August 26, 2020 approved

Steven Phipps Stockbridge Town Clerk Town of Stockbridge Town Board Minutes 6:00 P.M. Wednesday, August 26, 2020 APPROVED BY BOARD Stockbridge Community Hall Chairman Ken Schaefer called the meeting to order at 6:00 PM . Present w as Supervisor Dean Joas , Clerk Steve Phipps, Treasurer Ralp h Schmid. Pledge of Allegiance was recited. No members of the public were present. Clerk Steve indicated the meeting has been properly posted. No public comment. Motion by Dean and 2nd by Ken to move item 7 to item 9.5 and then go into closed session. Supervisor Mark Ecker arrived at 6:04 PM. Ken reported Long Road is done, Moehrke Rd is scheduled for September and then MCC will do the fire station door areas. After discussion and reviewing invoices and correspondences from McMahon, Dean moved and Mark 2nd to pay the three checks to McMahon three checks as outlined in Lee Reibold’s email dated August 24, 2020. M/C unanimously. Board of Commissioners of Public Lands’ loan application for state trust funds in the amount of $400,000 and resolution: Board members agreed the funds would only be used if the funds from the Department of Transportation (DOT) multi- modal Local Supplement (MLS) grant have not been received by the town – furthermore the loan will be paid off as soon as possible when the MLS grant funds are received. The board agreed the grant funds should be received leaving no need to increase the tax levy to fund the installments on the loan as the grant is awarded just not disbursed – it is possible that no disbursements from the loan will even be needed. No approval for disbursement/drawing on the loan was granted. Mark Ecker moved it be resolved that the Town of Stockbridge in Calumet County borrow from the Trust Fund of the State of Wisconsin the sum of $400,000.00 for the purpose of interim financing for road project and for no other purpose. The loan is to be payable within 2 years from the 15th day of March preceding the date the loan is made. The loan will be repaid in annual installment with interest at the rate of 2.5 percent per annum from the date of making the loan to the 15th day of March next and thereafter annually as provided by the law. Resolved further, that there shall be and raised and there is levied upon all taxable property, within the Town of Stockbridge, in the county of Calumet, Wisconsin, a direct annual tax for the purpose of paying interest and principal on the loan as they come due. Resolved further, that no money obtained by the Town of Stockbridge by such loan from the state be applied or paid out for any purpose except interim financing for road project without the consent of the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands. Resolved further, that in the case the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands of Wisconsin agrees to make the loan, that the chairman and clerk of the Town of Stockbridge, in the County of Calumet, Wisconsin are authorized and empowered, in the name of the Town to execute and deliver to the Commission, certificates of indebtedness, in such form as required by the Commission, for any sum of money that may be loaned to the Town to this resolution. The chairman and clerk of the Town will perform all necessary actions to fully carry out the provisions of Chapter 24 Wisconsin Statutes, and these resolutions. Resolved further, that this preamble and these resolutions and the aye and no vote by which they were adopted, be recorded, and that the clerk of this Town forward this certified record, along with the application for the loan, to the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands of Wisconsin. Dean Joas 2nd the motion. Via a roll call vote. Mark Ecker voted Aye, Dean Joas voted Aye and Ken Schaefer voted Aye. Motion carried. Under communications: Steve shared a MFL communication from WI, Notice of personal property aid from WI, Advanced Disposal’s inquiry about weekly garbage pick-up requests from residents and a phone conversation with Bob Kisser (WI DSPS) regarding SPS 330. Moved by Dean Joas and 2nd by Mark Ecker to go in closed session at 6:45 PM to review applicants and employee compensation. Roll call vote Mark Ecker and Dean Joas and Ken S. Everyone voted Aye – M/C. Treasurer Ralph and Clerk Steve were invited to stay for closed session. At 9:45 Motion by Ken and 2nd by Mark to go into open session. . Roll call vote Mark Ecker and Dean Joas and Ken S. Everyone voted Aye – M/C. Clerk Steve was instructed by the board to schedule interviews for the 3 finalists preferably on Wednesday, Sept. 3 for board members to interview. At 9:50 PM Ken moved and Mark 2nd to adjourn. M/C. Respectfully submitted, Steven Phipps Stockbridge Town Clerk Town of Stockbridge