Minutes

The Martell Town Board Monthly Meeting held on November 11th, 2025 at 8:00 PM at The Martell Town Hall, located at W5581 800 th Avenue Meeting Minutes 1. Call to Order: Chairman Brathol called the meeting to order at 7:20 2. Roll Call: All Board members present 3. Verification of Public Notice: Yes 4. Kidd made a motion to approve the agenda, Kaminski 2nd, all in favor, motion carried 5. Kidd made a motion to approve minutes from 10/7 Town Board Meeting, Kaminski 2nd, all in favor, motion carries 6. Kaminski made a motion to approve the minutes from the 10/15 Budget Workshop Meeting, Kidd 2nd, all in favor, motion carried 7. Kaminski made a motion to approve the minutes from the 11/7 Road Grant Working Meeting, Brathol 2nd, all in favor, motion carries. 8. Receive October Treasurer’s report & October Receipts: Ended with $5218.94 in GC. Ended MM - $126,929 9. Kidd made a motion to approve the October disbursements, Kaminski 2nd, all in favor, motion carries 10. Nuisance Ordinance options: Kidd would like to establish something. Kidd will refer to Pierce County Nuisance codes and circle back. We may need to help the county police nuisance properties. 11. Kidd made a motion to approve Ordinance 2025-08 Driveway Permits Kaminski 2nd, all in favor, motion carries. 12. Kaminski made a motion to approve Resolution 2025-05 Driveway Installation Standards, Kidd 2nd, all in favor, motion carries. 13. Kaminski made a motion to adopt the Cyber Security Policy, Kidd 2nd, all in favor, motion carries. Kidd made a motion to approve the Business Continuity Policy, Kaminski 2nd, all in favor, motion carries. 14. Kidd made a motion to approve Resolution 2025-06 to apply for PreDisaster Flood Resiliency Grant Funding, Kaminski 2nd, all in favor, motion carries. 15. Kidd made a motion to approve Resolution 2025-07 Authorizing the Town of Martell to Pursue LRIP Funding, Kaminski 2nd, Discussion: 2 potential projects that would be eligible: Entitlement project: dbl chip seal 870th from RF line to 690th St including 690th St North of 29. Discretionary or Supplemental project: cold patch 690th Ave from J to Gilman. 16. Kaminski made a motion to approve Resolution 2025-08 Increasing Poll Workers Wages, Kidd 2nd. Discussion: Benchmarking with surrounding townships, increasing wages to $13 and $14/hr effective January 1st. Kidd disclosed she is a poll worker and would abstain from voting, but no one felt that was necessary. All in favor, motion carries. 17. Road Work: 870th Box Culvert installed, gravel approaches right now, but they plan to black top it this year. Bob did a lot of patching on 730th Ave & 490th St to prep it for next year. 18. Driveway permits that were approved: Carlton Trainham: 690th St and Paul Frandsen: 690th Ave 19. Receive Building Permits Report: No building permits for October 20. Pierce County Land Use Permits: Carlton Trainham, N8516 690th St. uniform address numbering 21. Receive Department / Committee Reports a. Planning Commission: Discussion of Operations Ordinance, plan to start with a Road Ordinance. Bring in new people and perspectives to get a broader range of views. Transparency is a concern. Next meeting: Rep from Xcel about a lay-down yard, 4.5 acres on 510th St. Zoning concerns PC charged with gathering information and bringing it back to the board. b. EAASOC - Met on 10/21: Developed an Org Chart. Next year for the new ambulance. Martell 39 calls YTD compared to 41 last year. c. Employee - 175 hours work. 770th shoulders . New garage door Nov. 17th, JD fuel gauge d. Cemetery - Kidd getting acquainted with all the documents. Will look into veterans grave grant. e. Maintenance & Repair : old shop garage door installation November 17th 22. Correspondence : Nicole Richardson: Trailer pymnt; Public Hearing Notice, PCDLM; Weather Emergency call out list; DWD 2026 UI Rate, Scott’s Construction, Thank you; Fred Lehman letter, PC DLM Letter to 650th St, Uline bag shortage credit $60; PPC Load Management Test Notice 23. Kidd made a motion to hold the December board meeting on the 9th. Kaminski out of town for work. Kidd amended the motion date to December 16th. Kaminski 2nd, all in favor, motion carries. 24. Public Comment: a. Dale Olson: Great job guys. Thoroughly impressed. b. Fred Lehman: PC delegation and work procedure needs to be refined. Use Road Ord as an example. c. Prescott BerghL Commended the board for really doing a great job. It's remarkable. d. Heather Sitz: Reminder about newsletter, Robin will be in touch about this and the tax insert. 25. Discuss next meetings’ agenda items: Ordinance to assign poll workers, Resolution to amend the 2025 Budget, follow up on nuisance ordinance research 26. Kaminski made a motion to adjourn, Kidd 2nd, all in favor, motion carries.