The Fond du Lac County Board of Supervisors met on February 20, 2026, at 15:30 UTC, according to the date supplied for this summary; the raw transcript repeatedly states the meeting date as Tuesday, February 17, 2026. Roll call showed 22 supervisors present, with Supervisors Fenric, Yachi, and Ryan excused. No written agenda or minutes were provided, so this summary is based entirely on the raw transcript. The board approved routine items, several grants and fee resolutions, and, after lengthy debate, approved the jail schematic design and justice-system study resolution.
All right, I hear by call to order the Tuesday, February 17th, 2026 meeting of the Ponti Lac County Board of Supervisors. As is our tradition, we will have the presentation of colors, followed by a moment of silence, followed in turn by the flight of the leaders. This evening we have the busy B4H club presenting the colours, please rise. Roll call this evening. We have 22 supervisors present with supervisors Fenric Yachi and Ryan all excused. Okay, the first item on the agenda this evening is a petition requested to cancel the January 20th, 2026 meeting of the Pontiac County Board due to insufficient business to warrant the is there a motion to approve. Motion by Supervisor Stends, second by the Supervisor Myers. Uh any questions or comments on the petition. I don't see any, so we'll move to the vote. All of it in favor, press your button aye, opposed nay. The petition has been approved, 22 in favor and none opposed. Next item on the agenda this evening is to approve the minutes of the December 16, 2025 meeting of the Pontiac County Board. Is there a motion to approve? Second by supervisor sign. Are there any errors of missions or corrections to the minutes? Okay, I don't see any, so we'll move to the vote. All those in favor, please re button aye, opposed, nay. 21 in favor, none opposed, but supervisor beer are standing. All right, our first agenda item this evening is resolution number sixty-nine-25. Resolution recognizing Diane Wallman, Stephen Castle-Shmid, Sarah Meetzel, Eric Mullibot, and Dwayne Schneider for their dedicated service and contributions to Pondilac County. This is the dated February 17th, 2026, and submitted by finance personnel and economic development committee, along with the entire county board of supervisors. As our traditional read the resolution, whereas Diane Captain has served Ponlac County for seven and a half years, retired against program assistant two in the office of the family court commissioner. And whereas Stephen Kasten Schmidt has served Pondilac County for 27 and a half years, retired as patrol deputy in the Pontilac County Sheriff's Office. Whereas Sarah Mike Mike has served Found County for 30 years, retiring as group home specialists in the Department of Human Services, Child Load Derivation. And whereas Darren Eric Molenby has served Bauman County for 27 and a half years, retired as detective in the Fong Lag County Sheriff's Office. And whereas Dwayne Schneider has served Bondaland County for 29 years, retired as lead custodian in the Central Maintenance Department. Therefore, we have resolved that we the members of the Bonalite County Board of Supervisors to your bikes and Diane Molman, Jackie, Sarah Meitzel, Eric Mullenbach, and Lane Schneider for considering great little appreciation for their dedicated service and contributions to Fonda County. Well second my supervisor. Are there any uh questions or comments on right the special recognition comments? I don't see any. We'll move to the vote. All of those in favor, press rebutton aye. Uh recognition has been approved, 22 in favor and none of those. I believe we have a couple uh here tonight. We have a back and uh copy the resolution gonna be come on now with your supervisor. We would happy to get those two very careful. Where do you need me? Well, you might come on around you first where there's a little more room. Right, can you just turn the microphone? Sheriff was appreciated. All right, Deputy Molbach, uh Detective Molenbach, who's never retired, uh known Molly, and who we affectionately uh call Molly, uh long time, long time neighbor, back in the day country neighbor, and uh we started on night shift together. So uh congratulations for your years of service. Thank you for your years of service. He served as a patrol, but well, started in the jail, and then a patrol deputy, a uh mid-unit, drug unit, undercover investigator, and then uh eventually detective, which is the rank he retired at. So been there, done that, seen a lot, and uh I'll give a little shout out to his daughter, who is the only child of a sheriff's office employee who gets away with saying Wally, uh when she refers to the sheriff show. You know, from the time she was a little kid, there's Wally, and he's like, That's the sheriff, you don't call a blow anymore. Uh great family, really happy for you, and uh thank you. Congratulations. Got it. Yeah, that's okay.