VILLAGE OF PRENTICE
REGULAR MEETING
January 13, 2014

PRESIDENT SCHMIDT PRESIDING

MEMBERS PRESENT: KALANDER, DRAEGER, YOUNGS, ESTERHOLM, PEARSON, AND KNAACK.

MOTION BY PEARSON, SECOND BY KALANDER TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER 09, 2013, MEETING AS SUBMITTED. CARRIED

MOTION BY YOUNGS, SECOND BY KNAACK TO APPROVE THE TREASURER’S REPORT AS PRESENTED. CARRIED

COMMITTEE REPORTS

FINANCE- TRUSTEE KNAACK REPORTED THEY HELD A COMMITTEE MEETING TO FINALIZE THE WATER/SEWER BUDGET. WE ARE LOOKING AT A $13,381 SHORT FALL.

SOCIAL SERVICES- TRUSTEE YOUNGS STATED HE NEEDS TO SET UP A MEETING TO REVIEW THE NUMBER OF DOGS ALLOWED IN THE VILLAGE.

PUBLIC WORKS- NOTHING AT THIS TIME.

PERSONNEL- NOTHING AT THIS TIME.

SHARON JILKA IS NOT HAPPY WITH THE DOGS RUNNING AT LARGE. THEY ARE COMING INTO HER YARD. ALSO, THE COMPANY THAT WAS CONTRACTED BY XCEL ENERGY TO REMOVE THE BRUSH AROUND THE POWER LINES HAS NOT BEEN BACK TO CLEAN UP THEIR MESS BEHIND HER HOUSE.

SHERRY MOORE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE DONATIONS THAT WERE GIVEN TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND AMBULANCE SERVICE FOR THE EASTER EGG HUNT, GOLF OUTINGS AND THEIR CHRISTMAS PARTY.

SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS DIDN’T HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE GENERAL CODE PROPOSAL.

MOTION BY KNAACK, SECOND BY YOUNGS TO TABLE THE GENERAL CODE PROPOSAL UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING. CARRIED

THERE WERE NO PURCHASE ORDERS.

DALE REPORTED THEY HAD A SEWER BACK UP ON TOWN STREET. THEY FOUND A LOT OF NON-DISPOSAL RAGS IN THE SEWER LINE AND THEY HAD SOME METERS BUST IN THIS COLD WEATHER.

DALE EXPLAINED REUBEN’S HAD A SERVICE LEAK AND THE LEAK WAS ON THE SIDE THAT WAS HIS RESPONSIBILITY AND PAUL BLOMBERG WANTED THE VILLAGE TO PAY HALF THE BILL. PAUL WAS NOT IN ATTENDANCE.

FIRE CHIEF, BRAD SWENSON REPORTED THERE IS A JOINT FIRE BOARD MEETING THIS WEDNESDAY.

TRUSTEE ESTERHOLM ASKED KYLE ABOUT GETTING HIS WATER LICENSE. KYLE STATED HE IS IN THE PROCESS.

PRESIDENT SCHMIDT STATED LARRY PALECEK WOULD LIKE THE VILLAGE TO ATTEND A MEETING TO TALK OVER THE POSSIBILITY OF TAKING OVER THE MAINTENANCE ON COUNTY ROAD “A”.

JIM AND GAYLE OKRASINSKI BOUGHT PARKSIDE HOTEL AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO RENOVATE IT INTO APARTMENTS. IT IS ZONED “C2” WHICH ALLOWS SECOND STORY APARTMENTS, SO THEY MUST APPLY FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. THERE NEEDS TO BE A PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING TO DISCUSS THIS.

MOTION BY KNAACK, SECOND BY YOUNGS TO PAY BILLS. CARRIED

GENERAL FUND- $ 14,532.78
CDBG- $ 3,406.81
UDAG- $ 10.00
FIRE DEPT.- $ 174.65
WATER/SEWER $ 1,434.18
$ 19,558.42

MOTION BY PEARSON, SECOND BY KALANDER TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. CARRIED

LAURIE ANDREAE
CLERK/TREASURER