2026 04 09 minutes approved

Town of Mercer Meeting of the Electors Regular Board Meeting Mercer Town Hall April 9, 2026 at 5:30pm 1. Order of business of the Meeting of the Electors a. Call the meeting of the electors to order: Chairman Lambert called the meeting to order at 530pm b. Pledge of allegiance c. Roll call: Present were Supervisors Brandt, Boes, Lundquist, Chairman Labert, Attorney Schellgell, Treasurer Bettin, Road Foreman Saarnio and Clerk Hohner were present d. Acknowledge that the meeting was properly posted: The Clerk acknowledged the meeting was properly posted e. Give the Town of Mercer Supervisors the authority to sell business park lots: Julia Pusateri made a motion to approval to sell lots 4, 9 and 10 in the business park, seconded by Chris Pollack. f. Adjourned at 5:40 2. Order of business of the Regular Meeting a. Call the regular meeting to order: Meeting was called to order b. Approval of March 12, 2026 Regular Board meeting: Lundquist made a motion to approve the minutes, seconded by Brandt. Carried 3. Open comment- limit 2 minutes per person- no formal discussion or action will be taken a. Todd Jeros from the Turtle Flambeau Flowage/Trude Lake Association to thank the board working with them, thanked Rick, Fritz and Deb for getting things done. 4. Items for Discussion/Possible Action a. Wake Boat Ordinance: Lundquist made a motion to adopt the Boarder Lake Wake Boat Ordinance with a change in 3(2) to 2nd penalty $1,000, seconded by Boes. Carried Scot made a motion to adopt the Trude Lake Wake Boat Ordinance with change in 3(2) to 2nd penalty $1,000, seconded by Brandt. Carried b. Business park lot # 4: update on sale to Rob Milashus: Fritz will finalize the filing in a week c. Business park lot # 9: update on sale to Tim Tyler: Will move forward with the sale d. Business park lot # 10: update and sale to Restored Electric: Boes made a motion to sell the land at $1,000 per acre, seconded by Scot. Carried e. Bids for 7,900 square foot flooring at the Town of Mercer garage: Mazula bid in the amount of $81,500 Barton bid in the amount of $105,700. Rick made a motion to accept Mazula’s bid, seconded by Lundquist. Carried f. Online digital forms and payment software: Boes made a motion to approve the contract, seconded by Brandt. Carried g. Tourist Rooming House software: Boes made a motion to table until May, seconded by Lundquist. Carried h. New ambulance: no action i. Semi-tractor: Lundquist made a motion to approve up to $66,500 on a semi tractor that Saarnio believes would be good for the department, seconded by Boes. Carried j. Park Board appointments: Boes made a motion to approve Brian Heleniak, seconded by Brandt. Carried with Lundquist abstaining. Lundquist made a motion to approve Tanner Hiller, seconded by Boes. Carried. Lundquist made a motion to approve Conner Brandt, seconded by Boes. Carried with Christan Brandt abstaining 5. Legal: Any change in the use of a property allows a review of the assessment. Hohner will contact the Assessor and see how he does this. The Town of Sherman is in a contract with a private entity fire department but is now looking at becoming a municipal entity. They might be looking for assistance from Mercer FD in the future. 6. Approvals a. Vouchers (issue of checks): Lundquist made a motion to approve, seconded by Brandt. Carried b. Treasurer’s report: Lundquist made a motion to approve as read, seconded by Boes. Carried c. Operator’s licenses: Boes made a motion to approve a license for Edith Gillian, seconded by Lundquist. Carried d. Liquor licenses: One day beer license for Northern Highland Health Foundation on April 11, 2026 at the community center. Motion to approve by Lundquist, seconded by Boes. Carried e. Cemetery deeds: none 7. Operation Reports a. Chair’s report: Looking at who is going to cut the grass. b. Supervisor’s reports: a. Lundquist: the park is moving forward with activities and the library has an Earth Day activity on April 18th b. Brandt: none c. Boes: Room Tax Commission meeting will be on May 20th and the grants are posted online. FD/EMS is going well. Jim will be working for a few days a week down south but feels that he will still be able to fulfill his obligations. c. Clerk’s correspondence: Thanked the best election crew in Wisconsin!! d. Road report: Submitted final submittal for snow relief funds, stripped the pit for gravel and is doing machine maintenance. Made a comment as a private citizen that the chamber should incorporate 250 years of the USA with the celebration of 100 years of the Turtle Flambeau Flowage. e. Planning Commission report: there was no meeting f. Park Board report: none 8. Go into closed session Statute 19.85 (1)( c) considering employment, promotion, compensation or performance evaluation data of any public employee over which the governmental body has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility. Lundquist made a motion to go into closed session at 6:58, seconded by Boes. Roll call all es 9. Returned to open session at 723. No action Respectfully submitted, Debbie Hohner Clerk, Town of Mercer Approved