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 t-shirts for village employees.

Under the resolution the board declared its attention 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 removed for work sometime this month and then replanted once the sidewalk work is done.

As for t-shirts, they are to 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 proejcted 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 staring 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 them achieve 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 went 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 20206-06 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 meeting 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 reported for 941 and unemployment reporting 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 remove the grinds and stumps on Main Street. Additionally, Kroeplin reports 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 went 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.