Annual Town Meeting — Minutes

1 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING MINUTES APRIL 16, 2024 THE FOLLOWING BOARD MEMBERS WERE PRESENT—STEVE SCHOPF, ELIZABETH GAUGER, MYLES DANNHAUSEN, MARK GRAUPMAN AND CLERK-TREASURER PAM KRAUEL. ____________________________________________________________________________ THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING OF THE TOWN OF EGG HARBOR WAS CALLED TO ORDER ON APRIL 16, 2024 AT 7:00PM BY TOWN CHAIRMAN STEVE SCHOPF WITH 23 PEOPLE PRESENT. MINUTES. MIKE ARZICH MOVED TO APPROVE THE APRIL 18, 2023 MINUTES, SECOND BY MYLES DANNHAUSEN. MOTION CARRIED, VOICE VOTE. FINANCIAL REPORT. MARK GRAUPMAN MOVED TO APPROVE THE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR 2023, SECOND BY MYLES DANNHAUSEN, MOTION CARRIED, VOICE VOTE. PERMITS CHAIRMAN STEVE SCHOPF REPORTED THE FOLLOWING PERMITS WERE ISSUED IN 2023: 39 NEW HOMES—WHICH EXCEEDS LAST YEARS RECORD BY 8 MORE 01 MOBILE HOME 01 YURT 10 ADDITIONS/REMODELS 30 OUTBUILDINGS 12 DRIVEWAYS 20 DECKS 4 COMMERCIAL TYPE BUILDINGS: ENTRYWAY AND WALK IN COOLER TO STONEHEDGE GOLF COURSE, SAWMILL, GREENHOUSE, AND PROPANE STORAGE FACILITY. ROAD REPORT. IN 2023 PULVERISED AND REPAVED PLUM BOTTOM ROAD FROM DIVISION ROAD TO SUNNY POINT ROAD AND TOWNLINE ROAD FROM JARMIN ROAD TO COUTRY VIEW ROAD. PULVERIZED AND REPAVED THE TOWN HALL AND FIRE STATION PARKING LOT. PLAN COMMISSION REGULAR REVIEW OF CERTIFIED SURVEY MAPS ALONG WITH CURRENTLY WORKING ON REDUING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WITH BAY LAKE REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION. HOPE TO HAVE THE PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE IN JUNE OR JULY AND POSTING ON OUR WEB SITE. REPORT FROM BROADBAND COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN. SCOTT DAVIS GAVE THE BACKGROUND AS TO HOW THE TOWN CAME TO PROVIDING AFFORDABLE BROADBAND TO THE TOWN OF EGG HARBOR. HE OUTLINED WHAT THE COMMITTEE DID WITHIN THE LAST YEAR TO ULTIMATELY WORK WITH AT&T. AN UPDATE THAT INCLUDED A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION EXPLAINING THE TOWN OF EGG HARBOR HAS GONE WITH AT&T TO PROVIDE FIBER 2 OPTIC BROADBAND SERVICE TO ALL RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN. THE TOWN OF EGG HARBOR WAS THE FIRST TOWN TO SIGN ON WITH AT&T IN THE STATE OF WISCONSIN. THE TOWN HAS RECEIVED OVER ONE MILLION DOLLARS IN GOVERNMENT GRANTS TOWARD THE PROJECT. DAVIS FURTHER EXPLAINED THERE WILL BE A NUMBER OF PLAN COST OPTIONS FROM LOW INCLOME AT LITTLE OR NO COST TO SEASON DISCONNECT FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL BE GONE SEASONALLY. THERE WAS A WELL-INFORMED DISCUSSION. NO COST UP TO 1000 FEET TO EACH RESIDENT. PRIVATE ROADS ARE INCLUDED. AT&T IS WILLING TO HAVE A MEETING WITH TOWN RESIDENTS TO ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS. SCHOPF STRESSED THE HARD WORK THE BROADBAND COMMITTEE HAS PUT IN TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. FIRE DEPARTMENT/EMR REPORT. FIRE CHIEF JUSTIN MACDONALD GAVE A REPORT ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND EMR’S. 2023 WAS THEIR BUSIEST YEAR EVER. HE GAVE A DETAILED REPORT WHICH IS ATTACHED. CURRENTLY PURCHASED A DRONE WHICH WAS FINANCIALLY SUPPORTED BY A FUND RAISER WITH HUGE COMMUNITY SUPPORT. SUPERVISOR GAUGER FURTHER REPORTED THAT THE COUNTY IS CURRENTLY LOOKING AT A CENTRAL EMS STATION WHICH SHE SITS ON THE COUNTY COMMITTEE AND INDICATED CHAIRMAN SCHOPF AND VILLAGE PRESIDENT HELLER HAS ALSO BEEN ATTENDING. EGG HARBOR IS ONE OF THE AREAS THAT ARE BEING CONSIDERED. CEMETERY REPORT. SUPERVISOR WIEGAND WAS NOT PRESENT BUT SUPERVISOR GAUGER GAVE A BRIEF REPORT. THEY HAVE CONTRACTED OUT THE LAWN CARE OF THE CEMETERY AND IT HAS BEEN GOING VERY WELL. REPORT FROM THE EGG HARBOR HISTORICAL SOCIETY MYLES DANNHAUSEN GAVE A REPORT ON THE BOOKMOBILE WHICH HAS NOW FORMED ITS OWN 501c3 AND IS NO LONGER OWNED BY THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. CHAIRMAN SCHOPF RECOGNIZED ANY POLL WORKERS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WORKED THE 2023 ELECTIONS AND THE START OF THE 2024 ELECTION YEAR THANKING THEM FOR THEIR LONG HOURS AT THE POLLS. CHAIRMAN SCHOPF GAVE AN UPDATE ON CURB SIDE GARBAGE PICK UP WHICH THE BOARD HAS PUT ON HOLD AND CHOOSE TO GO FORWARD WITH PROVIDING BROADBAND THROUGHOUT THE TOWN. THE BOARD WAS STRUGGLING WITH A FIRM PRICE AND HOW TO FUND CURB SIDE PICK UP. AT THIS TIME CHAIRMAN SCHOPF TURNED THE MEETING OVER TO THE TOWN RESIDENTS. SHARON KUEHN LIVES ON INDIGO LANE AND QUESTIONED SOME RECENT SURVEY MARKERS NEAR HER PROPERTY. CHAIRMAN SCHOPF NOTED NOT SURE WHAT IT MAY BE FOR. KRAUEL ALSO NOTED A RECENT CERTIFIED SURVEY MAP CAME IN FROM ONE OF THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES SO THEY COULD BE SURVEY MARKERS. 3 DAVID ZUHLKE ASKED THE TOWN BOARD TO CONSIDER USING THE PULSE TO PUBLSH THE AGENDAS. SHCOPF EXPLAINED THE TOWN BOARD MADE CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCES THE NIGHT BEFORE THAT ALLOWS THAT OPTION IN THE FUTURE. KRAUEL EXPLAINED THE TOWN IS NOT OBLIGATED TO PUBLISH THEIR AGENDAS BUT AT THIS TIME POST AT THE TOWN HALL, JP CONVENIENCE STORE AND THE TOWN WEB SITE. SHE ALSO GAVE THE STEPS HOW TO GO ONTO THE TOWN WEB SITE TO SIGN UP TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATIONS WHEN SOMETHING HAS BEEN POSTED TO THE WEB SITE. ADJOURNMENT. PAULA KUEHN MOVED TO ADJOURN, SECOND BY JEROMY SCHOPF, MOTION CARRIED, VOICE VOTE. 8:50PM. RESPECTFULLY, PAM KRAUEL CLERK-TREASURER