Council Meeting Minutes

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Bellechester City Council Meeting Minutes

June 17, 2026 @ 6:00 PM

Call the meeting to order at 6:00. Meeting is recorded, and the recordings belong to the City of Bellechester.

 Pledge to the flag

Mayor Gordon opened the regular city council meeting at 6:01.

Roll call was taken: The council in attendance: Mayor Jody Gordon, Council member Jake Gilsdorf, Mark Gerken Rich Majerus, and Nick Keller, Treasurer Kyle McKeown  and Matt Mohs, city engineer as well. Also present was Deputy Markegard from GCSO.

Approve or Amend of Agenda – Motion was made by Mark Gerken with a 2nd by Rich Majerus to approve the agenda.  Motion carried.

Minutes of the May 20, 2026 meeting were reviewed and motion was made by Jake Gilsdorf with a second by Rich Majerus to approve the minutes. Motion carried.

 Bills were reviewed with a motion by Rich Majerus with a second by Jake Gilsdorf to approve and pay the bills as presented. Motion carried.

Old Business:.

·         Tree Trimming – update – A list is to be written as to the homes that need trees trimmed.  There were some trees identified, some have been taken care of already.

New business:

·          Building permit for Rich Majerus for windows on edition was approved, rich will send permit to county. Motion made by Nick Keller with a second by Mark Gerken.

·         Community center updates, ask the BCCA for their quarterly minutes to review.  City to send a letter to BCCA explaining there is no extra money from Grant dollars to spend on community center improvements.

·         City projects building for equipment- rich will check on building to see if large enough to hold the equipment, or if it will need to be larger. Also looking at where to place the building, possibly by east southeast pumphouse by skating rink.

·         City clerk applications were being proccessed and interviews were being set up.

·         Lead service line plan- Matt Mohs-start date in fall, plan to partner with Lake city, department of health is reviewing project by end of the month, they will certify plan or make comments then the city can move forward to the bidding stages. Matt will report back to Jody and Rich when there is more information. May need a special meeting for the bidding stage

Engineer Report – completed above

Clerk Report – None

Treasurer Report – 

Water/Wastewater/Facility Report – Quarterly samples are done, Kyle will spray weeds at the ponds

Mayor Concerns:   

Council Concerns: cleaning up of properties, rich will meet with county attorney and assistant Chief Deputy to see what types of deals they can make with the property owners about cleaning up their property, the city would like verification that the task was completed and what decision was made to the home owner.  Also when taking pictures would like to have a deputy with city member to be present when taking pictures.

Certified letters should be sent to property owners requesting their present at the council meeting, with setting a time limit to explain and state their case to the council, to have their areas cleaned up as one of the properties has a lead service line that runs through it and requesting signing a waiver  that states the city is not responsible for any damage that occurs while fixing the lead service line.

Water meters will need to be used eventually, especially for renters, it was recommended in the apartments that the owners come up with some way of monitoring the water usage.

Adjourn – motion made by Rich Majerus to adjourn the meeting with a second by Jake Gilsdorf  Motion Carried. Meeting was adjourned at 6:57pm. Motion carried.

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