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Kellnersville board opts for QuickBooks billing with 3% convenience fee; approves corrected Hydrocorp contract and expands internet allowance
Summary
On May 11 the Village Board selected QuickBooks for utility payments with a 3% convenience fee (subject to PSC permission), approved a corrected Hydrocorp inspection contract after a $604.75 miscalculation, and expanded the internet allowance to include clerk, treasurer and utility operator.
KELLNERSVILLE, Wis. — During its May 11, 2026 meeting the Village of Kellnersville Village Board approved several utility-related actions: selecting QuickBooks as the payment processor with a 3% convenience fee, approving a corrected annual Hydrocorp contract, and expanding the utility internet allowance to include the clerk, treasurer and utility operator.
Trustee Theresa Shimek moved to adopt QuickBooks for utility payments and to charge a 3% convenience fee on invoices to recover processing costs, if allowed by the Public Service Commission (PSC). Trustee Jason Kolb seconded the motion, which the board approved. The board reviewed alternatives including ACH through the bank and Paystar, and compared fees for cards, digital wallets and keyed payments.
The board also addressed a miscalculation in Hydrocorp’s 2026 contract: five commercial inspections at $270.71 each and ten residential inspections at $86.83 totalled $2,221.85, not the $1,617.10 in the original contract. Trustee Dustin Huletz moved to approve the corrected contract, Trustee Theresa Shimek seconded, and the board approved the correction.
Separately, the board voted to redistribute rental revenue from Bertram (which pays $1,802.64 annually for water-tower space) so that seven people receive an internet allowance: the president, three trustees, the utility operator, the clerk and the treasurer. Dividing $1,802.64 evenly yields $257.52 per person; because $270 had already been distributed to the three trustees and president, the remaining $722.64 will be split into three checks of $240.88 payable to Todd Lensmeyer (utility operator), Clerk Heather Dachelet and Treasurer Sue Kornely in June.
The clerk also presented information on Wisconsin Retirement System enrollment requirements; the board discussed the threshold (1,200 annual hours) and that enrollment would be effective Jan. 1, 2027 for any eligible employee. Utility payables of $9,719.93 were approved during the meeting.
Board minutes note each motion carried; individual roll-call votes were not recorded in the transcript.
