Menomonee Falls board approves consent agenda, bond parameters, fiber contract and Wire Road cost share; moves to closed session

The Village Board of Menomonee Falls voted on multiple consent and committee items on Jan. 20. All actions noted below passed by voice vote during the meeting; individual roll‑call tallies were not recorded in the transcript and were reported as unanimous on each vote.

Consent agenda - Motion: Approve consent agenda (bills and routine license matters). Mover: Trustee Stuen. Key items: bill approval for December 2024 totaling $4,140,046.78; approval of the Waukesha County Joint Powers Agreement for 2025; applications and agent successions for MegaMarts LLC (Metro Market #892) and Pick 'n Save Marketplace (#889). Outcome: approved unanimously.

Planning Commission item - Motion: Approve a certified survey map requested by Jeff Seglieski, subject to village staff confirmation of five Planning Commission conditions before recording. Mover: Trustee Tada. Outcome: approved unanimously.

General Government Committee — debt issuance parameters - Motion: Authorize resolution establishing parameters for sale of general obligation promissory notes, series 2025A (non‑taxable portion) and series 2025B (taxable portion). Mover: Trustee Tatum. Discussion: staff explained the proceeds will fund streets and sidewalks, stormwater, water, fire department equipment (noting a previously planned $1,000,000 engine will be removed from this issuance because delivery slips past fiscal 2025), public works equipment, parks improvements and refunding a balloon payment due this spring. Staff described these offerings as largely non‑levy supported (about 87%) because other funding sources will pay principal or interest for many items. The board also set interest‑rate parameter thresholds for the issuance (maximums cited in committee materials: 4.75% for 2025A and 5.25% for 2025B); the parameters allow underwriters flexibility and avoid bringing bids back to the board if results fall within the approved ranges. Outcome: both parameter resolutions were approved unanimously.

Utilities & Public Works committee - Motion: Award contract for Fiber Optic Construction, Phase 2 (project #72093) to Vision Telecommunications Inc. for $272,743.24 and increase total project funding to $394,000. Funding: $197,000 from sanitary impact fees and $197,000 from water impact fees. Mover: Trustee Kress. Project scope: install 288‑strand backbone fiber from Augusta Parkway to Mill Street, 48‑strand connections to Bella Vista metering/booster stations and two future lift stations, and repair two fiber vaults. The board approved the contract unanimously.

- Motion: Approve cost‑share agreement with the Town of Brookfield to repave Wire Road from Townley Road to Lisbon Road; the village will pay 65% of the actual cost and the town 35%. Mover: Trustee Kress. Outcome: approved unanimously.

Closed session - Motion: Convene in closed session under Wisconsin Statutes §19.85(1)(g) to confer with the village manager and village attorney on litigation strategy likely to stem from Resolution 1446‑R‑24 and enforcement of Section 122‑430(4) of the municipal code. Outcome: motion to convene to closed session passed unanimously; the board entered closed session and the public portion of the meeting ended.

Ending: Several trustees and staff explained funding sources and next steps for each item. No defeated motions were recorded on the consent or committee items during the Jan. 20 meeting.