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Hales Corners trustees approve minutes, purchasing policy and routine licenses; amendment to minutes fails on tie
Summary
At the Feb. 23 meeting trustees voted down an amendment to the minutes in a 3-3 tie after a failed proposal to use AI-generated wording, approved January claims including $23,447.29 to Peard, adopted a revised purchasing policy and approved routine licenses and a change of agent.
The Village of Hales Corners Board of Trustees on Feb. 23 addressed consent items, committee reports and administrator tasks during a meeting that ran from 6:45 to 7:30 p.m.
A proposed amendment to the minutes sought to change a passage to read "M. Bennett inquired about 111th and Abbott to Woodside Rd" and to remove a comment about the appropriateness of discussing the road in front of a trustee’s residence. The amendment (moved by M. Bennett and seconded by S. Riemer) failed on a 3-3 tie (Ayes: Bennett, Thomson, Riemer; Nays: Brinkmeier, Chesney, Besson). A separate motion by President D. Besson to use AI-generated verbatim statements for the minutes failed for lack of a second. The main motion to approve the minutes then passed 4-2 (Ayes: Brinkmeier, Chesney, Besson, Riemer; Nays: Bennett, Thomson).
Trustees also approved claims paid for January 2026, including a listed payment to "Peard" for $23,447.29. The board unanimously approved Resolution 26-09, a revised Purchasing Policy, and granted a Temporary Class B/Class B retailers license to Emanuel Lutheran Church for a March 21 Spring Ceilidh & Auction. The board also approved a change of agent for Mega Marts LLC d/b/a Pick 'n Save, 5800 S. 108th St., naming Jacob Medina as the new agent; those motions passed unanimously.
President D. Besson said new-administrator priorities will go to the Committee of the Whole in March and asked trustees to rank provided priorities. Administrator Kulik reviewed task reports and noted possible increases in audit fees, that debt management is handled by the village’s financial planner Carol Wirth, and that a capital planning committee was formed. Kulik said a modern, web-based financial system would likely start at about $150,000 with a 3–5 year ROI and that the earliest implementation using prefunded monies could be 2029.
The meeting adjourned at 7:30 p.m.
