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Village of Rockland approves $441,066.03 in payments, advances TIF review and summer permits
Summary
At its Feb. 10, 2026 regular meeting, the Village of Rockland board approved $441,066.03 in payments (including tax settlement checks), directed staff to verify zoning and TIF options for new developments, approved liquor licenses for two summer events and granted a fireworks noise variance for June 27.
The Village of Rockland Board of Trustees approved payment of ACHs and checks #13811–#13831 totaling $441,066.03 at its Feb. 10, 2026 regular meeting, President Jon Hohlfeld presiding.
The payments include tax-settlement checks identified in the minutes as La Crosse County ($67,935.45), Monroe County ($4,185.13) and Bangor School District ($248,441.36). Clerk/Treasurer Melody Brueggeman provided a voucher breakdown that also lists WTC at $25,392.58. Trustee Linda Young moved to approve the vouchers and Trustee Seth Hemmersbach seconded; the motion carried.
The approvals came amid routine business including the January treasurer’s report, which Trustee Penny Stock moved to accept and Trustee Linda Young seconded. The board also approved the Jan. 13 meeting minutes.
Why it matters: the voucher package contains the village’s monthly operating payments and large tax-settlement disbursements to counties and the school district; those transfers affect the village’s cash position and the timing of local services.
Maintenance and infrastructure notes in the meeting minutes said public works staff have begun installing radios on meter pucks to enable electronic meter reading, and that some homes will require new meters to operate with the new system. The minutes also record that a pipe at the wastewater treatment plant required repair, a new cylinder was installed on a plow for the red truck, and the shop floor needs cement repair. Those updates were reported by public works staff Keegan Erickson and Loren Arenz.
On development and financing, Clerk/Treasurer Melody Brueggeman said she would check zoning for the Sexauer and Small-Town developments and consult MSA about the possibility of using a tax-increment financing (TIF) district to support the new projects. The minutes note that paperwork for a TIF renewal was sent to MSA on Jan. 21, 2026; the record does not show a formal vote on renewing any TIF at this meeting.
Personnel and grants: Trustee Penny Stock moved and Trustee Linda Young seconded to approve changes identified in the minutes as “benefits and changes to the employee handbook”; the motion carried. The minutes do not detail the specific handbook amendments. Trustee Seth Hemmersbach moved and Trustee Penny Stock seconded to apply for an E-cycle grant program; that motion carried.
Permits for events: the board approved liquor licenses for the Bangor Burns Fire Department for May 9 and June 27, 2026 (motion by Trustee Seth Hemmersbach; second by Trustee Linda Young). The board also approved a noise-variance permit for fireworks on June 27, 2026 (motion by Trustee Penny Stock; second by Trustee Seth Hemmersbach). All motions were recorded as carried.
The meeting adjourned at 7:15 p.m.
Notes and limits: the minutes record motions and outcomes but do not include individual roll-call vote tallies. Where the minutes omit specifics (for example, the exact handbook edits), this article reports the omission rather than inferring details.
