Board of Supervisors' - May 2026 — Agenda

Town of Sevastopol, Board of Supervisors’ Meeting – May 18th, 2026 1 1 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS’ MEETING 2 Monday, May 18, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. 3 4528 State Highway 57, (Institute), Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 4 5 Call to Order. The meeting was called to order by Chairman, Dan Woelfel at 7:00 p.m. 6 7 Pledge of Allegiance. The Chairman asked all to rise and join in the Pledge of Allegiance. 8 9 Roll Call to Establish Quorum. In addition to Woelfel, the following Board members were in 10 attendance and constitute a quorum. Supervisor Denil, Supervisor Wait, Supervisor Vogel. 11 Supervisor Haen is excused. 12 13 Meet n’ Greet. Following the introduction of the Board and also in attendance: Amy M. Flok – 14 Clerk/Treasurer, Ryan Hoffmann – Sevastopol Videographer, Hugh Zettel – District 14 County Board 15 Supervisor, Jon Jarosh – Destination Door County, Juliana Behme – Door County Tourism Zone 16 Commission, Connie Judd, Gwenn Graboyes, and John Beck. 17 18 Public Participation. 19 Connie Judd spoke regarding community involvement and that she feels our county needs to 20 preserve its history. 21 22 Agenda/Proper Notice/Adopt. Upon verification of property notice, motion by Wait and second by 23 Vogel to approve and adopt the agenda. Motion carried. 24 25 Presentation from Jessica Hatch – Broadband Committee Phase II. Jessica Hatch has been 26 visiting all the municipalities and having conversations with Broadband Committees regarding 27 phase II of broadband. Phase II will work on education and integration and helping people adapt to 28 the internet. The keep points are connectivity, access to additional learning, improved access to 29 healthcare, enhancing communication, stronger economy and enhanced public safety with better 30 emergencies and response systems. United Way is partnering with Door County Broadband office, 31 and they will be giving eligible residents laptops. 32 33 Presentation from Destination Door County/Tourism Zone. Juliana Behme is the administrator 34 for the Door County Tourism Zone and came to give an update on the Town of Sevastopol’s 35 collection of room tax. Door County Tourism Zone collects and remits room tax for 19 36 municipalities in Door County. In 2025, the Tourism Zone collected $12.8 mill in room tax. Thirty 37 percent (30%) is the maximum that can be issued to the municipalities. The Town of Sevastopol 38 had lodging sales of $9.3 million last year and of that $233,000 was remitted to the Town. The 39 Town’s average daily rate was $270.00. Jon Jarosh also spoke on behalf of Destination Door County 40 about the Community Investment Funds Grant Program. 41 42 Town of Sevastopol, Board of Supervisors’ Meeting – May 18th, 2026 2 Approval of Minutes – Board of Supervisors’ Meeting – April 20, 2026. Motion by Wait and 1 second by Vogel to approve the minutes of the Board of Supervisors’ Meeting, April 20, 2026. 2 Motion carried. 3 4 Pending Business 5 Newsletter – Summer 2026 – Input on Articles. Wait stated that we are hoping to get the 6 newsletter out earlier this year. Some ideas for articles are: new blue address signs, Traveling Back 7 (Historical Society), Community Business Committee, welcome to the new supervisor and new 8 Park Employees, roadwork, Clerk’s Corner, Park and Recreation (Mark), Neighborhood Association 9 Article (Bay Shore Property Owners Association), Chairman’s Chatter, Ordinance Committee, 10 Snowstorm Elsa, Sevastopol’s YouTube channel, Town versus Township, and Broadband Update. 11 Article by the end of June so we can put everything together and get it out in July. As in past years, 12 we will ask Laddie to do the layout of the newsletter. 13 14 Updating Resolution on Committee appointees. Woelfel stated the only modification to this 15 resolution is that we specifically state that someone who serves on a committee needs to live in our 16 town. Motion by Vogel and second by Denil to accept and approve resolution. Motion carried 17 unanimously. 18 19 New Business 20 2026 Road work selection and award. Woelfel reported after the road tour, there were a few roads 21 selected that we wanted bids on from the Highway Department. The roads and the bids are as 22 follows: Rock Ridge Rd from the terminus to STH 57 - $56,748, Mathey Road – County P to Ripp 23 Road - $76,454 ( two lifts option - $86,713.00), Bechtel Road – Whitefish Bay to East Dunn - 24 $143,697, West Jorns Road – Peterson to terminus - $38,962, Weber Road – Ripp Road to East Dunn 25 - $75,414, Dennis Drive – Reynold Road to Elaine Drive - $32,488. Supervisor Wait spoke on ARIP 26 (Agricultural Road Improvement Program) funding through the state. We would need an engineer to 27 provide an estimate and that would cost about $2,000. We will pass up on the ARIP for this year. 28 Motion by Wait and second by Denil to use the Door County Highway Department to complete 29 roadwork on the following roads: Rock Ridge Road for $56,748, Mathey Road (2 lifts) for $86,713, 30 Bechtel Road for $143,697, West Jorns for $38,962, Weber Road for $75,414, and Dennis Drive for 31 $32,488, for a grand total of $434,022. Motion carried unanimously. 32 33 Town Committee Assignments / Updates. We are adding Supervisor Denil to the Plan 34 Commission, Park and Rec Committee we will add Derek Denil, Door County Tourism Zone will stay 35 the same, EMR Committee we will add Supervisor Denil, Destination Sturgeon Bay added 36 Supervisor Denil, Ad Hoc Business Committee will be Supervisor Denil, Supervisor Vogel and Jean 37 Elste. We still need an alternate for Board of Review. Motion by Denil and second by Vogel to 38 approve the 2026 committees and members list. 39 40 Authorization to Hire Town Supervisor as Town Employee. Woelfel stated that as a Board, we 41 must vote to hire Supervisor Denil as our Building Maintenance Employee. Motion by Wait and 42 second by Vogel to formally hire Stacie Denil as the town of Sevastopol Town Hall Maintenance 43 Executive. Motion carried unanimously, with Supervisor Denil abstaining. 44 Town of Sevastopol, Board of Supervisors’ Meeting – May 18th, 2026 3 1 Redistribution of Excess Funds to Another Institution. Treasurer Flok approached Nicolet Bank 2 about the current interest rates we were receiving. Nicolet stated that they could increase the rate 3 to almost match the Local Government Improvement Program’s percentage. Currently the LGIP’s 4 interest is 3.69% and Nicolet would offer 3.55%. We will bring this item back. 5 6 Ad Hoc Business Committee update. Supervisor Denil gave an overview of the Business 7 Association and what the next steps are. She will be having a meeting in early June with her Ad Hoc 8 Committee to discuss things further. 9 10 Ordinances/Resolutions. None 11 12 Financial Reports – April 2026. Motion by Wait and second by Vogel to accept the financial reports 13 for April 2026. Motion carried unanimously. 14 Treasurer’s Report. We received the bills for Snowstorm Elsa. It cost the Town 15 roughly $42,000. I have filled out the Emergency Services reimbursement through 16 the state, and the Town could potentially receive $20,000 back from the State. 17 Currently we are doing fantastic in our “interest earned” budget category as we are 18 at 83% of the budgeted total through April. Liquor licenses and Short-Term Rentals 19 are currently being renewed. 20 21 Approval of Vouchers, Bills, and Claims – April 21, 2026, through May 18, 2026. Motion by Vogel 22 and second by Denil to approve the vouchers, bills, and claims from April 21, 2026, through May 18, 23 2026. Motion carried. 24 25 Oral Committee/Commission Reports/Minutes. 26 Vogel stated we will have a Digital Learning Session from AT&T on Wednesday June 3rd at 5:00 p.m. 27 28 Wait stated the Door County Tourism Zone Commission currently is reviewing the 2025 audit, 29 conducting a wage study, and updating bylaws. 30 31 County Board Report – District 14 Supervisor – Hugh Zettel. This was the first County Board 32 meeting with the newly elected Supervisors. The County is going to engage with other counties in 33 Wisconsin in a lawsuit with forever chemicals. The Resource Planning Committee meeting was 2 34 weeks ago where they put together a draft data center moratorium and also discussed shipping 35 containers. These will be up for further discussion this Thursday at 3:00 p.m. 36 37 Licenses & Permits 38 Inspection Specialists, LLC – April 2026. Placed on file. 39 Door County Zoning Permits – April 2026. Placed on file. 40 41 Correspondence 42 Letter from Wisconsin Humane Society 43 Municipal Clerk’s Week Proclamation 44 Town of Sevastopol, Board of Supervisors’ Meeting – May 18th, 2026 4 Door County Connect 1 State of Wisconsin Payment – PILT 2 Sturgeon Bay Fire Department Report – April 2026 3 Watchfire Letter 4 5 Announcements 6 AT&T Digital Learning Session – Wednesday, June 3, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. 7 Board of Supervisors’ Meeting – Monday, June 15, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. 8 Open Book - Wednesday, June 24, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to noon 9 10 Agenda Items for Next Month. 11 12 Adjourn. Motion by Denil and second by Vogel to adjourn. Motion carried and the meeting was 13 adjourned at 8:55 p.m. 14 15 Respectfully Submitted, 16 17 Amy M. Flok 18 Draft 5/22/2026 19 20