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Clerk/Treasurer
Sheryl J Ward
townclerk@phelpswi.gov
Deputy Clerk/Treasurer
Kathleen R Ray
deputyclerk@phelpswi.gov
Town Website
www.phelpswi.gov
Town Chairman
Steve Doyen
townchair@phelpswi.gov
Town Board of Supervisors
Maureen Robinson
Jeremy Ryan
David Selby
Steve Waier Town of Phelps
4495 Town Hall Rd., PO Box 157
Phelps WI 54554
Phone: 715-545-2270
Town of Phelps
Regular Town Board Meeting Agenda
Date: Wednesday, August 13, 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 and Communications
6. Reports
a. Chairman Report
b. Town Board Supervisors Reports
c. Department/Committee Reports
d. EMS/Fire Department Reports
Discussion/Action on the Following Agenda Items (Public Comment will be Allowed on Each Agenda Item):
7. Approval of the following Meeting Minutes:
July 7, 2025, Special Town Board Meeting
July 9, 2025, Regular Town Board Meeting
July 15, 2025, Special Town Board Meeting
8. Approval of July 2025 Financial Report
9. Approval of Checks and ACH/EFT Transactions: from July 1 through July 31, 2025, including
Check #’s 20080 – 20138
10. Consider/Approve the hiring of Kristin Ludwig to the Library staff as Youth Services Assistant
11. Consider/Approve the hiring of Anthony Gifford and Anthony Hudzinski to the Fire Department as
volunteer fire fighters
12. Consider/Approve Women’s Club requests:
a. Scarecrow Fest assistance from Town Crew and Parks and volunteer opportunities
b. Permanent dumpster in Lakefront Pines Park
13. Spectacle Lake Protection and Rehabilitation District petition the Town of Phelps to expeditiously
pursue and enact legislation regulating the operation of boats in a manner that produces artificially
enhanced wake, which has been determined to cause significant damage to natural resources, and
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further restrict operation of wake enhancing boats on inland lakes of less than 250 acres of total
surface area.
14. Consider/Approve Resolution 2025-05 to Adopt the Most Current Edition of National Fire Protection
Associations NFPA 1 – Fire Code for Fire Inspection purposes
15. Consider/Approve Amendment to Ordinance 2015-03 FIRE PROTECTION
16. Consider/Approve proposed Road Plan for grant application process
17. Innovation Grant Opportunity:
• Federal Lands Access Program (FLAP) Grant – Application deadline is August 29, 2025
• WisDOT Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) – Application deadline is 5:00 pm
Friday, October 31, 2025
• WisDOT Surface Transportation Program (STP-Local) Grant – Application deadline is 5:00
pm on Friday, October 31, 2025
• WisDOT Local Road Improvement Program (LRIP) - Discretionary and Supplemental
Funding – Application deadline approximately November 2025
• Wisconsin Dept of Revenue (WDOR) Innovation Grant – Application available September
2025 and due March 31, 2026
18. Volkmann Road – Chip Sealing request
19. Update on former Lillian Kerr Health Care Center property:
• Demolition project
• Future Development Strategies
20. Update on Solid Waste and Recycling Collection for 2026:
• Discuss Price Increase from Republic Services
• Discuss future employee at the Phelps Recycling Center at 4351 DNR Vista Ln
• Discuss COM2 Agreement for Electronic Collection and Recycling date and time
21. Update on new Community Center project
22. Update on new Town Shop project
23. Update on Hwy G Landfill issue
24. Adjournment
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/s/ 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 August 11, 2025.
Source: Town of Phelps website. First collected Oct 10, 2026.