Town Board Meeting — Minutes

AMBERG TOWN BOARD MEETING Community Center – Tuesday July 14, 2026 6:00 pm Chairman Sagan called the meeting to order at 6:00 pm with all board members present and 12 citizens present The Pledge of Allegiance was recited and Chairman Sagan opened the floor to the citizens. Dawn Horswill is wondering why we still haven’t done anything about the campers and also if everything was online. Doug Nutt wants to know if anything can be done about some of the properties that look terrible. Supervisor Mattison made a motion to accept the clerk’s report as read and Supervisor Campbell seconded it. The general m/m account has $ 436,450.91 The equipment cd has $ 96,775.58 The main checking account has $ 21,415.98 and after checks clear it will be $5000.00. The park and rec account has $ 40,068.54. Supervisor Mattison made a motion to accept the treasurer’s report and Supervisor Campbell seconded it. The Planning Commission held a meeting on July 1st at 6:00 pm. First a preliminary plat from a property on Town Corner Lake was considered. It was not recommended as two of the three lots were way below minimum for shore line area. Christine Cuda’s CSM was recommended to the board as it was completely in compliance. Chairman Sagan made a motion to approve and Supervisor Campbell seconded. James Pietraszewski was also found to be in compliance and recommended to the board. Supervisor Mattison made a motion to approve it and Supervisor Campbell seconded it. Title 15 changes to make it clearer what needs a permit to build and to include replacing windows as exempt. Both changes were recommended. Supervisor Mattison made a motion to approve the changes and Supervisor Campbell seconded. Meeting adjourned at 7:30. The Fire Dept has $3600.00 in their checkbook and 25 calls to date. Fire inspections started and they are finding some things and addressing the problems with the businesses. They got the fire truck from the Town of Lawrence and need more training on it before they can fully utilize it. It is replacing two trucks. Corey is looking at grants for new gear and other grants as well. The Amberg Town Board toured the Wausaukee Rescue Squad building in June and it was nice to learn more about the facility and operations. They had 47 calls for all municipalities combined. Received 19K and billed 16K. On August 18th they will have the Back to School Program and Brat Fry. The Dow Dam Project has started on July 13th and the estimated completion date is October 30th. Dow Dam Rd and Barker Rd will be paved at the same time. The town crew has been patching, cutting down trees and putting in culverts. The Parks and Rec Dept reported that Ducky Day was a huge success and raised $8997.21. They publicly thanked everyone who donated their time to support Ducky Day, including the Fire Dept who brought a couple of trucks for the kids to check out. The bathroom project is coming along and the next step is to source the materials and get the building up. They will be putting a project meeting together in the next few weeks to work on the next steps. The next meeting is August 4th at 5pm and they will start planning for Trunk or Treat on October 24th. Supervisor Mattison made a motion to approve painting the doors and canopies and Supervisor Campbell seconded it. Supervisor Campbell made a motion to approve making the horseshoe pits at the ballfield permanent. Supervisor Mattison seconded it. Supervisor Mattison made a motion to discourage picking up animals unless they are in distress and Supervisor Campbell seconded it. Supervisor Campbell made a motion to approve the resolution for the Dow Dam Project loan. Supervisor Mattison seconded it. Propane bids were opened for Country Visions with a price of 1.379 and Insight with a price of 1.329. Supervisor Campbell made a motion to go with Country Visions and Supervisor Mattison seconded it. The August board meeting will be moved to August 12th due to the election on August 11th. Supervisor Campbell made a motion to adjourn the meeting and Supervisor Campbell seconded it. Meeting adjourned at 7:21 pm.