Minutes

Martell Town Board Monthly Meeting Minutes June 10th, 2025 at 7:00 PM at W5581 800 th Avenue, Spring Valley, WI 54767 1. Call to Order: Chairman Brathol called the meeting to to Order at 7:00 pm 2. Roll Call: All Board members present 3. Verification of Public Notice: Confirmed 4. Approve Agenda: Brathol made a motion to amend the agenda to move 11. h to 11. a. to pair with the Treasurer's report, Kaminski 2nd, all in favor, motion carries. Kidd made a motion to approve amended agenda, Kaminski 2nd, all in favor, motion carries 5. Approve Minutes: a. Kidd made a motion to approve amended minutes from the 04/08 meeting, Kaminski 2nd, all in favor, motion carries b. Kaminski made a motion to approve minutes from the 05/13 meeting, Kidd 2nd, all in favor, motion carries c. Kidd made a motion to approve minutes from the 05/29 Working Meeting, Kaminski 2nd, all in favor, motion carries d. Kidd motion to approve minutes from the 06/04 Info Gathering Meeting, Kaminski 2nd, all in favor, motion carries 6. Persons wishing to address the Board: - None 7. Treasurer’s report -Board accepted the treasurer’s report with May disbursements = $29,518.74 and receipts = $5,679.40. Total ending balance for May = $237,222.08. 8. Action/Discussion Items a. Kidd made a motion to approve disbursements, Kaminski 2nd, all in favor, motion carries b. Kaminski made a motion to Table Amending / Adopting Town Policies until we can confirm the latest set of policies to be amended. Kidd 2nd, all in favor, motion carries c. Kaminiski make a motion to authorize the chair to enter into a contract with Josh Meyers for the build out of the website for a cost not to exceed $1,200 for the calendar year and to authorize him to procure up to 6 wi.gov email addresses / accounts for for a total of no more than $700/year per email. Kidd 2nd, all in favor, motion carries d. Disposal of old recycling shed: No bids received. We’ll contact Duane Nelson who expressed interest. e. Kidd made a motion to accept the Ordinance amending the Liquor License Ordinance from 2024 as follows: remove duplicate item 1.3. Section d. Section 2. Item 5.b removing the requirement for notarization, and Section 3 item 6.b. will be deleted entirely b/c no commercial zoning is required. -, Kaminski 2nd, all in favor, motion carries f. Kidd made a motion to approve Liquor License for Barns of Lost Creek, LLC, Kaminski 2nd, all in favor, motion carries g. Kidd made a motion to approve Liquor License for Mystical Rose Gardens, Kaminski 2nd, all in favor, motion carries h. Kidd made a motion to Adopt the Pierce County Multi-Hazards Mitigation Plan, 2024 with addendum including local sites of concern, Kaminksi 2nd, all in favor, motion carries i. Consider Road Work Bids Discussion: Brathol wants to verify budgeted funds for this work. It was noted that the bid from Fahrner’s was not signed, Kaminski made a motion to Table the decision until a working meeting to be scheduled ASAP, Kidd 2nd, all in favor, motion carries. 9. Discuss road work -Bob got an estimate to double chip seal for 770th: $52,183 + $6000 for crushed rock for 4808 feet of road. Will look at fixing 690th St. patch & try to do something with it. Other patch turned out good. 10. Discuss and approve driveway permits – none to discuss - possibly one pending 11. All-Croix Permit & Inspection Report and Pierce Co. Land Use Permits/inspections a. WIFF, CHARLES AND BARBARA 5237 835TH AVE ELECTRICAL - RESIDENTIAL $2,000 b. WALZ, GERALD N8670 650TH ST GARAGE, DETACHED $70,000 c. LARSON, BRADY, N8412 620TH ST POLE SHED - $1,800 12. Department / Committee Reports: If not listed, nothing to report a. Planning Commission (PC) - Public Presentation: June 21st ,12 - 3 PC & Ken Harwood from MRRPC will share the results of the survey and give recommendations on policies to implement over the next 10 years. Refreshments will be served b. Employee’s report: May = 126 hour road maint, 10 hrs road construction, and 4 hrs shop work. c. Maintenance & repair issues - old shop, still waiting on bid to reframe the door. 13. Read correspondence: Estimate for the Bell Tower sent from Wayne 14. Set date for July meeting - July 8th, Kidd motion to set for July 8th, Kaminski 2nd, all in favor, motion carries 15. Public Comment - a. Fred Lehmann: Concerns about conditional use permits & zoning regs. Board will look into these concerns. b. Dale Olson: Commended the new board for its high level of professionalism and thinks they’re doing a good job. c. Tim Rustad: 770th dust control and traffic concerns. The Board will look into adjusting dust control and other mitigation possibilities. 16. Next Monthly Meeting Agenda Items: tabled items, conditional use & other permits processes, belfry, 17. Adjourn: Kidd made a motion to adjourn, Kaminski 2nd, all in favor, motion carries