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Holgate council adopts Resolution 25-01, hears 30% complete waterline update and approves one-time bill adjustment
Summary
At its Jan. 13 meeting the Holgate Village Council suspended readings and adopted Resolution 25-01 establishing 2025 committees, approved a one-time water-bill adjustment for a leak, heard that the waterline project is 30% complete, and directed staff on a lift-station pump purchase.
The Holgate Village Council met Jan. 13, 2025. Council president Chris Healy called the meeting to order in the mayor’s absence and the body handled routine business, adopted a resolution setting committee assignments for 2025, and received a progress update on the town’s waterline project.
Council member Mike Medina moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting; council member Jamie Hohenberger seconded and the motion carried. The record shows Hohenberger, Medina, Rico Valdez and Jeffery Rothman voted yes; Nick Stephy abstained.
The council approved a one-time adjustment to a water bill for Tim Johnston after Medina moved and Stephy seconded a motion noting a leak and the household’s inability to shut off the meter. The motion was recorded as approved as a special circumstance.
Representatives from Wessler Engineering reported that the waterline project is about 30% complete and answered questions from council before saying they would return with another update in roughly a month. No schedule changes or additional cost figures were provided at the meeting.
On finance matters, Medina moved to approve the finance statement; Jeffery Rothman seconded and the motion passed. Later, Jamie Hohenberger moved to suspend the three readings of Resolution 25-01 and declare it an emergency; Medina seconded and the suspension was approved. Following that action, Nick Stephy moved to approve Resolution 25-01 — which sets the council’s 2025 committee assignments — and Medina seconded. The resolution was approved; the meeting record does not provide a roll-call tally for that final vote.
Medina also moved (seconded by Rothman) to accept the bills on the agenda; the motion passed. The minutes note that Medina will order lights to be installed downtown as an administrative follow-up.
Village Administrator Jason Michel presented a quote for a new pump for the lift station. Council directed village employees to install the pump and asked staff to obtain a separate quote for the electrical work needed to complete the installation.
At 9:10 p.m. Medina moved to adjourn, Rothman seconded, and the council adjourned. The next regular meeting was set for Jan. 27, 2025.
The meeting records provided no direct quotations and did not list dollar amounts for the pump quote or the finance statement; those details were described as “not specified” in the minutes.
