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Middleton committee audits bills, advances CDA amendment and defers TID work until April 7
Summary
Committee accepted the bills list (with a CivicPlus hosting line), recommended a CDA budget amendment showing a roughly $4,000 programming gap for Stonehorse Green contingent on fundraising, and deferred approval of Vanderol Associates’ work order for TID creation to the April 7 meeting.
At the March 17 Finance and Personnel Committee meeting in Middleton, members accepted the bills for audit — with an added line for CivicPlus for online ordinance hosting — and moved several other routine items forward or deferred them. The packet contains a transcribed CivicPlus amount that is inconsistent ($7,2844 / $7,28 44 in the record); staff and the finance clerk should confirm the correct invoice before council action.
The committee discussed a roughly $162,000 payment passed through to Sun Prairie for the multi-jurisdictional public safety cooperative (MSISC). Staff said the city pays Sun Prairie, which then pays vendors on behalf of participating municipalities. Members asked whether Middleton is automatically committed to ongoing vendor services under the consortium agreement; staff said the city attorney is reviewing automatic-renewal provisions and the consortium’s renewal practices and will report back.
The committee recommended council approval of Resolution 2026-06, a Community Development Authority (CDA) budget amendment for Stonehorse Green programming that shows about a $4,000 subsidy from CDA funds. Staff said the amendment assumes additional fundraising and that programming would be scaled if fundraising falls short so the CDA subsidy does not grow beyond what is planned.
On tax-increment financing, staff recommended deferring action on Work Order No. 1 and schedule with Vanderol and Associates for creation of TIDs 7 and 8 because a legal description and a budget-advance resolution are still required. The committee voted to defer action to the Finance and Personnel meeting on April 7.
Votes at a glance: the committee advanced the bills audit (voice vote) and recommended approval of Resolution 2026-06. It also voted to defer the Vanderol work order to April 7. Individual roll-call votes were not recorded in the transcript; actions were taken by voice vote.
Ending: Staff said several items will return after the city audit in early April; the committee adjourned.
Quotes from the meeting: A member asked, “Have we determined whether that's something we're clearly going to be going with in the future?” while pressing staff on automatic renewals in the consortium agreement. Staff said, “I do know that balances paid to Sun Prairie, if they are not used, are returnable to us.”
