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November 2, 2009

 

 

The meeting of the Village of Newburg Personnel & Finance Committee for November 2, 2009 was called to order. Roll call of officers and trustees was performed. Present were: Trustee Chesak, President Heili, Clerk Cording and Treasurer DeWeese. Trustee Wollner was absent.

New Business

 

  1. Discussion and possible action on hiring new DPW employee. DPW Superintendent Becker recommended hiring Duane Spaeth who would start at the PW-5 pay scale and be available all year. A motion was made by Treasurer DeWeese and seconded by Trustee Chesak to hire Mr. Spaeth. Motion passed 4 – 0.
  2. Discussion and possible action on Village’s 2010 budget. A motion was made by Clerk Cording and seconded by President Heili to send the budget to the Board for approval at a meeting to be called on Thursday, November 19, 2009. Motion passed 4 – 0.

Old Business

1. None

Adjournment

A motion was made by Trustee Chesak and seconded by Clerk Cording to adjourn. Motion passed 4 – 0.

Bill Cording, Clerk

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December 30, 2008

The board meeting of the Village of Newburg Personnel & Finance for December 30, 2008 was called to order. Roll call of officers and trustees was performed. Present were: Trustee Chesak, Trustee Wollner, President Sackett, Clerk Cording and Treasurer DeWeese.

New Business

Discussion and possible action on hiring employees for Department of Public Works. A motion was made by President Sackett and seconded by Trustee Chesak to hire additional part-time employees for the Department of Public Works. Motion passed.

Discussion and possible action on offering Aflac policies to Village employees at the expense of the employee. After listening to a presentation by Aflac, a motion was made by President Sacket and seconded by Trustee Wollner to meet on January 20, 2009 to discuss this further. Motion passed.

Old Business

1. None

Miscellaneous Business

 

Adjournment

A motion was made by President Sackett and seconded by Trustee Chesak to adjourn. Motion passed.

Bill Cording, Clerk

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The board meeting of the Village of Newburg Personnel & Finance for October 8, 2007 was called to order. Roll call of officers and trustees was performed. Present were: Trustees Beimborn and Heili, President Sackett, Clerk Cording and Treasurer Hein.

New Business

None.

Old Business

Discussion and possible recommendation on 2008 Village Budget. Discussion on existing budget proposal was held. The budget was balanced pending notification by the State of Wisconsin with their numbers for municipalities. A motion was made by Trustee Beimborn and seconded by Treasurer Hein to send to the Village of Newburg for final approval and public hearing. Motion passed.

Miscellaneous Business

 

Adjournment

A motion was made by Trustee Beimborn and seconded by Trustee Heili to adjourn. Motion passed.

Bill Cording, Clerk

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October 2, 2007

The board meeting of the Village of Newburg Personnel & Finance for October 2, 2007 was called to order. Roll call of officers and trustees was performed. Present were: Trustees Beimborn and Heili, President Sackett, Clerk Cording and Treasurer Hein.

New Business

None.

Old Business

Discussion and possible recommendation on 2008 Village Budget. Discussion was held. No action taken.

Miscellaneous Business

 

Adjournment

A motion was made by Trustee Heili and seconded by Trustee Beimborn to adjourn. Motion passed.

Bill Cording, Clerk

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October 24, 2006

The board meeting of the Village of Newburg Personnel & Finance for October 24, 2006 was called to order. Roll call of officers and trustees was performed. Present were: Trustees Beitz and Chesak, President Sackett, Clerk Cording and Treasurer Hein. Also present were Trustee Heili, Superintendent Becker, Engineer Mielke & Bednarski and Deputy Clerk Chesak

A motion was made by Trustee Beitz and seconded by President Sackett to approve the minutes of the October 4, 2006 meeting. One correction was made. Motion passed.

Old Business

Discussion and possible action on hiring and wage scale for full-time Deputy Clerk position. Discussion was held on salary and qualifications would need to meet the specifications of the job. Possible treasurer jobs would be transferred over. Starting salary between $25,000 to $30,000 and would need knowledge of Microsoft Office, Quickbooks and updating website plus other. The interview process was also discussed. The Clerk would be interviewing candidates and then possibly have the treasurer involved in the second interview. The Clerk would then make a recommendation to the Personnel & Finance Committee and then to the Village Board for final approval. A motion was made by Trustee Beitz and seconded by Treasurer Hein to recommend to the Village Board the proposal of approving of hiring of a full-time Deputy Clerk. Motion passed.

Discussion and possible action on 2007 budget for Village of Newburg. Treasurer Hein went over the budget for 2007. Discussion was held and various changes were made. A motion was made by Trustee Beitz and seconded by Trustee Chesak to send to the Village Board for final approval the 2007 budget with changes done by the Treasurer – subject to final changes to the DPW truck. Motion passed.

New Business

Discussion and possible action on loan for $77,000 for DPW truck. A motion was made by Clerk Cording and seconded by Trustee Chesak to borrow $77,000 for the DPW truck. Motion passed.

Miscellaneous Business

Adjournment

A motion was made by Trustee Chesak and seconded by Trustee Beitz to adjourn. Motion passed.

Bill Cording, Clerk

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October 4, 2006

The board meeting of the Village of Newburg Personnel & Finance for October 4, 2006 was called to order. Roll call of officers and trustees was performed. Present were: Trustees Beitz and Chesak, President Sackett, Clerk Cording and Treasurer Hein.

A motion was made by Trustee Beitz and seconded by Trustee Chesak to approve the minutes of the July 26, 2006 meeting. Motion passed.

Old Business

Discussion and possible action and committee approval on Village of Newburg Personnel Manual. Discussion was held. A motion was made by Trustee Beitz and seconded by Trustee Chesak to send to Village Board pending changes made by Treasurer Hein. Motion passed.

Discussion and possible action on hiring of and wage scale for full-time Deputy Clerk position. Discussion was held on the need for a deputy clerk. There isn’t any back up currently and the cost of the position. Possibly making this position a deputy clerk/treasurer. Discussion was held on basic needs of this person, ie: bookkeeping, quicken, etc. Salary range of $25,000 to $30,000 with benefits. A motion was made by Trustee Beitz and seconded by Trustee Chesak to not take action on this until the end of the meeting. Motion passed.

Discussion and possible action on sale of the F450 DPW truck. A motion was made by President Sackett and seconded by Trustee Beitz to recommend to the Village Board to sell the F450 DPW truck. Motion passed.

New Business

Review of department budgets. Discussion was held on all department budgets and minor adjustments were made.

A motion was made by Trustee Beitz and seconded by Treasurer Hein to table #2 on Old Business until the next meeting. Motion passed.

Miscellaneous Business

Adjournment

A motion was made by Trustee Chesak and seconded by Trustee Beitz to adjourn. Motion passed.

Bill Cording, Clerk

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July 26, 2006

The board meeting of the Village of Newburg Personnel & Finance for July 26, 2006 was called to order. Roll call of officers and trustees was performed. Present were: Trustees Beitz and Chesak, President Sackett, Clerk Cording and Treasurer Hein.

Old Business

None.

New Business

Discussion and possible recommendation on the sale of the F450 DPW truck. Discussion on selling of the F450 took place. It is 6 years old and has 25,000 miles. A motion was made by President Sackett and seconded by Trustee Chesak to table this until the next meeting to gather further information. Motion passed.

Discussion and possible action on purchase of small truck to replace the sale of the F450. Discussion was held on replacement truck and felt that more information was needed. A motion was made by President Sackett and seconded by Trustee Beitz to table until DPW can provide more information. Motion passed.

Discussion and possible action on creation and deposit of proceeds from sale of F450 into a non-lapsing sinking fund for replacement of DWP capital equipment as recommended by Public Works committee. Discussion was held on creating a non-lapsing sinking fund. It was brought up that the designation of these funds may be needed by the village to provide cash flow at the end of the year. A motion was made by President Sackett and Trustee Beitz to table until further information can be gathered. Motion passed.

Review proposed Village of Newburg Personnel Manual. Committee began review of the manual.

Miscellaneous Business

Adjournment

A motion was made by Trustee Beitz and seconded by Trustee Chesak to adjourn. Motion passed.

Bill Cording, Clerk

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May 31, 2006

The board meeting of the Village of Newburg Personnel & Finance for May 31, 2005 was called to order. Roll call of officers and trustees was performed. Present were: Trustee Chesak, President Sackett, Clerk Cording, Treasurer Hein, Deputy Clerk Chesak and Trustee Heili.

Old Business

Discussion on hiring a full-time Deputy Clerk. Discussion was held on need for a full-time Deputy Clerk. A 45-day time study was presented of the Clerk’s time along with a discussion of the Deputy Clerk’s hours and need. Also discussed was wage. A motion was made by President Sackett and seconded by Trustee Chesak to place on board agenda as discussion only on a full-time Deputy Clerk. Motion passed.

New Business

Discussion and possible action on wage scale change for Dean Groleau, part-time sanitary employee to WW3. This is a recommendation from the Sanitary Committee. A motion was made by President Sackett and seconded by Trustee Chesak to do the wage scale change from WW4 to WW3 for part-time sanitary employee. Motion passed.

Miscellaneous Business

Adjournment

A motion was made by Trustee Chesak and seconded by President Sackett to adjourn. Motion passed.

Bill Cording, Clerk

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February 22, 2006

The board meeting of the Village of Newburg Personnel & Finance for February 22, 2005 was called to order. Roll call of officers and trustees was performed and all were present. Trustee Enright arrived lated.

Old Business

Discussion on hiring a full-time Deputy Clerk. President Sackett would like some type of a feasibility study done regarding this. Either hire a possible consultant or gather the information ourselves. Discussion was held. It was decided that Clerk Cording will gather the necessary information and have ready to present to the Village Board in mid-April. Various items to gather include: time away from office, phone work, filing, meetings, building permits, questions that the public have, etc.

New Business

Discussion and possible action on adjustments to 2005 budget. Treasurer Hein went through the budget adjustments needed for the 2005 budget. A motion was made by President Sackett and seconded by Trustee Chesak regarding the following:

Reduce Public Safety by $1332

Reduce Culture and Rec by $1224

Transfer $142,547 out of surplus to cover the following

o $7552 to cover General Government

o $9200 to cover Public Works

o $94,351 to cover Capital Outlay

o $34,000 to cover Debt Service

Transfer $4945 from Sanitary surplus to cover Pollution Control

Clerk Cording and/or Treasurer Hein will bring along copies of the new spreadsheet for the Board. For their review. Motion passed.

Discussion and possible action on personnel wages. A motion was made by President Sackett and seconded by Trustee Chesak to move Paul Wilkens to PW4 and to move Steve Weyker to PW3. Motion passed.

A motion was made by President Sackett and seconded by Trustee Chesak to increase wages for all employees by 3%. This increase will be effective on May 1, 2006. Motion passed. A motion was made by Trustee Enright and seconded by Trustee Chesak to increase mileage to .445¢ per mile. Motion passed.

A motion was made by President Sackett and seconded by Trustee Enright to move Barb Chesak to DC-1 effective May 1, 2006. Motion passed with Trustee Chesak abstaining from voting.

Discussion and possible action on salaries of elected officials. Discussion was held. A motion was made by President Sackett and seconded by Trustee Chesak to let the current pay scale for village elected officials stand as is for this year. Motion passed.

Discussion and possible action on pay for committee members. This is strictly for the village residents who are on committees. A recommendation is to move this to $20 per meeting vs. the $10 they are currently receiving. This would involves 6 active village residents who are currently on committees. A motion was made by Trustee Chesak and seconded by Trustee Enright to increase pay for citizen committee members to $20 per meeting. Motion passed.

Discussion and possible action on implementation of TABOR. Clerk Cording informed the committee on what this means. Treasurer Hein and Clerk Cording will get together on this issue. Possibility of obtaining a financial advisor to look over our budgets and figures was discussed. Clerk Cording will keep the committee informed. No action taken at this time.

Miscellaneous Business

Trustee Enright brought up the plaques for the Village Presidents. He recently saw some that he really liked and was wondering how much we would like to spend on this project. He will continue to look into this project.

Adjournment

A motion was made by Trustee Chesak and seconded by Trustee Enright to adjourn. Motion passed.

Bill Cording, Clerk

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September 21, 2005

The board meeting of the Village of Newburg Personnel & Finance for September 21, 2005 was called to order. Roll call of officers and trustees was performed. Not present was Trustee Enright and Clerk Cording.

Old Business

Continued discussion on budgets. No action was taken.

New Business

Discussion and possible action on hiring of part time employee for Dept. of Public Works. A motion was made by Trustee Chesak and seconded by President Sackett to hire Steve Weyker as the new employee for DPW. Starting wage will be $11.73/hour. Motion passed to send to the Village Board for approval.

Discussion and possible action on pay raise for Law Enforcement Secretary. A motion was made by Trustee Chesak and seconded by President Sackett to move the Law Enforcement Secretary to a G-2. Motion passed to send to the Village Board for approval.

Discussion on hiring a full-time Assistant Clerk. No action taken.

Discussion on the purchase of the empty lot by Lorence as recommended by Planning Commission. A motion was made by President Sackett and seconded by Trustee Chesak to table until further notice. Motion passed.

Miscellaneous Business

Adjournment

A motion was made by President Sackett and seconded by Trustee Chesak to adjourn. Motion passed.

Bill Cording, Clerk

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August 23, 2005

The board meeting of the Village of Newburg Personnel & Finance for August 23, 2005 was called to order. Roll call of officers and trustees was performed. Not present was Trustee Enright.

Old Business

1. None.

New Business

Discussion and possible action on additional premium pay for Dept. of Public Works Employees for winter during the hours of 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. This is a recommendation from Dept. of Public Works. A motion was made by Trustee Chesak and seconded by President Sackett to approve the $2.00 premium pay/hour for the hours of 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. during winter months. Motion passed. This will be a recommendation to the Village Board.

Discussion and possible action on purchase of new truck for Dept. of Public Works for 2006. This is a recommendation from Dept. of Public Works. Discussion was held. No action taken.

Review of budget. No action taken.

Miscellaneous Business

Adjournment

A motion was made by President Sackett and seconded by President Sackett to adjourn. Motion passed.

Bill Cording, Clerk

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June 30, 2005

The board meeting of the Village of Newburg Personnel & Finance for June 30, 2005 was called to order. Roll call of officers and trustees was performed and all were present.

Old Business

New Business

Discussion and possible action on hiring of part time Patrol Officer for Law Enforcement. Discussion was held on need for a new officer due to one resigning this fall. A motion was made by Trustee Enright and seconded by President Sackett to hire an additional part time officer. Motion passed.

Miscellaneous Business

Trustee Enright stated that all equipment is up to date.

Treasurer Hein – would like to move some money into a non-lapsing sinking fund.

Clerk Cording – stated that and ordinance needs to be completed for the bond schedule.

Adjournment

A motion was made by President Sackett and seconded by Trustee Enright to adjourn. Motion passed.

Bill Cording, Clerk

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March 31, 2005

The meeting of the Village of Newburg Personnel & Finance for March 31, 2005 was called to order. Roll call of officers and trustees was performed and all were present.

Old Business

New Business

Discussion and possible action on hiring of part time officer for Law Enforcement. Discussion was held on the need for an officer. James Gallion was recommended by the Law Enforcement Committee. A motion was made by Trustee Beimborn and seconded by Trustee Enright to hire James Gallion after he passes his testing. Motion passed. Further discussion was held on the possibility of hiring another officer at a later date.

Miscellaneous Business

None.

Adjournment

A motion was made by Trustee Beimborn and seconded by Trustee Enright to adjourn. Motion passed.

Bill Cording, Clerk

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February 2, 2005

The board meeting of the Village of Newburg Personnel & Finance for February 2, 2005 was called to order. Roll call of officers and trustees was performed and all were present.

Old Business

New Business

Discussion and possible action on hiring of part time secretary for Law Enforcement. A motion was made by Treasurer Hein and seconded by Trustee Beimborn to approve Jennifer Rausch as Law Enforcement Secretary to start at a wage of GS-3. Motion passed.

Discussion and possible action on hiring of part time Dept. of Public Works employee for snow plowing purposes. A motion was made by President Grotelueschen and seconded by Trustee Enright to hire Paul Wilkens for DPW snow plowing purposes only at a starting wage of PW-5.

Discussion and possible action on pay raises for village employees. A motion was made by Trustee Beimborn and seconded by Trustee Enright to increase all pay raises 4% and pay mileage at .405 per mile. Election workers will receive a pay increase of 5% and General Secretary will remain the same. Motion passed.

Discussion and possible action on benefits for full-time employees. No action was taken. This was just a discussion item.

Discussion and possible action on 6-month probationary pay raise for DPW employee – Bill Gross. A motion was made by Trustee Beimborn and seconded by Trustee Enright to move Bill Gross from PW-5 to PW-4.

Miscellaneous Business

None.

Adjournment

A motion was made by Trustee Beimborn and seconded by Trustee Enright to adjourn. Motion passed.

Bill Cording, Clerk

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September 30, 2004

The board meeting of the Village of Newburg Personnel & Finance for September 30, 2004 was called to order. Roll call of officers and trustees was performed. Not present was Trustee Enright. Also present were Trustees Sackett, Beitz, Chesak and Superintendent of Public Works Woda.

 

Old Business

Discussion and possible action on Fire Contract for Village of Newburg from Newburg Fire Department. Discussion was held. The committee is looking to meet with Fire Chief Waldkirch on October 11th at 7 p.m. Motion was made by Trustee Beimborn and seconded by Treasurer Hein to use the numbers of $22,110.31 for the Fire Department Contract for budget purposes. Motion passed.

Discussion on various budgets from committees.

· A motion was made by Treasurer Hein and seconded by Trustee Beimborn to accept the Sanitary Budget for 2005. Motion passed.

· A motion was made by Treasurer Hein and seconded by Trustee Beimborn to accept the Parks Budget for 2005. Motion passed.

· A motion was made by Treasurer Hein and seconded by Trustee Beimborn to accept the Law Enforcement Budget for 2005. Motion passed.

New Business

None.

Miscellaneous Business

Adjournment

A motion was made by Trustee Beimborn and seconded by Treasurer Hein to adjourn. Motion passed.

Bill Cording, Clerk

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September 15, 2004

The board meeting of the Village of Newburg Personnel & Finance for September 15, 2004 was called to order. Roll call of officers and trustees was performed. All were present.

Trustee Beitz stated that the Parks Committee had not met and thus could not be presenting a budget to the Personnel & Finance Committee. Parks Committee will schedule a meeting and have their budget ready to present to the Personnel & Finance Committee at the next scheduled meeting then.

Old Business

Discussion on various budgets from committees. Law Enforcement budget was presented to the Personnel & Finance Committee.

New Business

Discussion and possible action on hiring of part time secretary for Law Enforcement and possible wage for secretary. A motion was made by Trustee Beimborn and seconded by Trustee Enright to allow Law Enforcement to hire a part time secretary. Motion was passed to send to Village Board for final approval. A motion was made by Trustee Enright and seconded by Treasurer Hein to add a General Secretary portion to the Village Resolution with the following pay notations: GS #1 - $11.00; GS #2 - $10.00; GS #3 – $9.00; GS #4 – $8.00. Motion passed.

Discussion and possible action on purchase of new computer for squad car from 2004 budget. Cost is around $4200 to $4400. Motion was made by Trustee Enright and seconded by Trustee Beimborn to have Law Enforcement purchase a new computer for the squad car at a cost not to exceed $5000 from this year’s budget. Motion passed to send to Village Board for final approval.

Miscellaneous Business

Adjournment

A motion was made by Trustee Beimborn and seconded by Trustee Enright to adjourn. Motion passed.

Bill Cording, Clerk

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September 1, 2004

The board meeting of the Village of Newburg Personnel & Finance for September 1, 2004 was called to order. Roll call of officers and trustees was performed. Not present was Trustee Enright.

Old Business

Continued discussion on sick leave for Clerk Cording. Discussion was held on sick leave for Clerk Cording. It was understood that the Clerk would use his vacation for the weeks he did not work and would be paid his salary for those weeks he puts in hours.

New Business

Discussion on various budget from the committees.

Miscellaneous Business

Adjournment

A motion was made by Trustee Beimborn and seconded by Treasurer Hein to adjourn. Motion passed.

Bill Cording, Clerk

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December 3, 2003

The board meeting of the Village of Newburg Personnel & Finance for December 3, 2003 was called to order. Roll call of officers and trustees was performed and all were present. Not present was Trustee Williamson.

Old Business

None.

New Business

Discussion and possible recommendation on Village insurance. Presentation was made by RS Semler on upgrading the Village of Newburg insurance coverage.

Discussion and possible recommendation on Village audit. Discussion was held. A motion was made by Treasurer Hein and seconded by Trustee Beimborn to have Virchow Krause perform an audit for the Village of Newburg. Motion passed.

Discussion and possible recommendation on new accounting software package. A motion was made by Trustee Beimborn and seconded by President Grotelueschen to upgrade the software for village billing and sanitary billing and server for a cost of $3,500. Motion passed.

Discussion and possible action on awarding bid for purchase of old squad car. A motion was made by Trustee Beimborn and seconded by Treasurer Hein to award the bid of $7,752 for the squad car. Motion passed.

Miscellaneous Business

None.

Adjournment

A motion was made by Treasurer Hein and seconded by Trustee Beimborn to adjourn. Motion passed.

Bill Cording, Clerk

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October 8, 2003

The board meeting of the Village of Newburg Personnel & Finance for October 8, 2003 was called to order. Roll call of officers and trustees was performed and all were present.

Old Business

None.

New Business

Discussion on budget for 2004. Discussion was held. Various budgets were looked at. Last year the mill rate was $17.19 per thousand for 2003. This was the third lowest tax rate in the state of Wisconsin for a community of our size.

Miscellaneous Business

None.

Adjournment

A motion was made by Trustee Williamson and seconded by Trustee Beimborn to adjourn. Motion passed.

Bill Cording, Clerk

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May 30, 2002

The board meeting of the Village of Newburg Personnel & Finance for May 30, 2002 was called to order. Roll call of officers and trustees was performed and all were present.

Old Business

None.

New Business

Discussion and possible action on wages. It was decided to move Fred Jonas to PW #4. Motion was made by Trustee Williamson and seconded by Treasurer Hein to move Fred Jonas from PW #5 to PW #4. Motion passed.

Discussion on creating an additional pay rate between LE2 and LE3. Discussion on level of pay increase was held. Should it be 4% or 3% with most of the discussion centering around a 3% pay increase retroactive to 1-1-02. A motion was made by Trustee Williamson and seconded by Treasurer Hein to increase all Village employee wages 3% retroactive to January 1, 2002. Motion passed with President Grotelueschen abstaining.

Discussion was also held on hiring of new police officer. It was felt that we first need to see more officers working their hours. A motion was made by Trustee Williamson and seconded by Trustee Beimborn to deny a hiring of an additional replacement officer. Motion passed.

Miscellaneous Business

None.

Adjournment

A motion was made by Trustee Williamson and seconded by Trustee Beimborn to adjourn. Motion passed.

Bill Cording, Clerk

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