Ordinance Committee Draft Minutes for Jan. 20 2026

Draft- MEETING MINUTES Little Suamico Code of Ordinance Committee Meeting Little Suamico Town Hall, 5964-A County Road S, Sobieski, WI 54171 Tuesday January 20, 2026, 6:00 P.M. www.townoflittlesuamico.com Committee Members Present: John Link, Dave Daniels, Ed Galkowski, Ron Bertrand, Kory Rentmeester, Paula Leier-Engelhardt (alternate) John Kwiatkowski. Committee Members Absent: Branden Ness Others Present: Tracey Krumrei. CALL MEETING TO ORDER - Pledge of Allegiance, then meeting was called to order at 6:02 pm by Chairman Link at the Town Hall. The Committee meeting agenda notice was properly posted APPROVAL OF AGENDA – John Kwiatkowski motioned to accept the agenda and Ed Galkowski second the motion. Passed unanimous. APPROVAL OF MINUTE(S) - Minutes of last meeting were read and Dave Daniels motioned to amend the Dec.16, 2025 minutes to state the 5 acre minimum in Chapter 13 and Kory Rentmeester seconds the motion. Passed unanimous vote. CORRESPONDENCE – No comments have been received via e-mail from reviewers. PUBLIC COMMENT- No Public comments at this time. BUSINESS – 1. List of Complaints: • Update from Town Board Meeting: John Link stated the ordinance committee was almost ready to submit all ordinance chapters to the Town Board. 2. Discussion of Revised Chapter 13 of Ordinances by Committee Members: • Dave Daniels opened the meeting making a motion to drop the revised chapter 13 and adopt the original chapter 13 agreed upon December 16, 2025. This motion failed and was not seconded. Discussion of the revised chapter followed. • Kory Rentmeester, Dave Daniels and John Link had emailed each other on items about Capital Improvement Plan. Chapter 13 rewrite came up and it was agreed for the ordinance committee to meet and take to task the rewrite of chapter 13. • Dave Daniels brought up 13.07 Utility Service section, questioning wording that is stronger than State Statutes. Kory Rentmeester admitted to writing more strict wording throughout chapter 13. It was stated by John Link that wording can be stronger but cannot be weaker than State Statutes. • The ordinance committee went ahead line by line correcting and/or eliminating wording throughout chapter 13. • Section 13.02 Comprehensive Plan and its rules/state statutes have been moved to Chapter 1 as 1.12 Obligations. • Mini Storage Ordinance: wording was changed or deleted regarding prohibitively expensive items to build a storage facility. Fencing and landscaping wording was a concern also, changes made with agreement from the committee. • Utility Service 13.07: wording was changed to include the business district into the sanitary district, but nowhere else. Red portion of the business district map. 3. Set Next Meeting Date • No Meeting was set at this time, John Link may call for a meeting to accept the January Minutes. 4. Adjournment • At 9:02pm Dave Daniels motioned to adjourn, Ed Galkowski seconded. Motion carried, meeting adjourned. If you are an individual with a disability and need a special accommodation while attending any meeting, as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act, please notify the Clerk at 826 -7655 at least 24 hours prior to the start of the meeting so that app ropriate accommodations can be made. Persons who are members of another governmental body, but who are not members of this board, may attend this meeting. Their attendance could result in a quorum of another governmental body being present. Such a quorum is unintended, and they are not meeting to exercise the authorities, duties, and responsibilities of any other governmental body Respectfully submitted, Ronald Bertrand