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Village of Eden board approves routine business, email contract and 10% raise for maintenance worker
Summary
At its Feb. 17 meeting the Village of Eden Board unanimously approved routine minutes and reports, a hosted email services contract, a 10% payroll increase for operations and maintenance staff (Ed Costello) and signaled no objection to a nearby land division.
The Village of Eden Board on Feb. 17, 2026, approved routine meeting minutes and reports, authorized a hosted email-services contract and voted unanimously to raise the village operations and maintenance payroll by 10 percent for Ed Costello.
The actions were taken during the regular meeting called to order by President Kevin Goebel. Joe Preston made the motion to approve multiple consent items — including the Jan. 20 monthly meeting minutes, the treasurer’s report and payment of bills — with Shea Stahl, Matt Bonen and Jay Baumhardt recording seconds on various items. All consent motions were carried unanimously by the board, whose members recorded in the roll call were Kevin Goebel, Jay Baumhardt, Kari Schlefke, Matt Bonen, Shea Stahl, Joe Preston, Ed Costello, Cal Hermann and Chris Hermann.
On contracts, the board approved a Computer Troubleshooters contract for hosted email services; the motion was moved by Joe Preston and seconded by Matt Bonen. The board also voted, on a motion by Shea Stahl seconded by Matt Bonen, to indicate no objection to a Town of Eden land division for Bark Central LLC, which is located within 1.5 miles of the Village of Eden boundary and therefore was routed to the village for comment.
On personnel and payroll, the board approved a 10% increase to Ed’s operations and maintenance payroll. The motion noted the village will save money because Ed and his wife are on Medicare and the village will no longer pay his health insurance premiums; Joe Preston moved the raise and Shea Stahl seconded it.
The meeting also included administrative approvals — temporary borrowing, the building inspection report and licenses — all carried unanimously. The board adjourned after completing the agenda.
The board listed several items for future follow-up, including additional research on a potential chicken ordinance and investigation of a proposed cluster mailbox on Pine Street, and tabled action on a Handle CSM until the next meeting.
