Ordinance Committee Approved Minutes for September 16 2025

Approved- MEETING MINUTES Little Suamico Code of Ordinance Committee Meeting Little Suamico Town Hall, 5964-A County Road S, Sobieski, WI 54171 Tuesday September 16, 2025, 6:00 P.M. www.townoflittlesuamico.com Committee Members Present: Branden Ness, Dave Daniels, Ed Galkowski, Ron Bertrand, Kory Rentmeester, Paula Leier-Engelhardt (alternate) John Kwiatkowski. Committee Members Absent: John Link Others Present: Jim Oskey, Beth Trudell, Glen Calewarts, Karen Pinkston. CALL MEETING TO ORDER - Pledge of Allegiance, then meeting was called to order at 6:00 pm by Chairman Link at the Town Hall. The Committee meeting agenda notice was properly posted APPROVAL OF AGENDA – Kory Rentmeester motioned to accept the agenda and John Kwiatkowski second the motion. Passed unanimous. APPROVAL OF MINUTE(S) - Minutes of last meeting were read and Ron Bertrand motioned to accept the minutes and Kory Rentmeester seconds the motion. Passed unanimous vote. CORRESPONDENCE – No comments have been received via e-mail from reviewers. BUSINESS – 1. List of Complaints: • Update from Town Board Meeting: No report • Spreadsheet from Oconto County Sheriff’s deputy: No report. 2. Discussion of Ordinances by Committee Members: • Chapter 13: Kory Rentmeester commented on the Sept. 8th Town Board meeting stating Dave Prebil spoke “not” to increase min. lot size. Liz Paape gave concern for the same. • Ordinance Committee recommends to Town Board to provide a survey to citizens of Little Suamico about lot size increase. • A motion was proposed to have the Town Board sanction the Ordinance Committee to conduct a survey as to lot size for residents of the Town of Little Suamico. • A $1000 budget for software to conduct the survey may be requested. The Motion was made by Dave Daniels and seconded by Ed Galkowski. Motion Passed. • Chapter 15 Solar Permitting: The Ordinance Committee agreed we must provide an ordinance for Solar Systems. There were many questions concerning free standing solar panel sizes allowed per acreage, possibly a 1 percent of acreage for allowable square footage. The Committee would like to get a lock on fees based on wattage possibly. This will carry over to the next meeting. • Power storage/batteries were discussed for possible fire hazards. Decided to keep battery storage units outside of dwellings, which should be listed in Building Zoning Chapter. • Chapter 16 Wind Energy Systems: Decided the town should list an ordinance for Wind Energy. This chapter was discussed and we will propose changes held at the next Ordinance meeting. The Planning Commission and Town Board must approve of “any” Wind Energy System! 3. Open discussion: As we are nearing the end it was proposed to have John Link provide committee members with all the changes which have been red lined in the ordinances thus far, so we may give them one last look see. 4. Set Next Meeting Date • Next Meeting set for October 21st Tuesday at 6:00pm Town Hall 5. Adjournment • At 7:25pm Branden Ness motioned to adjourn, Kory Rentmeester 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