The Gilman Village Board met Wednesday, July 8 at 6 p.m. in the village hall. On the night’s agenda were several
items, including a public nuisance property filed under old business, new sidewalk assessments, t-shirts for village
employees, and a chip and crack seal quote.
No action was taken on chip and crack seal, while the public nuisance property had been cleaned up. The village
meanwhile voted to approve resolution 2026-05 regarding sidewalks, as well as approving t-shirts for public works
employees.
Under the resolution the board declared its intention to levy special assessments for Main Street sidewalks for all
property on Main Street between First and Fifth Avenue. The total amount assessed against properties will not
exceed 50 percent of the sidewalk under the resolution. The trees will be removed for work sometime this month
and then replanted once the sidewalk work is done.
As for t-shirts, they are meant to help identify public works employees out and about in the village.
Included with the President’s Report, Village President Jane DeStaercke reported that she had met with Tax
Increment District (TID) committee members to review and assess the TID financial figures.
“Our TID is performing as projected and possibly a bit better than projected,” she wrote. “All committee members
agreed that things are headed in the right direction and all figures were accurate.” TID committee members include
Chippewa Valley Technical College, the Gilman School District, Taylor County, Village of Gilman, and a local
community member.
DeStaercke went on to report that she had received a call from Laura Holmes, the new mayor of Medford,
expressing a desire to start an ongoing conversation between Gilman, Rib Lake, Stetsonville, Medford, and the
county, meant to foster cooperation.
“I agree and hope this informal gathering will foster communication among our communities,” DeStaercke wrote.
“We all have the same basic goals so working together should help achieve them faster. I will report how the first
gathering goes at the next meeting.” DeStaercke closed the President’s Report by saying June Dairy Days went well
and that cooperation between the Lions and Community Betterment Association (CBA) had made the event better.
“We can be proud of the joint effort of our small community,” she wrote.
Giving the Clerk’s Report for Gilman, Village Clerk Candice Grunseth reported that the Maintenance of Effort
(MOE) Report had been completed June 11. “I received the SL-308 from the Gilman Fire Department and finally
the SL-309 from EMS,” Grunseth reported. “We did not have to do the SL-306 which was law enforcement.” Two
of the four areas had to be certified, and this had been done. Also in the clerk’s report, Grunseth wrote that she had
filed Tax Incremental Annual form PE 300 on June 23 before having to do an amendment on July 3. The clerk also
shared that Resolution 2026-06 Village Share Contributions would be tabled as the village was waiting on more
numbers to come into the budget. The Library Board would review and use the numbers in their budget once
approved. Grunseth noted the year was half over and asked committee and department heads to schedule meetings
as needed in July or August to move the budget process along.
That wasn’t all.
“Thank you everyone that volunteered to make June Dairy Days a successful event again!” she wrote.
Grunseth finished out her report by sharing that quarterly reporting for 941 and unemployment had been
completed on July 2, with scheduled park events including a family reunion in July and two Class of 2027
graduation parties.
As for water and sewer, Gilman Public Works Director Dave Kroeplin reported that water and sewer reports were
done for the month and that all was good, with the sanitary survey done June 27. Kroeplin reported that he had met
with the railroad safety commissioners and a few signs needed to be put on Gilman Drive. Roth Roadside Cutting
had come in and cut a ditch for the village doing a “great job,” while Wellner was coming to grind and remove
stumps on Main Street. Additionally, Kroeplin reported that the sewer bed had been flushed to unclog pipes, with
fire hydrant work planned for the future.
“We will be working on fixing some fire hydrants in the near future,” he said. “Some valves are getting bad at the
bottom. Kroeplin also said June Dairy Days had gone well.
Gilman village board meetings are held the second Wednesday of each month in the village hall at 6 p.m. The
public is welcome to attend.