- Mayor Day called the meeting to order at 5:30PM with the Pledge of Allegiance and Prayer.
- Y – Yes, N – No, A – Abstain, Abs – Absent
- Roll Call:
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Blinzler, Sharon |
Absent |
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Gruver, Jason |
Y |
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Bowsher, Lance |
Y |
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VanAusdale, Leslie |
Y |
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Wallace, Chuck |
Y |
|
Wampler, Pam |
Absent |
4 Members Present
Other Village Representatives Present:
- Denise Knecht – Fiscal Officer; Dawn Fitzcharles – Village Administrator; Amanda Knecht – Administrative Assistant
Media Present:
- Cindy Thiel- The Edgerton Earth; Brian Koeller- The Bryan Times; India Kenner- The Village Reporter
Public Present:
- Rhonda Payton, Brett Payton, Jacob Steffes, Ken Jacob- Police Chief; Bob Adkins- Assistant Fire Chief
- Motion to Approve Meeting Minutes from 01.15.25:
|
Blinzler, Sharon |
Absent |
|
Gruver, Jason |
Y 2ND |
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Bowsher, Lance |
Y MOTION |
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VanAusdale, Leslie |
Y |
|
Wallace, Chuck |
Y Abstain |
|
Wampler, Pam |
Absent |
Motion PASSES 4-0
Junior Firefighters: Jacob Steffes and Brett Payton are with us tonight with the intention of joining the Fire Department as Junior Firefighters. This program started last year; one of the junior firefighters that graduated last spring is going on to complete skills and state firefighter testing over the next couple weeks. Assistant Fire Chief Bob Adkins added that they are currently back up to 4 junior firefighters; there is room for 2 more but we are unable to outfit any more at this time. Mayor Day expressed his support and appreciation for these young men who are willing to step in to this role.
- Motion to approve Jacob Steffes as a Junior Firefighter effective 02/01/2025 @ $25/month:
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Blinzler, Sharon |
Absent |
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Gruver, Jason |
Y |
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Bowsher, Lance |
Y |
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VanAusdale, Leslie |
Y MOTION |
|
Wallace, Chuck |
Y 2ND |
|
Wampler, Pam |
Absent |
Motion PASSES 4-0
- Motion to approve Brett Payton as a Junior Firefighter effective 02/01/2025 @ $25/month:
|
Blinzler, Sharon |
Absent |
|
Gruver, Jason |
Y MOTION |
|
Bowsher, Lance |
Y |
|
VanAusdale, Leslie |
Y 2ND |
|
Wallace, Chuck |
Y |
|
Wampler, Pam |
Absent |
Motion PASSES 4-0
Volunteer firefighter hire: Joshua M Elliott has applied to join the department as a volunteer firefighter. He has gone through the process within the department. Elliott comes with extensive experience and has moved into our community in the last couple years, we are excited about his interest in participating in the fire department. Assistant Chief Bob Adkins added that Josh has a lot of military background.
- Motion to hire Joshua Elliott as a Volunteer Firefighter effective 2/5/2025 @ $10.70/hr:
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Blinzler, Sharon |
Absent |
|
Gruver, Jason |
Y 2ND |
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Bowsher, Lance |
Y MOTION |
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VanAusdale, Leslie |
Y |
|
Wallace, Chuck |
Y |
|
Wampler, Pam |
Absent |
Motion PASSES 4-0
Administrator Update by Dawn Fitzcharles:
- Edgerton Firefighters Pancake breakfast on Sunday, March 9, 2025 from 7-11am
- Federal funding freeze-we have received a notification from the office of senior procurement executive to all employees, contractors, and grantees that the Federal judge has put a restraining order on the funding freeze. Most of our projects are funded at the state level so we are anticipating no impacts. But, it is still possible for certain programs to be impacted. We are going to move on with business as usual, expecting the possibility of having to make slight changes for future projects.
- Public meeting for Edgerton Pedestrian Improvement Project Open House on Monday, February 17th @ 7:15pm-8:30 in Council chambers; public is invited to attend Open House, the website will be up and running soon which will have all of the plans and project information, and there will be an engineer from the project to meet with businesses and residents as well as attend a school board meeting to make sure that everyone is on the same page. The project is tentatively scheduled to start in 2026.
- March 5 Council meeting– Dawn will be out of town and there is currently not anything pressing on the agenda so we would like to request the meeting be cancelled if there are no objections
- Motion to cancel March 5, 2025 regular Council meeting:
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Blinzler, Sharon |
Absent |
|
Gruver, Jason |
Y MOTION |
|
Bowsher, Lance |
Y |
|
VanAusdale, Leslie |
Y 2ND |
|
Wallace, Chuck |
Y |
|
Wampler, Pam |
Absent |
Motion PASSES 4-0
Fiscal Officer Update by Denise Knecht:
- January 2025 financials
- Credit Card review 12.16.25-01.15.25
- Financial report & Hinkle report filing that is due the end of February
- Motion to pay bills 02.05.25:
|
Blinzler, Sharon |
Absent |
|
Gruver, Jason |
Y 2ND |
|
Bowsher, Lance |
Y |
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VanAusdale, Leslie |
Y MOTION |
|
Wallace, Chuck |
Y |
|
Wampler, Pam |
Absent |
Motion PASSES 4-0
Finance Committee Meeting 01.21.25:
- Open employment positions and funding sources for training
- Village financial information and ongoing projects
Rules Committee Meeting 01.28.25:
- Miller Park and Gerhart Park Field rental
- Miller Park Community Center Rental
- Updates already approved to the handbook
CRA Committee Meeting 01.30.25:
- Approved CRA application for 134 W River St
Reclassify electric department employee: Jeremy Wright has completed Module 2 and Basic Lineworker 2 training.
- Motion to reclassify Jeremy Wright from probationary Lineworker 2 to Lineworker 2 effective 02.05.25:
|
Blinzler, Sharon |
Absent |
|
Gruver, Jason |
Y |
|
Bowsher, Lance |
Y |
|
VanAusdale, Leslie |
Y 2ND |
|
Wallace, Chuck |
Y MOTION |
|
Wampler, Pam |
Absent |
Motion PASSES 4-0
Miller Park/Gerhart Field Rental Guidelines: This was discussed at the Rules Committee meeting and there have not been any changes since that meeting took place.
- Motion to approve Field Rental Guidelines for Miller Park & Gerhart Park Field usage:
|
Blinzler, Sharon |
Absent |
|
Gruver, Jason |
Y MOTION |
|
Bowsher, Lance |
Y |
|
VanAusdale, Leslie |
Y 2ND |
|
Wallace, Chuck |
Y |
|
Wampler, Pam |
Absent |
Motion PASSES 4-0
Cost Recovery Standard: The cost recovery standard will enable our fire department to recover costs associated with hazardous material response and containment. Chief Blue informed us that this has been going on since 1994 and it is updated every so often. Everyone has the agreed upon pricing for equipment and it is billed out at that rate, usually to an insurance company.
VILLAGE OF EDGERTON ORDINANCE NO 1149
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE WILLIAMS COUNTY COST RECOVERY STANDARD
- Motion to give 2nd reading to Ordinance No 1149:
|
Blinzler, Sharon |
Absent |
|
Gruver, Jason |
Y |
|
Bowsher, Lance |
Y MOTION |
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VanAusdale, Leslie |
Y |
|
Wallace, Chuck |
Y 2ND |
|
Wampler, Pam |
Absent |
Motion PASSES 4-0
2025 Codified Ordinance: This is an annual Ordinance and includes online updates. There are no local changes this year, all of the updates this year are passed down by the State.
VILLAGE OF EDGERTON ORDINANCE NO 1150
AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE THE CURRENT REPLACEMENT PAGES TO THE EDGERTON CODIFIED ORDINANCES AND DECLARING IT AN EMERGENCY
- Motion to suspend the rules for Ordinance No 1150:
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Blinzler, Sharon |
Absent |
|
Gruver, Jason |
Y MOTION |
|
Bowsher, Lance |
Y |
|
VanAusdale, Leslie |
Y |
|
Wallace, Chuck |
Y 2ND |
|
Wampler, Pam |
Absent |
Motion PASSES 4-0
- Motion to pass and adopt Ordinance No 1150:
|
Blinzler, Sharon |
Absent |
|
Gruver, Jason |
Y MOTION |
|
Bowsher, Lance |
Y |
|
VanAusdale, Leslie |
Y 2ND |
|
Wallace, Chuck |
Y |
|
Wampler, Pam |
Absent |
Motion PASSES 4-0
2025 Supplement: There was no discussion.
VILLAGE OF EDGERTON ORDINANCE NO 1151
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A SUPPLEMENT TO THE 2025 ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS
- Motion to pass and adopt Ordinance No 1151:
|
Blinzler, Sharon |
Absent |
|
Gruver, Jason |
Y |
|
Bowsher, Lance |
Y MOTION |
|
VanAusdale, Leslie |
Y 2ND |
|
Wallace, Chuck |
Y |
|
Wampler, Pam |
Absent |
Motion PASSES 4-0
Council Discussion:
- Chuck Wallace asked that everyone be careful with the anticipated black ice coming. Also, there is a street light out in front of the Fire Hall.
- Bowsher seconded Wallace’s safety concern and thanked the Street department for getting out and getting the roads prepped.
- Jason Gruver is curious about the dates for the principal forgiveness utility training that was mentioned at the last council meeting. Dawn has reached out asking to be informed when registration opens, however, if the funding source is gone it is not imperative to attend.
- Motion to enter into executive session to discuss the employment and compensation of a public employee at 5:59PM:
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Blinzler, Sharon |
Absent |
|
Gruver, Jason |
Y |
|
Bowsher, Lance |
Y 2ND |
|
VanAusdale, Leslie |
Y MOTION |
|
Wallace, Chuck |
Y |
|
Wampler, Pam |
Absent |
Motion PASSES 4-0
- Motion to exit executive session at 6:29 PM:
|
Blinzler, Sharon |
Absent |
|
Gruver, Jason |
Y 2ND |
|
Bowsher, Lance |
Y |
|
VanAusdale, Leslie |
Y MOTION |
|
Wallace, Chuck |
Y |
|
Wampler, Pam |
Absent |
Motion PASSES 4-0
Action taken after executive session:
With the available advertised open position in the Electric Department, the team respectfully requests the reclassification of Dakota Burke to full-time Line Worker Trainee and to begin the apprenticeship program for linemen. Dakota started with the Village in 2023 as an intern with the school-to-work program and after graduation moved up to the Part-Time General Laborer Position.
- Motion to reclassify Dakota Burke from part-time general laborer to Probationary full-time line worker trainee apprentice effective 2.10.25 at a proposed rate of pay of $18.00/hr:
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Blinzler, Sharon |
Absent |
|
Gruver, Jason |
Y 2ND |
|
Bowsher, Lance |
Y |
|
VanAusdale, Leslie |
Y |
|
Wallace, Chuck |
Y MOTION |
|
Wampler, Pam |
Absent |
Motion PASSES 4-0
Council Member VanAusdale exited the meeting at 6:37PM.
Village Administrator Fitzcharles provided sample materials for the Council to consider for the new Miller Park Community Center. The samples included doors, cupboards, countertops, brick, bathroom partitions and more. She also had renderings of the exterior of the building showing different color patterns. The floors will be concrete. She informed the group that these product samples may vary because we do not get final pick until after the project contractor is on board and samples are based on manufacturers. The group agreed to trim all exterior doors and windows with a darker bronze color so that it stands out. The exterior siding will be a shade of white with brick on the bottom. Some members were concerned about the building being white. The same brick being used on the exterior of the building will be used for the fireplace on the inside. Discussion was had about the outdoor patio fire pit and other possible options. Dawn reminded the group that these are not the final decisions.
With three Council members remaining, Mayor Day announced the adjournment of the meeting at 6:49PM.