January 23, 2020

Town of Stockbridge Town Board Minutes 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 23, 2020 APPROVED BY BOARD Stockbridge Community Hall Chairman Ken Schaefer called the meeting to order at 4 p.m. Present were Supervisors Mark Ecker, Dean Joas, Clerk Steve Phipps, Treasurer Ralph Schmid , Fire Chief Mike F unk. Gerald Diedrich, Joe Kuhn and Jeremy Moehn. Terry Moehn showed up at 4:12 PM. Chuck Ecker showed up at 5:06 PM. No one signed up to speak. Dean moved and Mark 2nd to approve the agenda. Motion carried. Moved by Dean moved to approve the Jan. 8, 2020 meeting minutes with 2 corrections “Ken” should replace the word “Dean” in the 2 nd sentence of the minutes and in the last line of item 11 minutes the word “month” should be replaced with the word “me eting.” Ken seconded the motion and the motion carried. Item 7: General discussion about why SPS 330 is being discussed. M ike Funk participated. Joe Kuhn participated. General discussion seemed to be, why is the town discussing the issue? And, the effect of the administrative rule. No action taken. Ken replied to the fact the board needs policies in place and has the right to discuss these items to get our ducks in a row as an employer. Item 8: Mike Funk shared his research on the issue of water billing for the fire department. Past practice and surrounding communities practice was also discussed. Dean and Ken discussed issues of who pays for the water in fires of various municipalities. Joe Kuhn talked about hydrants used. Mike Funk shared his wish to stay informed when the town discusses fire department issues. Ken replied when we get to that point he will but there will be discussion before that. Motion moved by Mark and 2nd by Dean to put regulations and policies and supplies for the fire department on the joint meeting agenda. Motion carried. Item 9: General discussion occurred relating to flaggers, dumpster location, pollution insurance, maps. Joe Kuhn spoke about notification of where deliveries would occur and then unforeseen chang es. Jeremy Moehn spoke about concerns of small volume farmers. Dean suggested revising last month’s sample ordinance and Ken and Mark talked about a one -time permit and a possible fee of $500.00 but only used this amount for an example. Mark suggested u sing a fee system based on a scale. No action taken. Clerk brought an issue of someone who lost a check and is requesting a new check. Informal conversation among all board members indicated to the clerk to not deduct the stop payment fee on the old che ck when is suing a new check to the payee until we adopt such penalty in writing. Dean moved and Mark 2 nd to adjourn and the motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 5:12 PM. Respectfully submitted, Steve Phipps, Stockbridge Town Clerk