Annual Meeting — Minutes

Town of Amberg Annual Meeting April 15, 2025 Chairman Sagan brought the meeting to order immediately following the regular meeting. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. Sagan opened the floor for citizen input: There were no questions on the report of audit. Supervisor Campbell made a motion to approve the minutes from the last annual meeting and Supervisor Mattison seconded. The Fire Department spent $32,754.40 and received $16,000 from the town. Between donations and the picnic is the only way that can keep the doors open. Ron Magley wanted to know if there was any future plans for a new fire truck or a building. Jim Parr talked about a 5 yr plan for a new fire truck that would be approximately $500,000. It was discussed that May 1st the flowers need to be removed from the cemetery and Fred Smeester made a motion and Ron Magley seconded it to put them back on May 9th George Kloppenberg will be starting to clean the veterans headstones and it takes him about 2 weeks. There are 226 military graves in the cemetery going back to World War I and George explained how amazing the history is here. Chairman Sagan has been working taking out the bushes and trimming the trees around the community center to get it ready for new landscaping. Mark Wisnewski talked about the state having $5.6 billion dollars and everyone should call or email the representatives that were listed and talk to them about getting help for the small towns. After some discussion on raising taxes to fix the roads, Mark Wisnewski made a motion for the town board to borrow the money for the two grants and Jamie Ylvisaker seconded it. Jamie Ylvisaker asked about widening the street downtown but was told that the railroad owned that part. Carol Smeester made a motion to accept the date of Tuesday April 21 2026 at 7:00 pm as next year’s annual meeting and Barb Magley seconded it. Carol Smeester made a motion to adjourn the meeting with Tilly Wollenberg seconding it. Meeting was adjourned at 7:57 pm