Town Board — Minutes

Town of Exeter Regular Board Meeting Monday, January 12, 2026– 7:00PM Ted Fahey, Mark Gundlach, Kent Brauer, and Clerk Sass were present. Town members: Scott Lettmen, Burt Boldebuck Notice legally posted. Minutes: The minutes from December 8, 2025, Regular Board Meeting presented. Motion to approve December 8, 2025, Regular Board Meeting minutes (MG/KB), all in favor, approved. Treasurer Report: Dawn summarizes balance as of December 31, 2025, $2,160,210.17. Money Market funds gained $467.19 in interest. The balance is now $127,054.23. Motion to approve treasurer report (MG/KB), all in favor, approved. Bills: Motion to pay bills (KB/MG), all in favor, approved. Announcements: There will not be a primary election in February. Supervisor report: Ted - EMS – has held multiple meetings in December. On 12/29 Belleville officially took over EMS service in New Glarus. They have eighty paid employees. Burt – did Exeter have to pay for 2026 because we canceled the contract – No. Burt has talked to EMS and things have been going smoothly. EMS did get the Knox box which has the keys for several buildings in New Glarus. Mark – Pelliterri (Scott) the bins will be set down on the blacktop and not pushed onto the dirt, none of our trash/recycle goes down to Green County dump, the guys are not waiting for bins to empty so there is still trash/recycle left in the bins. The route guys will be talked to about this. Fire number signs will be installed by our patrolman not the highway department beginning January 1, 2026. Highway will be getting crushed chips and going away from limestone. Brine on roads – Brine cheaper than salt. Salt melts after a snowfall and turns to brine. Highway wants to build a brine building. Scott – will we be changing the design of the fire number signs. There are a lot of faded signs and design is out of date. Kent - Senior center is running fine. Ted – 2026 mini-revaluation. Gardiner appraisal will have an informational meeting on Wed. 1/28 at 6:30PM. Ted – per the Town Association magazine town website is now official posting site. We can use kiosk by recycle center and at town hall for the two other official sites. Clerk asks if we can get a new kiosk by the recycle center? Burt - What about having the school shop or boy scouts build a new one? Clerk - wood must be painted or it will fade and rot. Clerk is not going to paint kiosks again. We can get a kiosk from recycled plastic that will not fade, rot, or fall apart. Citizen Input: Scott – when will Blazer Rd get re-made? Ted – not soon because we have other roads in the county that are in worse shape. If you have a business, you need to have a public hearing for a conditional use permit. Road bond if running semis often. Committee Reports: Mark -None. Kent – None. Ted asked did the park make money during the tree lighting? Mark replied no. Unfinished: None New Business: • Board of Review Training – February 6, 2026, Mark and Dawn will attend. • Closed Session – Personnel discussion Motion to go into closed session (KB/MG), all in favor, approved. Closed session 7:37PM. Motion to leave closed session and go back to regular meeting (MG/KB), all in favor, approved. Closed session ended at 8:15PM. Adjourn: Motion to adjourn (MG/KB), all in favor, approved. Adjourned at 8:15PM Respectfully Submitted, Dawn Marie Sass, Clerk/Deputy Treasurer