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Belgium board approves park donations, equipment purchases, AED installs, ARPA reallocation and EMS agreement; multiple routine items pass
Summary
At its Oct. 14 meeting the Village of Belgium board approved a series of routine and operational measures — including a park shelter donation, demolition of an old bathroom building, a mower purchase, AED installations funded via the Belgium Fire Department, elimination of a park rental deposit, ARPA fund reassignment, a revised joint EMS agreement and paramedic budgets — and tabled a Heritage Park sidewalk completion requirement pending review of the developer agreement.
The Village of Belgium board on Oct. 14 approved a package of operational, park and public‑works actions and budget adjustments, and it authorized staff to negotiate a cellular lease with T‑Mobile.
Key decisions at a glance (vote outcomes recorded as voice votes in the meeting transcript):
- Minutes from the Sept. 9, 2024 meeting: approved (consent agenda). - Donation: park shelter rental for American Legion raffle at Community Park: approved (in‑kind donation; no material cost to village). - Traffic control: approve Public Works recommendation to add a full stop sign at Michael St and 1st St: approved. - Demolition: remove old bathroom building at park instead of reroofing (quote ~ $26,000): approved; staff to perform work. - Equipment purchase: approve purchase of tracked rotary mower (quote $28,765) up to $30,000 with 60% sewer fund / 40% stormwater funding: approved. - Heritage Park developer sidewalk completion requirement: tabled pending staff review of the developer agreement (staff reported the development is ~57–58% complete). - Maple Lawn escrow deposit: approve using longstanding escrow funds (on books since pre‑2012) for required street trees: approved. - Feral‑animal note/ordinance consideration: board voted not to approve the proposal as presented (motion passed). - Water and sewer project planning (East Lane, West Lane, Antoine Drive, Park Street): approve public utilities committee recommendation to proceed with 2026 sewer/water relay project and 2027 street reconstruction planning: approved. - AED installations: approve installation of all‑season heated AED cabinets at Heritage and Community parks; funding to come from grants and donations routed administratively through the Belgium Fire Department: approved. - Park rental deposit elimination and new rules/fee schedule: approved; board adopted staff’s draft to remove the $100 deposit while preserving user liability for damages. - Recognition payroll policy: approved changes to issue recognition payments via payroll (village pays associated taxes) to avoid gift‑card reporting issues. - Ordinance change (short‑term rental permit threshold): approved recommendation to require permits only if a property is rented more than 10 nights per year. - T‑Mobile lease: authorized finance/personnel staff to open negotiations with T‑Mobile and report back with proposed terms (no final contract change authorized yet). - ARPA reallocation: approve reassignment of $73,974.55 from pickleball/tennis to special revenue to close out and report ARPA funding in 2024: approved. - EMS: approve revised Belgium‑Cardonia joint EMS agreement; board approved updated paramedic budgets for 2024–2025 (minor adjustments for Wisconsin retirement numbers): approved. - Advertising: approve advertisement for Main Street rental (short run) to seek tenants: approved.
Several motions passed by voice vote with 'aye' recorded in the transcript; the roll‑call list read at the start of the meeting included seven board members. Where staff provided funding sources, the motion text reflected those splits (for example, the mower purchase was discussed as 60% sewer fund / 40% stormwater fund). Several items were amended during discussion (AED funding language was clarified to specify grants and donations administered through the fire department).
