Town Board — Minutes

1 TOWN BOARD MEETING MINUTES AUGUST 19, 2024 1. CALL TO ORDER WITH ROLL CALL THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00PM BY CHAIRMAN SCHOPF WITH THE FOLLOWING BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT; DALE WIEGAND, MARK GRAUPMAN, MYLES DANNHAUSEN, ELIZABETH GAUGER, STEVE SCHOPF, CLERK-TREASURER PAM KRAUEL ALONG WITH 2 INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 3. ADOPT THE AGENDA. GAUGER MOVED TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, SECOND BY DANNHAUSEN, MOTION CARRIED. 4. APPROVE MINUTES JULY 15, 2024 TOWN BOARD MEETING—GRAUPMAN MOVED TO APPROVE, SECOND BY WIEGAND, MOTION CARRIED. 5. APPROVAL OF FINANCIAL REPORT WIEGAND MOVED TO APPROVE THE FINANCIAL REPORT, SECOND BY GRAUPMAN, MOTION CARRIED. 6. OPEN SESSION. SCHEER QUESTIONED THAT BECAUSE THERE IS CURRENTLY NO MEMBERS FROM THE VILLAGE ON THE FIRE COMMISSION, WHAT DO THEY DO NOW? SCHOPF WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THE VILLAGE PRESIDENT ON THIS MATTER., CLERK KRAUEL GAVE A REPORT ON THE RECENT AUGUST 13TH ELECTION. THEY PROCESSED 580 BALLOTS, WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY A 45% TURNOUT, UNUSUALLY HIGH FOR A PARTISAN PRIMARY . 7. TOWN ORDINANCES ORDINANCE #207, ADOPT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PURSUANT TO WI STATE STATUES 66.1001. WIEGAND MOVED TO ADOPT ORDINANCE #207, SECOND BY DANNHAUSEN, MOTION CARRIED. 8. TOWN ROADS. RAINBOW RIDGE COURT TURN AROUND; SCHOPF REPORTED OF A RECENT CALL FROM AN INDIVIDUAL REPRESENTING ONE OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS ON THE END OF RAINBOW RIDGE COURT. EVERYONE WAS PROVIDED A GIS MAP SHOWING THE CURRENT LAYOUT OF THE ROAD AND THE CONCENSIS WAS TO REVIEW RAINBOW RIDGE COURT DURING THE 2025 SPRING ROAD TOUR. THERE WAS ALSO A SUGGESTION TO HAVE THE ROAD SURVEYED BEFORE THE ROAD TOUR BUT NO ACTION WAS TAKEN. TO DATE ROAD PROJECTS HAVE BEEN PULVERIZED AND THE SECTION OF MONUMENT POINT ROAD BY JP EXPRESS WAS FINISHED THIS MORNING. 2 9. TOWN HALL, BUILDINGS & GROUNDS, TOWN PROPERTY AND PLAYGROUND. KRAUEL REPORTED THAT DAUBNER MASONARY HAS COMPLETED THE REPAIR OF THE TOWN SIGN AND THE SIGN COMPANY IS MAKING NEW COVERS FOR THE POSTS. GRAUPMAN REPORTED HE DID NOT RECEIVE A FINAL ESTIMATE FROM MEISNER LANDSCAPE SO HE THEN WENT BACK TO DOOR LANDSCAPE WITH A DIFFERENT WAY TO APPROACH THE LANDSCAPING BY THE PLAYGROUND AND HANDED OUT A FINAL ESTIMATE FROM DOOR LANDSCAPE. THEY SAID THEY COULD HAVE IT DONE BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER. GRAUPMAN MOVED TO GO WITH THE PROPOSAL FROM DOOR LANDSCAPE AT A TOTAL OF $14,047.57, SECOND BY DANNHAUSEN, MOTION CARRIED. 10. REPORTS. A. BROADBAND COMMITTEE UPDATE. SCOTT DAVIS GAVE A REPORT. AT&T AGREED TO THE TERMS WITH WPSC IN REGARD TO THE AWARDING OF THE GRANT. THE COMMITTEE WILL BE WORKING WITH AT&T TO MOVE AHEAD TO INCLUDE MAILING A LETTER TO PROPERTY OWNERS. B. PLANNING COMMISSION. DID NOT MEET THIS MONTH C. LICENSES, BUILDING & SIGN PERMITS—PERMITS KEEP COMING IN. D. COUNTY BOARD REPRESENTATIVE MONTHLY REPORT—GAUGER NOTED NOTHING SIGNIFICANT TO REPORT. DID REMIND THE BOARD THAT DOOR COUNTY TECHNOLOGY SERVICES PROJECT MANAGER WILL SPEAK AT THE UNIT MEETING ON THE COMMUNICATION TOWER PROJECT. E. TOURISM COMMISSION & TRAILS INITIATIVE MONTHLY REPORT—DANNHAUSEN GAVE AN UPDATE ON THE TOURISM TAX MONTHLY REVENUE ALONG WITH MUNICIPALITIES THAT HAVE ADDED ORDINANCES. 11. JOINT TOWN AND VILLAGE MATTERS. A. FIRE STATION/BALL FIELD/CEMETERY/RCYCLING DANNHAUSEN REPORTED THAT SOME OF THE BOARDS TO THE MERRY GO ROUND AT STATION #1 ARE BROKEN. WIEGAND WILL FOLLOW UP. REMINDER OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS FUNDRAISER TAKING PLACE ON AUGUST 24TH. B. FIRE COMMISSION. DON’T HAVE A QUARUM. NO JOINT MEMBERS. C 2024 BUDGET SHORTFALL, MATHEMATICAL ERROR, KRAUEL EXPLAINED THE MATHEMATICAL ERROR THAT WAS DISCOVERED ON THE 2024 JOINT BUDGET. THERE IS AN OVERALL SHORTFALL OF $37,620.00. SCHOPF MOVED THAT WE MAKE UP THE TOWN’S PORTION OF $18,810.00 SHORTFALL TRANSFERRED FROM TOWN’S GENRAL FUND, SECOND BY GRAUPMAN, MOTION CARRIED. 12. CORRESPONDENCE NO DISCUSSION. 13. APPROVE VOUCHERS WIEGAND MOVED TO APPROVE THE VOUCHERS, SECOND BY GRAUPMAN, MOTION CARRIED. 3 14. ADJOURNMENT DANNHAUSEN MOVED TO ADJOURN, SECOND BY GRAUPMAN, MOTION CARRIED. 7:25PM. RESPECTFULLY; PAM KRAUEL, CLERK-TREASURER