Parks, Recreation, Tourism, & Land Use Planning Commission — Minutes

Town of Lafayette PARKS, RECREATION, TOURISM, LAND USE and PLANNING COMMISSION November 10, 2025 7:00 PM Lafayette Town Hall CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL The meeting was called to order by Chair Scott Faris at 7:00 PM. The following members were present: Rob Brown, Scott Faris, Jenna Hazelton, DeWayne Krumenauer, Sue Lane, Neil Mathwig, Mark Sedlacek, and Jerry Zais; a quorum was present. Doug Matthews not present. APPROVAL OF PRIOR MEETING MINUTES & AGENDA A motion to accept the Agenda for the November 10, 2025 meeting and to approve the Minutes of the October 13, 2025 PRTLU Regular meeting and October 20, 2025 Special meeting without correction was made by Jerry Zais / Mark Sedlacek; motion was approved by unanimous voice vote. GENERAL PUBLIC WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION None EXPEDITED ITEMS None FINANCIAL REPORT Scott Faris reported that the General Use account for October 31, 2025 had no revenues or expenses in October, leaving balance of $3,149.79. New 3rd Quarter Room Tax revenue was received in the amount of $13,148.30. Rec Parking lot bill was paid to Senn Blacktop in the amount of $32,638.72. The resulting Room Tax account balance is $61,161.16. A motion to accept the Financial Report was then made by Sue Lane / Jenna Hazelton; motion passed by unanimous voice vote. OLD BUSINESS 1) Eagle Scout Project Funding – Scout Rhett Zwiefelhofer addressed the commission with approximate cost for 6 wooden enclosures for the Lafayette Recreation Park garbage cans; tentative cost per enclosure was proposed $230.50 plus $20 for a garbage can if needed; total cost is projected to be $1383.00 + up to $120.00 for garbage cans. (Breakdown of costs included with presentation). Commission asked if Rhett could purchase most of the supplies before the end of 2025 as we would like to utilize funding from the General Use Account and he and his father said they felt they could do this. A motion to provide up to $1500.00 out of the General Use Account for the project was made by Mark Sedlacek/Sue Lane. No objections. Motion passed by unanimous voice vote. 2) Sandra Harvey Rec Area Development Update – Scott Faris walked the trails today and reported that the entry to the trails with gravel is very nice; the new sign is up and looks very nice; he noticed that there are a couple of places that it looks like ATVs may be veering off the trails a bit. It was suggested that we utilize natural options (such as downed trees) to block those areas. Residents in the area have seen both ATVs and UTVs on the trails, and for the most part they have been respectful and travel on through. 3) Annual Rec Facilities Survey – Scott Faris stated that the Veterans Memorial and Recreation Building surveys have not been submitted. Sue Lane stated that she is not proposing any new projects for that area for 2026, and Scott Faris will email his survey to Doug. Page 2 of 2 NEW BUSINESS 1) Update “Solicitation of Commissioners” Notice – Scott Faris and Sue Lane made suggestions for edits to the notice: delete “newly formed” from first paragraph; Members shall serve four year three year terms; Delete sentence “an alternate member may serve for 2 years” and may replace with “an alternate member may serve out the remainder of a member’s term; correct compensation to current amounts; on page three at bottom “Please return this application by December 11, 2023 by email: lafayette@lafayettechippewawi.gov (need to verify this email is current), (in person or mail) to: Township of Lafayette, Laura Konwinski Attn: Town Clerk (Scott will email these corrections to Doug Matthews) 2) Sandra Harvey Recreation Area Dedication – Mark Sedlacek spoke with the family and they would like the dedication to be held on November 28th. Set date for November 28th at 11:00 am at the entrance to the park area. Scott cannot attend; Sue Lane, Mark Sedlacek stated they could attend for sure. It was suggested that we ask Dave Staber to write the dedication as he knew her well. If Dave can’t attend the ceremony, he can appoint a board member or commission member to read the dedication. 3) Chippewa County Comprehensive Plan Special Meeting – Scott Faris gave a list of dates available; it was decided to hold the presentation on Thursday, November 20, 2025 at 6:00 pm at the town hall. Meeting will need to be posted. COMMISSIONERS’ CONCERNS & COMMENTS  Jerry Zais noted that the VFW may be willing to replace the flags at the Veterans Memorial at their cost. Also presented a chart that states what the order of the flag placement is required to be.  DeWayne Krumenauer stated that he will not be present for the January, February or March 2026 PRTLU Commission meetings.  Mark Sedlacek stated that he is starting to prepare the ice skating rink. Also stated that Bohl & Proulx is replacing the fixtures in the Recreation Building bathrooms. NEXT REGULAR MEETING DATE - Meeting date is December 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM. MOTION TO ADJOURN A motion to adjourn was made by Jerry Zais / Sue Lane; motion passed by voice vote at 7:55 PM. Submitted for Approval, Sue Lane Sue Lane PRTLU Commission Vice Chair, sitting in for Doug Matthews