Town Board Meeting — Minutes

Town of Sturgeon Bay Door County – Sturgeon Bay WI Website: Townofsturgeonbay-wi.gov Town Board Meeting Agenda July 13, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. Location: Arle Memorial Hall, 692 Tacoma Beach Road 1. Call to Order 6:00 pm 2. Pledge of Allegiance 3. Establish a Quorum/Members Present ● Chair Feuerstein, Supervisor 1 Pam Kraase, Supervisor 2 Joey Torp, Clerk Sternard, Treasurer DeLair 4. Adopt agenda/properly noticed ● M: Feuerstein S: Torp Motion passed by voice vote. 5. Approve Minutes from June 8, 2026 Town Board Meeting - posted on town website ● M: Feuerstein S: Kraase Motion passed by voice vote. 6. Treasurers Report ● Checking: $79,976.89 ● Savings: $41,855.16 ● M: Feuerstein S: Torp Motion passed by voice vote. 7. Broadband Update – no updates 8. County Board Report – presented by Hugh Zettel ● Included in report – intent to reimburse is related to towers project 9. MOVED to this point in the meeting from New Business: ● Kris Peterson utility easement ● SLMD petition against utility easement o 2317-2319 SMLD owner - Kris filed an application for a utility easement under the road in front of his property on water side of the property. Conduit was put in in advance of application; note: The Town Board advises against this; required them to remove – have not signed off on easement o Petition opposing permit application was submitted – and presented by Dave Ray – 2315 SLMD property owner, documentation/signatures/photos, request for Town Board to deny approval of utility easement - 29 owners – 18 properties ▪ Concerns include: future road repairs, who is responsible for costs, lights create disturbances (Dark Skies organization also signed the petition). o M: not approve at this time, to table for more information ----- Feuerstein S: Torp Motion passed by voice vote. Not time sensitive – so gather facts about how many properties have power on lake side, new codes, ordinances, research more into buried items. Property infractions. 10. Roads and/or Parks: ● Signs and post at Crowfoot – waiting on County ● Sign at Mount Olive at Cty S – still waiting on bids ● Culverts on Lake Ln and South Lake Michigan Drive – Joey – costs from County – Lake Ln has to be $15,250 – 36” culvert – county will cost share by upping circumference M;: Feuerstein S: Kraase - Motion passed by voice vote o SMLD culvert – 2 each 15” arches, cost of ▪ Owners are paying privately for better drainage…for this to work the culvert needs to be updated – town would pay for this - $9837 – working cooperatively with • M: Feuerstein S: Torp Motion passed by voice vote. ● Brushwork – working with county, bubba schmelzer, torp lawn care, a lot of work needed – hourly rate request from each – bubba – all in - $525/hour, torp = $320/ county $318/hour. Appoint jobs specifically for the best use of each contractor and not bid each job. o M: Feuerstein S: Kraase Motion passed by voice vote. ● Chip seal o Hold off until 2027 ● Culvert on Ridge -waiting on County to repair ● Dead/tipped Pine tree at Portage Park beach o Picture presented; M: Feuerstein S: Kraase Motion passed by voice vote. ● Sign and post at Navarre – called into the County ● Miscellaneous 11. Old Business – Discussion/Action ● Dretzer ROW ● Liquor licenses issued – 27 Pines, Rod & Gun Clubb ● Shipping containers 12. New Business – Discussion/Action ● Open Supervisor position filled – Thank you to Pam Kraase! Welcome!! ● BCPL application and borrowing resolution for broadband loan to be approved by board and submitted. o Form of Record -Preamble and Resolution – page 4 of the application was read aloud at meeting. o Motion was made by Feuerstein to approve the application and adopt the preamble and resolutions. Second was made by Torp. Chairman Feuerstein – yay, Supervisor Torp – yay, Supervisor Kraase – yay. Motion passed by unanimous voice vote. o Clerk Sternard to send application to BCPL. ● Driveway culverts on Big Creek Rd o Flooding from April rain – Feuerstein presented pictures o Adequate sized culverts, but collapsed, over time --not functioning – working with Highway department, Soil & Water department, town put 6’ concrete culvert in years ago, driveway culverts are the problem – need to be fixed or driveways removed, in effort to assist – quote of $16,500 from County, town to send letter that outlines the need for them to cure. Attorney to prepare - culvert and driveway application. ▪ M: Feuerstein S: Kraase Motion passed by voice vote. ● Humane society drop off policy -Jeff to provide more information next month about process to surrender animals at their location ● New Gmail addresses for town board (see below) 13. Correspondence ● Shipping container zoning as part of Comprehensive Zoning – gets copies to board – concerns about enforcement (prior and going forward), etc. 14. Public Comment ● Rich Propsom– Dretzer – still trying to figure workout - Feuerstein will get involved again ● Brian Hackbarth - questions about mother’s property assessment ● Note: Board of Review was held on July 13 from 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm. No formal objections were received prior to the meeting and no formal objections were presented at this meeting. 15. Approval of Bills 16. Adjourn at 7:56 pm ● M: Feuerstein S: Kraase Motion passed by voice vote. (Deviation from the order shown may occur) Reminders: Next Town Board meeting – August 10, 2026 @ Arle Hall at 6 pm Fall Primary Election– Tuesday, August 11 – 7 am to 8 pm @ Arle Hall