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Denton trustees approve snow-removal policy, authorize sewer equipment purchases and raise Community Center rates
Summary
At its Dec. 1 meeting, the Village of Denton Board of Trustees adopted a snow-removal policy with minimum response standards, approved purchases for sewer inspection and maintenance equipment totaling $22,530, and raised Community Center rental rates effective Jan. 1, 2026.
Trustee Amanda Fangmeier and fellow trustees on Dec. 1 voted to adopt a Village snow-removal policy and minimum response standards, approve several maintenance equipment purchases, and increase Community Center rental fees, according to the meeting minutes of the Village of Denton Board of Trustees.
The board adopted the Snow Removal Policy as presented after discussion. The policy sets minimum response standards for sidewalks, arterials/business districts, transit/school routes and residential streets, and assigns enforcement to the Village Maintenance Supervisor and the Board Chair. The policy text establishes timelines such as clearing arterials/business districts within 12 hours after two inches of snow and sidewalks within 24 hours as needed.
Trustees approved maintenance purchases requested by staff: a sewer inspection camera for $9,330; a spreader sprayer unit for $3,500; and two wind-powered lagoon circulators at $4,850 each (total for the circulators $9,700). The motion to purchase the equipment was moved by Trustee Doug Rosekrans and seconded by Trustee Amanda Fangmeier; the motion carried.
The board also approved reorganizational appointments for 2026, including Charlotte TeBrink as Clerk/Treasurer/Zoning Administrator, Bromm, Lindahl, Freeman-Caddy & Lausterer as village attorney, Brian Friedrichsen (Olsson) as street engineer, Ross Blackledge as water/sewer operator, Amanda Fangmeier as emergency management coordinator, and Joe Hobelman as floodplain administrator.
Trustees designated Pinnacle Bank as the village depository for FY 2025–26 and set official posting locations at the Denton Daily Double, Denton Community Center and the Denton Post Office.
The board approved an increase in Community Center rental rates effective Jan. 1, 2026: non-resident rental rates increase by $100 and wedding rental rates increase by $200. Trustee Amanda Fangmeier moved the rate increase; Trustee Doug Rosekrans seconded and the motion carried.
On a separate item, Chair Joe Hobelman reported an anonymous NEDWEE complaint about the treatment plant and the board directed that anyone entering the treatment plant must either hold an operator’s license or be a village maintenance employee; maintenance employees without a license may record readings but are not authorized to alter water quality, quantity, or processes.
Other actions: the board appointed Levi Sullivan as an alternate to the Denton Planning Commission; tabled discussion of the village attorney retainer agreement and a Miller & Associates agreement for the sewer improvement project until the next meeting; adopted a policy requiring trustees and employees to obtain board pre-authorization before attending training or conferences at village expense; authorized an early payroll processing date of Dec. 18 for December payroll due to the clerk’s vacation; and approved Claims List A for $37,605.85, Claims List B for $4,518.35, and November net payroll of $9,726.30.
The meeting, held at the Denton Community Center, convened at 6:31 p.m. and adjourned at 8:43 p.m.
