Town Board — Minutes

Town of Little Falls Regular Monthly Board Meeting February 8, 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 January meeting. Alan McCoy made a motion to accept the minutes from the January meeting. Second by Tom Stuessel. Motion carried. Ginnie Follendorf gave the treasurer’s report. Beginning Balance $ 881,676.38 Monthly Income $ 1,376,550.34 Monthly Expenses $ 775,237.49 Ending Balance $ 1,482,989.23 Funds for ARPA are: $ 140,898.34 which is included in the ending balance. Tom Stuessel made a motion to accept the treasurer’s report. Second by Alan McCoy. Motion carried. First item on the agenda is Conditional Use Permit application for a small business manufacturing located at 6847 Dayton Ave, Sparta, WI operated by Ken Arendt. Chairman Olsen asked Mr. Arendt to give some information regarding his business and the application request. Mr. Arendt gave a history of his business and had a display of items he manufactures for the board to view. He currently is wanting to put a machine in his shop as he needs more power to do more of the manufacturing at home. He states semis will be load approximately one time per month. They are currently only doing packaging but want to expand to do the manufacturing. Looking into the future to purchase land for a more commercial building. Alan McCoy made a motion to accept the application for the conditional use permit. Second by Tom Stuessel. Motion carried. Clerk will draft a letter and send to zoning of approval. Next Agenda Item: Community ATV Sign Balance. There is currently no update on this. Next Agenda Item: Grader update. Kevin Schober stated the grader is back, no bill received yet. Next Agenda Item: Shop furnace. There have been issues with the boiler not working in the town shop. Flocks has been out a few times and had to replace parts. The system is 23 years old. Discussion incurred on geo thermal vs other types of heating sources. It is decided that this may have to be replaced this summer. Board requested patrolmen to get bids on replacement to include also geo thermal bids. Next Agenda Item: Bartender applications 4 new. Justin Flock, Nate Parker, Chelsea Parker, Samuel Polhamus. Clerk reviewed information on applicants. Tom Stuessel made a motion to accept the four new bartender applications. Second by Alan McCoy. Motion carried. Licenses approved. Next agenda Item: WTA Unit meeting-hosted by Town of Byron. Meeting will take place on Thursday Feb 16, 2023. No interest expressed from any board members in attendance. Clerk will RSVP with 0 attendance. Chairman Olsen asked if there were any other issues to be addressed. Clerk gave information to be reviewed that she had received from the WTA in regards to the township giving donations. This is just for informational purposes, which shows only under certain conditions can the township make donations. Clerk stated she had received a request from Samuel Polhamus regarding having a memorial trail ride with events for the Coats’ children who had passed away May 5, 2022 in a fire. Mr. Polhamus has already spoken with the county and received the approval from Zoning. The board stated they have no issues with this memorial taking places and just ask to be kept updated on the event. Clerk will relay information to Mr. Polhamus. Town of Little Falls Regular Monthly Board Meeting February 8, 2023 Josh Konze, patrolman, brough up the need for tires on the backhoe. He stated Degenhardt Tire gave a quote of $4400. There is also a tire through Pomps, a Michelin bibload HS, diamond tire rated to hold up better when being operated on roads. The approximate quote he received on these was $6200 and they will last a lot longer than the traditional tire. The current tires have been on for 2-3 years and wore out almost immediately. Alan McCoy made a motion to go ahead with the Diamond tire, with the condition that if the price is grater than the $6200 that the request come back to the board. Second Tom Stuessel. Motion carried. The clerk stated that the break in that included a broken window is still going through the process with the insurance adjuster. The over head door replacement is with the insurance adjuster. Josh Konze brought up the camera purchased for the landfill that he purchased at Sam’s Club. He had to purchase a Sam’s Club membership in order to purchase this camera. He did not get reimbursed for the $50 membership fee. The clerk only reimbursed the cost of the cameras as she did not have permission to pay for a membership fee. Discussion incurred. The board agreed to refund the cost of the membership to Josh Konze. Clerk will issue check. Upcoming events: Testing of the voting equipment- February 16, 2023 at 4 p.m. Spring Primary Election- February 21, 2023 Recycle Center meeting- March 7 at 7 p.m. Bills were presented. Review of Bills. A motion was made to approve the bill listing by Tom Stussel. Second by Alan McCoy. Motion carried. Next regular board meeting will be March 8, 2023 at 7 p.m. Alan McCoy then made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Second by Tom Stuessel. Motion carried. Respectfully Submitted, Cassie Schober Town of Little Falls Clerk Attendance: William Wadyt, Kevin Schober, Josh Konze, Ken Arendt, Steven Pedersen