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Montello Finance Committee authorizes city attorney to proceed with purchase of two downtown properties
Summary
The City of Montello Finance Committee voted Jan. 6, 2025, to go into closed session under Wis. Stat. § 19.85(1)(e) and then authorized the City Attorney to proceed with buying 13 and 15 W. Montello Street using donated funds; the committee also approved December vouchers and adjourned.
The City of Montello Finance Committee voted Jan. 6, 2025, to authorize the City Attorney to proceed with acquiring 13 and 15 W. Montello Street using donated funds, following a closed-session deliberation under Wisconsin law.
Ken Streich, Finance Committee member, moved to go into closed session under Wis. Stat. § 19.85(1)(e) for deliberating or negotiating the purchase of public properties and other specified public business tied to 13 and 15 W. Montello Street; Venise Mugler, Finance Committee member, seconded the motion, and the motion carried. The committee returned to open session at 6:35 p.m.
After resuming open session, Streich moved and Mugler seconded a motion directing the City Attorney to proceed with the purchase of both properties using donated funds. The motion carried; the minutes record the authorization but do not specify the donated amount or additional purchase terms.
The committee also approved the December vouchers after a motion by Streich and a second by Lucas Stelter, Finance Committee member. The minutes record that the motion to approve the vouchers carried; no vote tally or dollar total for the vouchers is provided in the minutes.
The meeting was called to order at 6:30 p.m. with members Jim Houdek, Lucas Stelter, Venise Mugler and Ken Streich present. A motion to adjourn, moved by Streich and seconded by Stelter, carried and the meeting ended at 6:45 p.m.
The minutes were recorded by Jim Houdek. The committee’s authorization directs the City Attorney to move forward with the transaction; the minutes do not disclose the donated-funds amount, closing timeline, or any conditions the attorney should enforce. Those details were not specified in the recorded minutes.
