GAYS MILLS - As school ends and summer begins, the items on the agenda of the Gays Mills Village Board’s June 2 meeting reflected those changes.

The situation at the village swimming pool was addressed under several items on the agenda.

During the Public Works Report, it was noted that the deck adjoining the pool had dropped 4” in one segment and three inches in another. The lowered deck areas had water in puddles. As a temporary measure, it was agreed that the situation should be addressed with a quick fix of self-sealing cement.

Gays Mills Village President Harry Heisz indicated the decks would ultimately need to come out and the situation would be addressed in the fall.

Later in the meeting, following a closed session discussion, the board reconvened in open session and approved hiring Lucy O’Brien and Emma Harrell as lifeguards for the pool.

In another summer recreation-related development, the board approved a request from Josh Kasinskas allowing  two soccer goals to be placed on the vacant lot where the former high school building stood on School Street.

During the discussion prior to the vote, it was made clear that use of the soccer goals would be available to anyone, not just a specific organization. It’s the same availability that the basketball court or the pickle ball and tennis courts have.

It was noted thatuse of the field for Apple Fest activities would require the soccer goals to move. Gays Mills Village Trustee Art Winsor moved to allow the soccer goals to be placed on the vacant lot. The motion was seconded by Trustee Kevin Murray and passed by the board.

The board also returned to the cost of lot prices in the village-owned cemetery. After some discussion, the board passed a motion to increase lot prices for a full burial from $450 to $600.

Other discussion raised  some unanswered questions.

Kevin Murray asked why caskets had to be placed in vaults. He said that caskets buried at six feet should not be required to have a vault.

Others, including Harry Heisz, said the vaults helped with keeping the casket in place over the years.

There were also questions about green burials and if they could be accommodated in the future. Burial of cremains from cremations was discussed but not acted upon.

These matters were referred to the cemetery committee for research.

In other business, the Gays Mills Village Board:

• discussed the condition of trees in the parks with village forester Cindy Kohles

• learned that a building inspector had not yet been found to inspect the blighted buildings in the village

• approved a largely favorable Wastewater Compliance Maintenance Annual Report

• learned that Friends of Gays Mills was celebrating 25 years of work in the village, including donating $72,000 to the village’s public library over the last 10 years

• learned a sewer main was leaking under Highway 171, near the base of the orchard hill-work to replace the main will be addressed when work on the highway takes place in the future

• learned the village website was being improved to make it more user friendly, with some funding coming from Driftless Development

• learned a FEMA Preliminary Flood Insurance Study and Insurance Rate Map was being created

• approved machine license applications for Halver’s Town Tap and Cardinali Management Inc.

• approved tobacco licenses for New Horizons Supply Co-operative, Halver’s Town Tap, Cardinali Management and Dollar General

• approved alcohol license for New Horizons, DOLGENCORP LLC; Halver’s Town Tap and Cardinalli Management