Staplehurst trustees approve $41,441.62 in village claims

The Staplehurst Village Board on Aug. 26 approved village claims totaling $41,441.62 to cover municipal operations, including a $29,715.59 payment to Sargent Drilling, $1,376.20 to Employers Mutual Casualty Company, and $1,600.45 to Norris Public Power District. The approval was made by motion and recorded as unanimous among the trustees present.

Trustee Stava moved to approve the claims and Trustee Wilken seconded; the minutes record the vote as "All in favor: Wilken, Frank, Stava." The expenditures listed in the minutes also included legal fees to Svehla Law Offices P.C. ($390.00), payroll ($3,242.00), and a $1,500.00 payment to Wayne Regnier. The board did not record any abstentions or roll-call dissent on the claim vote.

The vote finalizes payments for a range of operational needs — from telecommunications and laboratory testing to contractual drilling services — and clears those invoices for payment in the village accounting records. The board did not attach conditions to the approvals and moved on to other agenda items, adjourning at 8:09 p.m.