Town Board — Minutes

Town of Sevastopol, Board of Supervisors’ Meeting – October 20, 2025 1 1 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS’ MEETING 2 Monday, October 20, 2025, 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 Linda Wait, Supervisor Jeanne Vogel and 11 Supervisor Trent Olsen. Supervisor Mark 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, Tim Baumgartner, 15 Deanna Swanson, John Swanson, Annette Vincent, John Vincent, Jean Elste, Don Viste, Mike 16 Nelson, Nancy Kidd, Lisa Manges, Randal Manges, Gwenn Graboyes, Jacque Axland, Dick 17 Weidman, Erin Tomasik. Larry Boldt, Kristi Roenning, Mary Moster, Jeff Schmeckpepper and 18 Lloyd Holterman. 19 20 Public Participation. 21 None 22 23 Agenda/Proper Notice/Adopt. Upon verification of proper notice, motion by Wait and second 24 by Vogel to approve and adopt the agenda. Motion carried. 25 26 Approval of Minutes – Board of Supervisors’ Meeting – September 15, 2025. Motion by Vogel 27 and second by Olsen to approve the minutes of the Board of Supervisors’ Meeting, September 28 15, 2025. Motion carried. 29 30 Pending Business. 31 Intergovernmental Agreement with Door County and Town of Jacksonport for Schauer Road 32 Rebuild Project. Woelfel stated this has been a talking point for about a year now. Presented to 33 the Board is an intergovernmental agreement with the Town of Jacksonport, Town of Sevastopol 34 and County of Door laying out each municipality’s responsibility for the Schauer Road project. 35 Included in the packet is the application for funding assistance for construction/reconstruction 36 of the project and we anticipate hearing back from the Community Investment Fund in early 37 November. Motion by Olsen and second by Vogel to approve with the interngovernmental 38 agreement. Motion carried 39 40 New Business 41 Town of Sevastopol, Board of Supervisors’ Meeting – October 20, 2025 2 Consideration of Potential Resolution on Gilbert Farms CAFO. 1 Annette Vincent would like to thank the Board for composing the resolution. She would also like 2 the Board to attend the Public Hearing for the Gilbert CAFO on November 5th at the Gala. 3 4 Dick Weidman would like to point out misinformation that has been publicized. He has a 5 graduate degree from UW Madison and has a great deal of experience in Nutritional Science. 6 He also has land that borders Gilbert Farms. The misconception is that the e coli contamination 7 that happens in our lakes is completely different than bovine manure. 8 9 John Swanson states that nitrates and nitrites in the water are dangerous for children. He 10 believes that e coli is a greater risk. 11 12 Tim Baumgartner from Dairy Farmer Cooperative stated that Gilbert Farms has contracted with 13 the Dairy Business Association for assistance with the permitting program, a very complex 14 process. Gilberts must have groundwater monitoring in their operation. The amount of 15 time/effort and diligence they have placed into this process is extraordinary. 16 17 John Vincent stated that this project was started in 2023, and he empathizes with Gilberts, since 18 being a farmer is not easy. The cost of everything has gone up and he believes the Gilberts have 19 run a good farm for many decades. To proceed with this project, they will have to increase the 20 amount of liquoid manure and wastewater. 21 22 Woelfel stated that we as the Board have no more clout than any resident. We have had a great 23 deal of feedback. 24 25 Olsen stated that we have received a great deal of information from everyone. Going to a CAFO 26 would place so many regulations on the farm which is going to be better. Vogel stated from all 27 the information she has read, health, safety and livelihood are more important and would 28 support the resolution to disapprove of the CAFO. Wait cited the Comprehensive Plan. The top 29 concern of the Comprehensive Plan is to protect Prime Agriculture, preserving farmland, and 30 protecting water quality and the WI DNR has the highest standard for CAFOs. Woelfel stated 31 that this isn’t an easy issue and believes that accidents can happen and he has always acted in 32 the best interest of the Town. Woelfel is opposed to the expansion and supports the resolution. 33 Motion by Woelfel and second by Vogel and send to the WI DNR a copy of the resolution 34 disapproving Gilbert Farm’s CAFO. Roll call vote was taken: Woelfel – Aye, Vogel – Aye, Wait – 35 Nay, and Olsen – Nay. Vote is tied 2-2, the Town will not take a position on the Gilbert CAFO. 36 37 2026 Meeting Schedule. The 2026 meeting schedule was presented. 38 39 Ordinances/Resolutions. 40 41 Town of Sevastopol, Board of Supervisors’ Meeting – October 20, 2025 3 Financial Reports – September 2025. Motion by Wait and second by Olsen to accept the 1 financial reports for September 2025. Motion carried. 2 Treasurer’s Report. Clerk Flok reported that the Town has received its 4th quarter 3 General Transportation Aids. The proposed 2026 budget is available for viewing on 4 our website under the Budget/Financials tab. The Public Hearing for the 2026 5 Budget is Monday, November 17, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. 6 Approval of Vouchers, Bills, and Claims September 16, 2025, through October 20, 2025. 7 Motion by Vogel and second by Olsen to approve the vouchers, bills, and claims for September 8 16, 2025, through October 20, 2025. Motion carried. 9 10 Oral Committee/Commission Reports/Minutes. 11 Motion by Vogel and second by Olsen to approve and place on file the meeting minutes from 12 the Park and Recreation Meeting of August 20, 2025. Motion carried. 13 14 Wait stated the Door County Tourism Zone would like any input for the 2026 budget for both 15 Destination Door County and the Tourism Zone. Suggestions would include establishing a 16 capital plan for Destination Door County and establishing reserve and restricted fund plans 17 going forward. The County is in the process of updating its Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance 18 and there will be a public hearing scheduled on proposed amendments. 19 20 Vogel stated that we received a new updated map from AT&T and it is available on our website. 21 Currently, AT&T is ahead of schedule. 22 23 County Board Report – District 14 Supervisor – Hugh Zettel. Budget activities are going on with 24 the biggest issue being higher prices of the healthcare costs for employees. The tower project 25 for the EMR’s are moving forward. There were some slight changes to the flood plain maps. 26 The Broadband Committee is going through some changes to transition into adoption and 27 education. 28 29 Licenses & Permits 30 Inspection Specialists, LLC – September 2025. Placed on file. 31 Door County Zoning Permits – September 2025. Placed on file. 32 33 Correspondence 34 General Transportation Aids – 4th Quarter 35 Door County Treasurer Correspondence – Foreclosures 36 Door County Connect – October 2025 37 Final Population Estimate – January 1, 2025 38 Town Law Conference – October 31, 2025 39 Thank you from Don Maass Family 40 City of Sturgeon Bay Fire Report – September 41 AT&T Updated Completion Map 42 Town of Sevastopol, Board of Supervisors’ Meeting – October 20, 2025 4 Ordinance 02-2023 – No Boat Trailer Launching – Geisel Creek/Haberli Road 1 2 Announcement 3 Special Budget/Board of Supervisors’ Meeting on Monday, November 17th, at 6:00 4 p.m. 5 7th Annual Town of Sevastopol Christmas Party – Friday, December 5th from 5:00-6 8:00 p.m. 7 Board of Supervisors’ Meeting on Monday, December 15th, at 7:00 p.m. 8 9 Agenda Items for Next Meeting 10 11 Adjourn. Motion by Olsen and second by Vogel to adjourn. Motion carried and the meeting 12 adjourned at 8:25 p.m. 13 14 Respectfully Submitted, 15 16 Amy M. 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