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Adell trustees approve repairs, zoning appointment and operator licenses; agree to split future fire‑bay lighting cost
Summary
At its July 7 meeting, the Village of Adell Board of Trustees approved several maintenance contracts totaling $9,600, appointed Max Uttech as zoning administrator, and granted two operator’s licenses. The board agreed to fund half the cost of new fire‑bay lighting in the 2026 budget; two trustees abstained on lighting and license votes.
The Village of Adell Board of Trustees on July 7 approved several routine maintenance contracts, appointed a zoning administrator and granted operator’s licenses, and agreed to allocate half the cost of new fire‑department bay lighting in the 2026 village budget.
The trustees voted to hire contractor Steve Cotter to make improvements to the village pavilion at a cost of $3,600, to complete playground equipment work for $1,500, and to repair the brat‑stand chimney for $4,500. Each motion was moved and seconded and recorded as carried. Mackenzie Ebert’s request to place a 14‑by‑4‑foot portable storage shed on her rental property was also approved.
The board appointed Max Uttech as the village Zoning Administrator by motion of Trustee Arlo Neumann, seconded by Trustee Brian Parr; the motion carried. Trustees also instructed Director of Public Works Matt Risch to contact village attorney James Danaher regarding second‑offense nuisance complaints.
On the fire department’s bay‑lighting project, the trustees voted to apply half the anticipated cost to the village’s 2026 budget. Meeting minutes record that the Adell Fire Department will install the new lights this year and the village will pay half the cost after a grant is applied for next year. Trustees Leighton Holtz and Arlo Neumann are recorded as abstaining on the lighting vote.
The board approved two‑year operator’s licenses for Rachel Lawrenz (listed at 699 N. Spring Street Apt. 8, Random Lake; noted as affiliated with the Adell Fire Department) and for Derrick Pierog (321 Center Avenue, Adell; Adell Fire Department). The minutes record abstentions by Holtz and Neumann on the license approvals.
Trustee Brian Parr moved and Trustee Arlo Neumann seconded approval of CMAR Resolution 2025‑03; President Andy Schmitt seconded that motion and the resolution was approved. The board approved the June 11, 2025 meeting minutes earlier in the meeting and set the next meeting for Thursday, July 17, 2025. Reports from the village president, public works, building inspector, plan commission and the Onion River Wastewater Commission were received with no action taken. There were no public comments.
Actions recorded in the minutes were procedural and routine; no ordinances or budget appropriations beyond the 2026 budget placement for fire‑bay lighting were enacted at the meeting. The meeting adjourned following a motion by Trustee Parr and second by Trustee Neumann.
