Special Town Board - Budget Hearing — Minutes

1 MINUTES—NOVEMBER 18, 2024 SPECIAL TOWN BOARD MEETING—BUDGET HEARING SPECIAL TOWN BOARD MEETING AND PUBLIC HEARING 1 CALL TO ORDER THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 5:30PM AT THE TOWN HALL BY CHAIRMAN STEVE SCHOPF. 2. ROLL CALL THE FOLLOWING BOARD MEMBERS WERE PRESENT: DALE WIEGAND, MARK GRAUPMAN, ELIZABETH GAUGER, STEVE SCHOPF AND CLERK-TREASUER PAM KRAUEL. MYLES DANNHAUSEN ABSENT. PAULA KUEHN IN THE ATTENDANCE. 3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 4. CERTIFICATE AND ANNOUNCEMENTS OF COMPLIANCE WITH WI OPEN MEETING LAW AND TOWN MINICIPAL CODE. KRAUEL REPORTED THAT NOTICES WERE POSTED AT LEAST 15 DAYS BEFORE THE MEETING AND PUBLISHED IN THE DOOR COUNTY ADVOCATE. 5. PUBLIC HEARNG ON TOWN BUDGET FOR YEAR 2025 THERE WERE NO QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION. 6. RECESS SPECIAL TOWN BOARD MEETING ANNOUNCING RECONVENING IMMEDATELY FOLLOWING THE SPECIAL TOWN MEETING. SPECIAL TOWN MEETING A. TO APPROVE THE TOWN 2025 HIGHWAY EXPENDITURES PURSUANT TO SECTION 81.01(3) OF WI STATUES. KRAUEL MOVED TO APPROVE HIGHWAY EXPENDITURES OF $499,453.00 FOR 2025, SECOND BY GRAUPMAN, MOTION CARRIED. B. TO ADOPT THE 2024 TOWN TAX LEVY TO BE PAID IN 2025 PURSUANT TO SECTION 60.10(1)(a) OF WI STATUES. GAUGER MOVED TO APPROVE THE TOWN TAX LEVY IN THE AMOUNT OF 759,875.29, SECOND BY GRAUPMAN, MOTION CARRIED. C. MATTERS PERTAINING THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING. NO DISCUSSION. 2 SPECIAL TOWN BOARD MEETING, (CONTINUED) 6. RECONVENE SPECIAL TOWN BOARD MEETING WIEGAND MOVED TO RECONVENE, SECOND BY GRAUPMAN, MOTION CARRIED. 7. ANNOUNCEMENT OF PRESENCE OF TOWN BOARD MEMBERS AND CLERK-TREASURER AND CONTINUING JURISDICTION. THOSE PRESENT; DALE WIEGAND, MARK GRAUPMAN, ELIZABETH GAUGER, STEVE SCHOPF ALONG WITH CLERK-TREASUER PAM KRAUEL AND PAULA KUEHN IN THE AUDIENCE. 8. CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF 2025 TOWN BUDGET AND TAX LEVY . GRAUPMAN MOVED TO APPROVE THE TAX LEVY FOR $759,875.29, SECOND BY WIEGAND, MOTION CARRIED. 9. ADJOUNMENT GRAUPMAN MOVED TO ADJOURN, SECOND BY WIEGAND, MOTION CARRIED. 5:40PM. RESPECTFULLY , PAM KRAUEL, CLERK-TREASURER