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Spring Green trustees approve routine items, remove ES&S invoice, and meet in closed session on personnel
Summary
At its Sept. 24 meeting the Village of Spring Green Board of Trustees approved prior minutes and the agenda, approved disbursements after removing a $323.32 ES&S invoice, entered a closed session under Wis. Stat. §19.85(1)(c) for personnel matters, reconvened with no action on 2026 evaluations and adjourned.
The Village of Spring Green Board of Trustees met Sept. 24 and approved several routine items, removed a disputed vendor invoice from the disbursement batch, and held a closed session on personnel before reconvening with no changes to employee evaluations or compensation for 2026.
Trustee Deb Miller moved to approve the Sept. 10, 2025 meeting minutes with the addition of a missing line item referencing employee evaluations and compensation for 2026; Jean-Claude Bédard seconded and the motion carried by voice vote. Trustee Jeannie McCarville then moved to approve the agenda as presented; Damian Barta seconded and the motion carried by voice vote.
On disbursements, Village staff reported an instruction from the Sauk County Clerk’s Office to "do not" pay a recent ES&S maintenance invoice for $323.32; Trustee Damian Barta moved to approve disbursements with that invoice removed, the motion was seconded by Deb Miller and carried by voice vote.
Trustee Jean-Claude Bédard moved the board into closed session at 8:10 p.m. under Wisconsin Statutes Section 19.85(1)(c) to consider employment, promotion, compensation or performance evaluation data of public employees. The motion was seconded by Deb Miller and passed on a roll-call vote (Aye 5, Nay 0; one trustee absent and one vacancy). The board reconvened at 9:00 p.m.; Trustee Damian Barta moved and Deb Miller seconded the motion to return to open session where the minutes record "No action taken" on employee evaluations and compensation for 2026. Trustee Damian Barta moved to adjourn at 9:01 p.m.; the motion was seconded by Deb Miller and passed by voice vote.
Votes at a glance: - Approve minutes (Sept. 10, 2025) — Motion: Miller; Second: Bédard; Voice vote; Outcome: Carried. - Approve agenda — Motion: McCarville; Second: Barta; Voice vote; Outcome: Carried. - Approve disbursements with removal of ES&S invoice ($323.32) — Motion: Barta; Second: Miller; Voice vote; Outcome: Carried. - Approve pool roof contract (Feiner Construction LLC, $38,175) — Motion: McCarville; Second: Bédard; Voice vote; Outcome: Carried. - Enter closed session under Wis. Stat. §19.85(1)(c) — Motion: Bédard; Second: Miller; Roll-call vote 5-0; Outcome: Carried.
No formal actions were taken on ordinance amendments or employee compensation. The minutes note the next update on abatement work at 433 W. Madison Street is scheduled for Oct. 8, 2025.
