Town Board Meeting — Minutes

TOWNOFSTARPRAIRIE,WIS.TOWNBOARDMEETING-MINUTESTUESDAY,OCTOBER1,2024–6:00P.M.STARPRAIRIETOWNHALL2118COOKDRIVE,SOMERSET,WISCONSIN TheTownBoardMeetingwascalledtoorderbyTomHeintzat6:02p.m.intheStarPrairieTownHall:2118CookDrive,Somerset,WI54025.PresentwereTomHeintz,MicheleHermansen,DarrylWendt,BrianDuggan,BobCrottyandAndreaNeumann,Clerk/Treasurer. ThePledgeofAllegiancewasrecited. Agenda:MotionM/SbyMicheleHermansen/DarrylWendttoapprovetheagenda,assubmitted.Motioncarried. Approval ofMinutes: MotionM/SbyMicheleHermansen/BobCrottytoapproveminutesfromtheTownBoardMeetingSeptember10,WorkSessionSeptember25andtheSpecialJointMeetingSeptember25,assubmitted.Motioncarried. Treasurer’sReport:Reviewed.Noactiontaken. BuildingPermits:TheSeptember2024buildingpermitswereread,assubmitted,bytheBuildingInspector.MotionM/SbyDarrylWendt/BrianDuggantoacceptthereport,assubmitted.Motioncarried. PublicComments:TerryMooreaddressedtheBoardregardingspeedon90thStreet.HerequestedthatthespeedlimitonallTownroadsbedroppedandpostedto45milesperhour.HecommendedthemowingoftheTownroads.Identifiedapotholeon192ndand100th. PhilBedelladdressedtheBoardregardingtherezoningapplication. DanMycklebyaddressedtheBoardregardingtherezoningapplication. CassandraBedelladdressedtheBoardregardingtheComprehensivePlanFutureLandUserezoningpolicy,whichstates“Whenconsideringrezoningrequests,recommendrezoningonlywhentherewillbeanimmediatechangeinlanduseandonlythatportionoftheparcelneededfordevelopment.”onpage229. St. Croix County Community Development - LandUsePermit: BoardreviewedlandusepermitextensionforDavid&MelindaMarsonat222995thStreetinSomerset,Wis.Noactiontaken. Operator’s License Application: Cedar Creek Inn, Inc. submittedanapplicationfor anoperator’slicenseonbehalfofRebeccaLarson.MotionM/SbyDarrylWendt/BrianDuggantoapprovetheoperator’slicenseapplication.Motioncarried. PlanCommissionRecommendations:RezoningapplicationforKurt&ElizabethChristensenandCapitalEnterpriseLLCwasconsideredbythePlanCommissionatitsSeptembermeeting,whereitwasrecommendedforapproval.Boarddiscussedtheapplicationandexpresseddesiretohaveanaveragelotsizelargerthan1.5acres,ideallyclosertofouracres.BoardexpressedpreferencetohaveaconceptplantoensureproposedusealignswithComprehensivePlanfuturelanduse. MotionM/S by Michele Hermansen/Darryl Wendt torecommendnot approving the rezoning applicationforKurt&ElizabethChristensenandCapitalEnterpriseLLC.Inarollcallvote,BrianDugganvotedyes,MicheleHermansenvotedyes,DarrylWendtvotedyes,BobCrottyvotedyesandTomHeintzvotedyes.Motioncarried. TownofStarPrairie-TownBoardMeeting-Tuesday,October1,2024 1of2 ComprehensivePlanUpdate:ThefocusgroupisscheduledforNovember20.Countywillpublishasurveytocollectpublicinput.Clerktoprintandmailpostcardstoresidents. TownMaintenanceBuilding: TheRequestforBidsisactivelyposted. ASpecial MeetingoftheElectorsisscheduledforMonday, October14at5:00p.m. attheTownHall toauthorizethedevelopmentofpubliclandintheformofpublicstructure(s)orbuilding(s).ThebidswillbereviewedinaSpecialMeetingimmediatelyfollowingtheSpecialMeetingoftheElectors. CivicPlusMunicodeUpdate:TheTownhasafewordinancesthatneedupdating.ClerkandDarryWendthadaconferencecallwiththevendor,whoreviewedtheprocessandconfirmednextstepstosubmitupdatestoMunicode. ScheduleMonthlyWorkSession:ScheduledforMonday,October14at3:30p.m. TownRoadMaintenance-RoadPatching,Repairs,MowingandOtherIssues: RoadConcerns:SCCisgettingbacktoroadpatchingandwillbeaddressingissuesastimeallows.Therearelargetreechunksintheditchon205th.TomwillaskTKtoprioritizethatcleanup. StreetSigns: PerCountyHighway, orderingsignswilltakeapproximatelythreeweeksandupdatingsignagewilltake approximately twoweeks. County Highway will proceedwithupdating signage andreplacing posts, asneeded. TractorMowingAttachments:Notdiscussed. Approve Payment of TownBills andAdjourn: MotionM/S by Darryl Wendt/BrianDuggantoapprovetownbillsandadjourn.Motioncarriedat7:02p.m. AndreaNeumann,Clerk/TreasurerTownofStarPrairie TownofStarPrairie-TownBoardMeeting-Tuesday,October1,2024 2of2