20:20] use permit for the Pepperfest to

[20:23] construct community center signify by

[20:25] saying I.

[20:26] » I

[20:27] » Opposed.

[20:29] Unanimous decision. Thank you. And uh

[20:33] next is a contin conditional use permit

[20:37] by the village of North Hudson to

[20:39] construct a parking lot at 4017th

[20:43] and pin 161

[20:46] 105

[20:49] or 154

[20:52] 0000

[20:53] discussion possible action is there a

[20:55] motion. I move to approve the petition

[20:58] for a conditional use permit application

[21:00] by the village of North Hudson to

[21:01] construct a parking lot located at

[21:03] 4017th Street North Pin 161-1015-4-0000

[21:09] per the plan commission's

[21:11] recommendation.

[21:14] Uh I would like to add that I think the

[21:16] conditions in the packet uh down below

[21:19] in the staff report should be included.

[21:25] Second.

[21:27] » So, you're suggesting provide a grading

[21:30] plan. Um, ensure that the property line

[21:33] isn't crossed into the adjacent property

[21:35] and uh include curb and gutter and

[21:38] driveway between the parking stalls with

[21:41] 24 ft.

[21:42] » And I like the crosswalk idea, too.

[21:46] » And a crosswalk to the village hall.

[21:48] » Yeah.

[21:48] » And to the community center.

[21:55] Any other discussion?

[21:58] » Could you explain the

[22:01] uh gutters between the parking stalls?

[22:03] » No. Curb and gutter.

[22:04] » Oh, curb and gutter around. You saying?

[22:06] Yeah.

[22:06] » The parking lot shall include parameter

[22:08] concrete curb and gutter and the

[22:10] driveway width between parking stalls

[22:13] shall be 24 ft per village ordinance.

[22:16] » Thank you. Very good. And the reason

[22:18] we're concerned about the grading plan,

[22:21] Kevin,

[22:22] » Is we want to make sure where the

[22:23] water's running in that run.

[22:26] » Yeah.

[22:26] » The only the only one thing that's not

[22:28] mentioned here that crossed my mind when

[22:31] I was reading this is lighting. Do we

[22:34] need lighting in that parking lot? I

[22:36] don't know what our lighting is like out

[22:38] there.

[22:39] » It's a good question. I don't think it's

[22:40] ever considered, but the fact is I think

[22:42] most of the activities that we would

[22:43] have would not.

[22:45] But for the people using a parking lot

[22:48] » Um

[22:49] » In an evening type type setting or

[22:51] winter

[22:52] » Y

[22:53] » Um it would it tends to be darker out

[22:55] there

[22:58] definitely address that. Yep. Yep.

[23:00] » Just a thought. I don't know if we need

[23:02] one light you know somewhere that you

[23:05] know give a little lighting for it. So,

[23:07] I have a question on the village's um

[23:10] funding or financial responsibility for

[23:13] this um which I I know it's not in this

[23:16] year's budget and but the prop the

[23:18] proposals that it would be um

[23:20] constructed September to October and how

[23:23] do we propose to pay for and maintain

[23:26] this property.

[23:28] » Yeah. So part of the discussion that

[23:31] we've had is that um Pepperfest would

[23:34] we're trying to figure out what the

[23:36] estimated cost is so we can have a

[23:38] budgetary number. Um and the the

[23:41] conversations would be that Pepperfest

[23:43] would be contributing financially to the

[23:47] undertaking of the parking lot since it

[23:48] would be available for use and shared as

[23:51] a part of their CUP. Um and so depending

[23:54] on what that final number ends up being

[23:55] from a again not we're not going out for

[23:57] bid yet just getting budgetary numbers

[23:59] estimates um [clears throat] we'll sit

[24:01] down and have that conversation so that

[24:03] we know what the exact amount's going to

[24:05] be what Pepperfest is going to be

[24:07] contributing versus what would be the

[24:08] responsibility of the village.

[24:10] » Yeah. And I I I would maybe add that to

[24:13] the motion to be honest with you that we

[24:15] do contribute because we our intentions

[24:17] are and the planning commission kind of

[24:19] made that statement not only just

[24:21] financially but also the fact is that

[24:23] what we might put on there once a year

[24:25] that we don't affect the actual parking

[24:27] in the lot itself the the the asphalt.

[24:32] So I think I I I definitely think well I

[24:35] know my suggestion representing that

[24:37] side of the world that we should put

[24:39] something in there that we financially

[24:40] are committed to put something into it.

[24:42] I'm standing here right in front of you

[24:43] saying we will but I think you guys

[24:45] should put that in your motion.

[24:48] » I'm

[24:48] » That's my suggestion

[24:49] » And I appreciate that. That's um very

[24:52] that's very important to hear and and

[24:54] very generous of an offer. Um, I'm just

[24:57] trying to understand how the village is

[24:58] going to come up with the money for this

[24:59] year's construction and when are when is

[25:01] that coming in how is that going to

[25:04] happen for uh something starting this

[25:06] month?

[25:07] » Yeah. And I don't think it will be able

[25:09] to start this month now. Um I think

[25:12] we're looking probably at October would

[25:14] be the soonest we'd be able to get it

[25:15] back in front of finance and back in

[25:16] front of the board. So it would come

[25:18] from unassigned funds or what's and what

[25:21] but we don't know what it would be or

[25:23] how much Pepperfest is contributing.

[25:25] » We would know by the time it comes back

[25:27] in for approval for the dollars.

[25:29] » So will it come back to the board for

[25:31] the budget decision then?

[25:34] » And will this be owned by the village or

[25:36] will it be owned by Pepperfest or is a

[25:38] joint ownership proposed?

[25:40] » Continue to be owned by the village.

[25:44] » Good question.

[25:45] » Yeah, good question. Any

[25:49] other comments or questions?

[25:51] » So, we're only approving the conditional

[25:54] use. We're not approving the actual

[25:57] construction.

[25:59] » Correct.

[25:59] » Yeah. That'll have to go through

[26:00] finance, too.

[26:01] » Correct.

[26:01] » So, that's why it's Yeah. So,

[26:04] » We go off for bids and understand what

[26:06] the actual Yeah.

[26:07] So then

[26:09] would the person who made the motion

[26:11] amend the motion to include um

[26:14] Pepperfest's uh

[26:17] uh suggestion to partner?

[26:18] » Let me interrupt it. I apologize for

[26:19] that. No,

[26:20] » Being the fact that you got to come back

[26:21] in October, I think we'll address that

[26:23] then because the fact is what the bids

[26:25] are.

[26:25] » Yeah, that makes sense. Good. That's

[26:26] » What I was going to say.

[26:27] » Yep. Good. Okay. So this is uh in part

[26:30] just to get kind of get it going and if

[26:32] there's a possibility we could have that

[26:34] parking lot done before election day it

[26:36] would be really nice helpful

[26:40] » But no matter what we have to come back

[26:41] because it hasn't gone through finance

[26:42] so even if whatever we decide yeah

[26:47] » Any other discussion or questions

[26:50] » Should we add the lighting question or

[26:52] leave that for future

[26:57] » Lighting

[26:58] the that was brought up about the need

[27:00] for lighting. If there's going to be a

[27:01] parking lot, voting goes into the

[27:03] evening. The meetings go into the

[27:04] evening.

[27:06] » I did it.

[27:09] » Okay. I will

[27:10] » That'll be included in the actual

[27:12] finance. I will amend it to add one

[27:15] additional

[27:17] » Um

[27:18] » Condition

[27:19] » Condition

[27:20] » Condition which is to add or consider

[27:25] adding lighting if necessary.

[27:27] » Yeah, evaluate lighting.

[27:28] » Evaluate lighting.

[27:31] » And who seconded me? I don't

[27:33] » Second

[27:33] » Nick.

[27:36] » Okay.

[27:38] Uh all in unless there's further

[27:42] discussion, all in favor of the uh

[27:45] amended uh uh uh

[27:49] motion to maybe add lighting or whatever

[27:53] depending on with it what's going on

[27:56] down there over there. So, uh we'll uh

[28:01] any discussion on that hearing? None. We

[28:06] will uh all in favor signify by saying I

[28:10] » I

[28:11] » Oppose.

[28:14] Okay. Unanimous. Yeah. All right. Next.

[28:17] » One thing else why I have to hold the

[28:19] floor. First of all, I've been doing

[28:20] Pepper Fest for many years and this year

[28:22] by far was our most profitable

[28:24] Pepperfest ever. So, I just want to make

[28:25] it aware and I want to thank all the

[28:26] community that came out and supported us

[28:27] and all the volunteers who helped make

[28:29] this weekend so successful. So, thank

[28:31] you.

[28:32] Well, you ask for better weather, right?

[28:41] » All right.

[28:41] » Oh, Timmy, not yet. [laughter]

[28:44] » We need you for a couple more years,

[28:46] buddy.

[28:48] » All right. Next item is personal finance

[28:51] committee recommendations. Claims

[28:53] approval requested. Uh, Stan, can I move

[28:55] to recommend the board to approve the

[28:57] September 2026 non-recurring claims of

[29:00] $38,100.74?

[29:03] » Thank you, Kirks. Is there a second?

[29:04] » Second.

[29:05] » Thanks, Dusty. Discussion or questions?

[29:10] » The uh largest claim for the month of

[29:12] September was $25,000 and that was to

[29:15] St. Croy County for the hot patching and

[29:17] seal coating of Kretley. Um, that number

[29:19] is well within our budget, within the

[29:22] operating budget. So um that is the

[29:24] total number for that work for the year.

[29:27] » Thank you. Uh okay, any other discussion

[29:30] or questions?

[29:33] » Hearing none. Uh Mary.

[29:36] » Yes.

[29:37] » Yes.

[29:38] » Yes.

[29:39] » Yes.

[29:40] » Unanimous.

[29:42] Thank you. Public works. Brian, you're

[29:45] up.

[29:46] » Uh Stan, we did meet and um I lost my

[29:51] place. There we go.

[29:54] Uh

[29:56] we we talked about dumpster. We're

[29:59] working on a ordinance for people

[30:01] placing dumpsters on our roads and uh we

[30:05] went through it and made a

[30:06] recommendation that we sent up to Gina.

[30:10] Uh we were using Hudson's to be honest

[30:12] uh what they were doing with their

[30:13] dumpsters. Um, and you guys realize

[30:16] these are the big dumpsters that people

[30:18] put out in the street and then they fill

[30:20] them up and sometimes they're um

[30:22] injuring our streets and there's they're

[30:25] staying way longer than we anticipated

[30:27] them to be there and sometimes they're

[30:29] in tight spots. So, we're working on

[30:31] trying to come up with an ordinance that

[30:33] can address that similar to what

[30:35] Hudson's done and we passed that up to

[30:37] Gina to get it in North Hudson format.

[30:41] And then uh we also were looking at the

[30:44] intersection at Kratley and 35

[30:48] and we had an we had a traffic study

[30:50] done by the folks that were wanting to

[30:53] build the apartments there on 8056

[30:55] street or 850 whatever it is. Um but

[30:59] that traffic analysis was not a real

[31:02] traffic analysis which we talked to our

[31:06] engineer about. If we really want to

[31:08] know what the traffic looks like on that

[31:10] street right now, um, we would need to

[31:14] have what is called a traffic impact

[31:18] analysis, a TIA, from the Wisconsin

[31:20] Department of Transportation, WHISD dot,

[31:22] forratley lane and US Highway 35. And so

[31:26] I'd like to make a motion that we move

[31:29] forward with asking that to be done. And

[31:31] I'm not sure how we do that. [laughter]

[31:33] Is that something that goes to you?

[31:35] » Probably would. or is it

[31:37] » The village would send it out.

[31:39] » Okay.

[31:39] » And I did I did call um I did call the

[31:43] highway department and did have a

[31:44] conversation about this. Um I think the

[31:46] biggest thing was is we probably need to

[31:48] understand what cost there would be. Um

[31:51] but they are aware that this is

[31:52] something that we're looking into or

[31:54] likely going to be asking for.

[31:56] » Okay. So no need for a motion. Any other

[31:58] discussion then? Yeah, I'd like to This

[32:01] actually came up with the park board as

[32:02] well regarding the connection um between

[32:05] the trails there. I know the county owns

[32:08] the trail but and the state owns the

[32:11] highway, but it's the village residents

[32:12] that are primarily using that and um as

[32:15] trails being part of our recreation

[32:17] system, feeling unsafe crossing there,

[32:20] um which we've heard about kids before

[32:23] even the trail was there. And so I'm

[32:25] wondering if the traffic study can

[32:26] include concern uh pedestrian impacts

[32:30] and pedestrian safety. It's not just

[32:32] about the volume of cars, which I think

[32:34] is what the developers analysis really

[32:37] considered was the how many cars are

[32:39] coming in and out there

[32:41] and that's you know whatever that's what

[32:44] it is. But the the crossing the safety

[32:48] of people and bikes crossing there would

[32:51] be a different analysis.

[32:56] and the speed of the traffic with people

[33:00] crossing

[33:01] » And even I appreciate our little um

[33:03] solar light thing, but like I was just

[33:06] watching so people don't see it. It's

[33:08] not prominent enough to catch their

[33:11] attention.

[33:12] » Well, I'm hoping that we could get them

[33:14] to do it now, like as soon as possible

[33:17] because of the traffic issues related to

[33:19] 94.

[33:21] If they do it when 94 is not being

[33:23] worked on, the traffic looks a lot

[33:26] different going up 35 than it does when

[33:28] they're working on that uh 94. And we

[33:32] know like what every two years it seems

[33:34] like they're redoing 94 lately and

[33:36] they're shoving a lot of traffic right

[33:38] down 35

[33:40] » Here. So I'm hoping we can get it done

[33:42] while that traffic issue exists out

[33:43] there so they get real numbers.

[33:48] Um and then Stan, the only other thing

[33:50] that we were discussing was the Monroe

[33:52] Street project and Kevin gave us a

[33:54] little update on that. Um they did the

[33:58] archaeological

[33:59] analysis,

[34:00] » Right?

[34:01] » Put shovel down and checked and

[34:03] apparently no issues.

[34:05] » Nothing archaeology wise. And the next

[34:09] thing was

[34:11] uh was it the temporary permits that

[34:14] » Yeah, we'll have to go through

[34:16] TLE

[34:17] » Tle. Yeah.

[34:18] » And then there's a little bit of fee

[34:19] that we're going to have to [cough]

[34:20] purchase. [clears throat] So that's

[34:22] through the acquisition process.

[34:25] » So the way he did it was it it takes a

[34:28] month for us to get back the

[34:30] archaeological stuff and then another

[34:33] month to do this and another month to do

[34:35] that. So we're looking at um the

[34:37] earliest that we'd actually be working

[34:40] on this is spring of 2028. Correct.

[34:43] » Can you describe what the project is?

[34:45] the Monroe Street project.

[34:48] » Could you describe what that is?

[34:49] » Oh, we're repaving and redoing the

[34:52] Monroe Street uh Monroe Street from

[34:55] » I forget where it started.

[34:57] » Helen

[34:57] » Helen [clears throat]

[34:58] » Down to Lemon right in front of the

[35:00] school. A sidewalk is going in on the

[35:03] school side in that plan.

[35:04] » Oh, this is this is the sidewalk. Got

[35:07] it. Okay.

[35:09] And um I think the most recent thing

[35:11] that we heard from

[35:14] uh Kip on the water and sewer um is that

[35:18] they're going to replace water and sewer

[35:20] in this project as well.

[35:25] » That's a plus.

[35:28] » Yes. They they they did a television

[35:31] thing and at first they thought they

[35:32] might be able to slip that, you know,

[35:34] put the slip line in there and then they

[35:36] realized there's too many areas that

[35:38] it's just not going to work. So they

[35:40] decide they're going to redo the whole

[35:41] sewer and water. So it's a little bigger

[35:44] project that's going to time-wise that's

[35:45] going to slow it down, isn't it?

[35:47] » Not tremendous.

[35:49] » You don't think it'll take all summer?

[35:51] » It'll probably take about three months.

[35:53] » Three months to finish.

[35:54] » Okay.

[35:56] And that's all I got from public works.

[35:59] » Thanks, Brian. And there's no motion to

[36:02] deal with there. So, we'll move on to

[36:06] public safety. Dusty

[36:08] » Stan, we did not meet, but we'll be uh

[36:10] meeting this Thursday instead of next

[36:12] Thursday. We moved our meeting up a

[36:14] week.

[36:15] » Okay. Thank you.

[36:19] And next would be public welfare

[36:23] committee.

[36:25] Uh they did meet uh thank you Mary for

[36:27] stepping in for me. Uh we talked about

[36:30] um existing nonsense or they did

[36:32] complaints and then kind of adjusting

[36:34] what the future of um different things

[36:37] like tree disease and stuff like that to

[36:39] kind of go forward on um different

[36:41] complaints about that but nothing to

[36:43] bring forward.

[36:45] » So you're looking at the oakil issue.

[36:48] [clears throat]

[36:48] » It's one of the discussions of future

[36:50] agenda items. Yes.

[36:51] » Thanks.

[36:54] » Thank you. to item 11, park board. Mary,

[36:58] » The park board did meet. We don't have

[37:00] anything to bring forward, but I'll talk

[37:02] about the main points that we discussed,

[37:04] which um were the same that were

[37:05] discussed at the welfare committee

[37:07] regarding the tree management policy.

[37:09] The park board had some concerns about

[37:11] the role of the park board in

[37:12] administering and directing the forester

[37:15] and concerns about implementation of the

[37:18] tree nuisance on public property. So, it

[37:22] was really a discussion. and we didn't

[37:23] make a recommendation and we will um

[37:27] since it wasn't to the board tonight, it

[37:28] sounds like it's maybe being revisited.

[37:31] So, we'll find out about that before our

[37:33] next meeting. Um also um we talked about

[37:38] the safety crossing at 35 to the trail.

[37:40] So, thank you um public works for

[37:42] bringing that up as well. We are working

[37:45] on um for our September meeting on the

[37:49] capital um recommendations to move

[37:52] forward for the 2027 budget and we'll be

[37:56] getting those to um to Matthew Howell,

[37:58] the public works director, and to Gene

[38:00] Albertie, the administrator. And then um

[38:03] last thing is a note that um uh someone

[38:06] a parent a mother I think contacted

[38:08] Gerber Leisure regarding the fact that

[38:10] we've got um incorrect grammar placement

[38:15] on the scent signs at the snack shack in

[38:18] the new um Chief Jansen Park and Gerber

[38:21] Leisure is going to make sure that that

[38:23] is corrected so that children's learning

[38:25] is correct about where the scent sign is

[38:28] placed. And then also it was discovered

[38:30] that there's um there's an error in the

[38:33] animal tracks. The medallions and the

[38:34] searches don't line up. And so um

[38:38] there's going to be a swap out for I

[38:40] think they're swapping a beaver for a

[38:41] turkey.

[38:43] » So So anyone who's noticed these things

[38:45] because um people have um it is being

[38:49] attended to um and at no cost to the

[38:51] village. That's it.

[38:53] » It's probably my wife. I drive her

[38:55] insane.

[38:57] [snorts]

[38:58] All right, item 11's done. So that

[39:01] brings us to item 12, which means we're

[39:05] uh adjourned at 6:39.

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