Regular Town Board Meeting — Agenda
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Town of Phelps
4495 Town Hall Rd., PO Box 157
Phelps WI 54554
Phone: 715-545-2270
Town Chairman
Steve Doyen
townchair@phelpswi.gov
Town Board of Supervisors
Maureen Robinson
Jeremy Ryan
David Selby
Steve Waier
Town of Phelps
Regular Town Board Meeting Agenda
Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Time: 6:00 pm
Place: Phelps Town Hall, 4495 Town Hall Rd., Phelps WI
1. Call Meeting to Order
2. Roll Call/Quorum Call
3. Pledge of Allegiance
4. Verification of Public Notice by Town Board
5. Correspondence, Communications and Reports
Discussion/Action on the Following Agenda Items (Public Comment will be Allowed on Each Agenda Item)
6. Approval of the following Meeting Minutes:
October 7, 2025, Special Town Board Meeting Budget Workshop
October 8, 2025, Regular Town Board Meeting
October 20, 2025, Special Town Board Meeting Budget Workshop
October 23, 2025, Special Town Board Meeting Budget Workshop
7. Approval of October 2025 Financial Report
8. Approval of Checks and ACH/EFT Transactions: from October 1 through October 31, 2025,
including Check #’s 20239 – 20285
9. Discuss short-term rentals, room tax, and quarterly fund submission: Request by Molly Soto
10. Discuss RV/Camper water filling question
11. Update on Fire Tower Restoration
12. Consider/Approve the Appointment of Community Development Authority (CDA) Members:
(Robinson)
13. Consider/Approve the following Budget Amendments:
Expense: Pay off BCPL Loan 2021128.01 – Highway Trucks and Backhoe $47,400.00
Revenue: Idle Sites Grant [$25,000.00]
Revenue: LGIP General Reserve [$22,400.00]
Clerk/Treasurer
Sheryl J Ward
townclerk@phelpswi.gov
Deputy Clerk/Treasurer
Kathleen R Ray
deputyclerk@phelpswi.gov
Town Website
www.phelpswi.gov
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Expense: Pay off Peoples State Bank Loan 111220017 – Parks Bobcat $9,050.00
Revenue: Idle Sites Grant [$9,050.00]
Expense: Nursing Home Demolition $5,891.00
Revenue: Peoples State Bank Gear-Russel Donations [$5,891.00]
Expense: Purchase of Flail Mower for John Deere Tractor (Brush Mower) $16,200.00
Expense: Purchase of Plow for Cat Loader $30,950.00
Revenue: Idles Sites Grant [$47,150.00]
14. Discussion/Action on closing the following Accounts:
Peoples State Bank ARPA-Funds, Approximate balance of $ 1,800 to be deposited into LGIP
General
Peoples State Bank Gear-Russel Donations, Approximate balance of $ 27,476 to be deposited
into LGIP General
15. Consider/Approve Application/Resolution for a 10-year loan of $221,893 with an interest rate of
5.5% from the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands for the purpose of financing the purchase
of a Highway Dump Truck.
16. Consider/Approve signing contract with CNSI for computer and video hardware and a 3-year
contract with Spectrum for phones and internet for the new Community Center building.
17. Discussion/Action on selling the current Town Hall/Library building to be moved off sight
18. Consider/Approve Town of Phelps Road Plan
19. Consider/Approve Private Road Name Request - Tranetzki Lane off Strong Road
20. Consider/Approve advertising and filling the Clerk/Treasurer position following the Resignation of
Sheryl J Ward, whose final working day will be December 31, 2025
21. Update on former Lillian Kerr Health Care Center property:
Demolition project
Future Development Strategies
22. Update/Approve Republic Services Recycling Contract
23. Update on new Community Center project – Concrete cracks in the foundation
24. Update on new Town Shop project
25. Update on Hwy G Landfill issue
26. Adjournment
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Kathleen R Ray, Deputy Clerk/Treasurer
This agenda has been posted at the Phelps Town Hall/Community Center, Phelps Post Office, Phelps Convenience Center, Town
Website, and emailed to the Vilas County News Review November 10, 2025.
Source: Town of Phelps website. First collected Oct 10, 2026.