Muscoda board approves parking-lot payment, equipment purchases and records digitization

At its Nov. 11 meeting the Muscoda Village Board approved multiple infrastructure and vendor transactions, including final payment for the downtown parking lot project, purchase of a sewer camera, cemetery lawn-care contract and a contract to digitize cemetery records.

Engineer Doyle reviewed the final pay request for G Pro Excavating and Change Order #1 for final material quantities; the board approved a final payment of $10,038.59 and Change Order #1 for $1,806.76. Doyle noted the board will complete parking-lot striping next spring.

Superintendent Wardell presented Envirotech quotes for replacement sewer cameras. A demo camera priced at $9,965 was within the $10,000 budgeted amount for 2025; Trustee Hill moved and Trustee Meyer seconded a motion to purchase the Envirotech camera for $9,965, which the board approved.

For cemetery maintenance the board approved contracting with Babb Lawn Care at $400 per mowing and $50 for trimming; the motion passed on a unanimous roll call vote. Separately, Administrator Johnson presented a Cemetery Information Management System (CIMS) proposal to digitize cemetery records at a cost not to exceed $15,000; the board authorized proceeding in 2025 and noted that ground-penetrating radar to locate burials is available for an additional fee.

The board also approved a contract for 2025 audit services with Johnson Block Company for $30,620 and accepted the pool director’s year-end report, which flagged pool-floor repairs estimated at more than $100,000 and scheduled for fall 2026 consideration.

Each of these items was approved by motion during the meeting; specific vendor names and dollar amounts were presented on the record.