Town Board — Minutes

Town of Little Falls Regular Monthly Board Meeting June 14, 2023 Board members in attendance: Ginnie Follendorf, Treasurer; Tom Stuessel, Supervisor; Alan McCoy, Supervisor; Bryan Olsen, Chair; Cassie Schober, Clerk; Chairman Olsen called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Then read the agenda. It was asked if everyone had a chance to review the minutes from the May meeting. Tom Stuessel made a motion to accept the minutes from the May meeting. Second by Alan McCoy. Motion carried. Ginnie Follendorf gave the treasurer’s report. Beginning Balance $ 664,065.05 Monthly Income $ 10,808.65 Monthly Expenses $ 73,170.62 Ending Balance $ 601,703.08 Alan McCoy made a motion to accept the treasurer’s report. Second by Tom Stuessel. Motion carried. First Agenda Item: Conditional Use Permit application of Cataract Essential Services (CES), Inc for a multi-purpose use community center located at 6070 State Hwy 27 Sparta, WI. The adjoining land use is residential, business and woodlands. Bethany Ahnen was present to represent CES. Ms. Ahnen stated they would like to use the space for a food pantry, recreation and rental space and a daycare. Tom Stuessel made a motion to accept the application for the conditional use permit. Second by Alan McCoy. Motion carried. Clerk will draft a letter and send to zoning of approval. Next Agenda Item: Petition for Variance for Lynn and Darlene Merow at 4189 County Hwy S, Sparta, WI to replace and existing building when said structure is contrary to section 47-296(4) of the Monroe County Zoning Code. A hearing will be held on June 29, 2023 at 4189 Cty. Hwy S. Ms. Merow was present and gave a history of the building and the situation leading up to the petition. Alan McCoy made a motion to accept the petition. Second by Tom Stuessel. Motion carried to approve petition of variance pending Board of Adjustment approval. Chairman Olsen will be present at the hearing. Next Agenda Item: Antenna for school buses. A representative (Kevin) is present at the meeting from the bus company. Kevin gives a history and overview of the need for the antennas. Possible locations for placement are brought up including the recycle center and the town hall. It is though the recycle center has better elevation and would get a better signal. It is stated they need power and the approval to put the antenna on the building. They would like to place this before school starts. Alan McCoy made a motion to place the antenna on the recycle center building. Second by Tom Stuessel. Motion carried. Someone will be in contact with the town patrolman in regards to access for placement. Next Agenda Item: Alcohol Beverage License Applications: Alcohol Beverage License Applications/Cigarette License received from: Cataract Sportsmens- Class B Liquor, Class B Beer The Hunting Shack- Class B Liquor, Class B Beer, Cigarette Boris Enterprise/Cataract Mart- Class A Beer, Class A Liquor, Cigarette Monkey’s Roost- Class B Liquor, Class B Beer, Cigarette The Baron’s Club-Class B Liquor, Class B Beer Big Dan’s Longbranch, Class B Beer, Class B Liquor Only concerns are The Hunting Shack has not paid their current years taxes and Big Dan’s Longbranch is not present at the meeting to make payment. Tom Stuessel made a motion to approve upon clerk receiving payment from unpaid locations. Second by Alan McCoy. Motion Carried. Clerk will issue license as stated to each establishment upon receipt of payment. Beginning date of license is 7/1/23 and to expire on 6/30/24. Operator License Applications received from: Town of Little Falls Regular Monthly Board Meeting June 14, 2023 RENEWALS—Khristina Jerome, Kimberly McKnight, Lynette Griffin, Lisa Jandt, Jennifer Andrew, Jenna Laxton, April Samson, Tim Barnum, Amber Kath-0Adams, Tammy VonRuden, Sara Timm, Kimberly Olsen, Nada Nielsen, Heather Gilbertson, Heather Schwan, Randall Sebesta, Christina Brauner, Chatham Moe, Samuel Polhamus, James Andringa, Stephanie Smith, Tim Barnum, Kyle Evans, Justin Flock, Nate Parker, Chelsea Parker, Taylor Meives, Michelle Jerome NEW—Kabre Lagrange, Kelly Baerwaldt, Ronald Funk Jr. Clerk found no issues or concerns that would prevent server’s license. Alan McCoy made a motion to approve each operator license of those named as stated above. Second by Tom Stuessel. Motion carried. Clerk will issue license as stated to each individual as stated above. Beginning date of license is 7/1/23 and to expire on 6/30/24. Next Agenda Item: Broadband Grant Information. Cedric Schnitzer is present from the county. Mr. Schnitzer states the county is in the process of applying for a 20-million-dollar grant which will give all townships adjacent to Fort McCoy access to broadband. This includes 6 townships. While the Town of Little Falls is not one of these townships the broadband supplier (Vernon Communications) is hopeful something could be worked out to also include the Town of Little Falls in receiving placement at the same time. Placement of broadband is looking to begin in 2025. Chairman Olsen asked Cedric Schnitzer if he had another other info from the county. Cedric states that County Hwy I is getting paved possibly in August. He states there is a new full-time sanitarian. There will be a meeting next week regarding the old nursing home. Increase in shared revenue is going through state approval. Chairman Olsen states there will be a picnic hosted by Erv’s Rural Fire Department on June 25 at the Zone. All board members are invited, RSVP by 6/18/23. There was a total of 6 interested with a guest. Clerk will send RSVP. Resident who owns the home next to the 1st responders building is wanting to meet to discuss the concern over the sidewalk in front of his house. Chairman Olsen will let everyone know when this will be scheduled. Josh Konze is working on putting together specs for the work to be done on the old town hall. Bills were presented. Review of Bills. A motion was made to approve the bill listing by Alan McCoy Second by Tom Stuessel. Motion carried. Next regular board meeting will be July 12 2023 at 7 p.m. Tom Stuessel then made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Second by Alan McCoy. Motion carried. Respectfully Submitted, Cassie Schober Town of Little Falls Clerk Attendance: William Wad ephul, Kevin Schober, Cedric Schnitzer , Jason Boris, Bethany Ahnen, Brian Hansche