Town Board — Minutes

Town of Exeter Regular Board Meeting Monday, September 9, 2024 – 7:00PM Ted Fahey, Mark Gundlach, Kent Brauer, and Clerk Sass present. Town members: Lyndon Hessling and Siegfried Eckhardt (Siggi). Notice legally posted. Minutes: The minutes from August 12, 2024, regular meeting presented. Motion to approve August 12, 2024, regular meeting minutes (MG/KB), all in favor, approved. Treasurer Report: Dawn summarizes balance as of August 31, 2024: $423,435.55. ARPA funds in the money market account gained $534.93 in interest. The balance is now $119,516.98. Motion to approve treasurer report (MG/KB), all in favor, approved. Announcements: Absentee ballots for November election must be out by September 19 (148 request so far). The locked ballot box will be out front on September 19. St. Mary’s Hall is available for November election. I emailed the staff for a contract. In person absentee voting begins on Tuesday, October 22 – hours will be posted. Supervisor report: Ted – Belleville Fire Department has new fire truck in the 2025 budget. Exeter’s portion will not be due until the truck comes in. We will have a public hearing for authority to borrow money before October 14 board meeting. EMS had a special meeting to consider moving money from savings to checking but did not have to because they received the second half of the budget from Exeter and will be receiving the other members second payments by September 15. Mark – nothing. Kent – nothing. Citizen Input: Siggi called Frontier about high-speed internet plan but has not gotten a response. Money for broadband has been fully exhausted. There might be more money down the road and Exeter would have a crack at it due to the grant proposal that we submitted. Committee Reports: Mark – Nothing. Kent – he encountered the first “thing” at the vault toilet this past weekend. Someone had thrown a garbage bag and a woman’s sandal into the vault toilet holding tank. Regarding cameras at the park – Burt Boldebuck was at the park committee meeting. He said catching license plates would be slim and the lighting should be 110v not solar on the newly installed light pole. There were only three members at meeting and they had some “sticker shock” with the price of cameras. Park committee decided not to send camera request to the town board. Unfinished: None New Business: • 2024 Tax Collection – Bank Letter/Insert/Agreement with G.C. Treasurer – Dawn said this is routine and done every year. Motion to approve the 2024 bank letter, tax collection agreement, and insert (MG/KB), all in favor, approved. • Damaged windshield – John was driving the town tractor to Wirth Lane to deal with a downed tree. He had to move way over to the edge of the road for oncoming traffic when the bucket struck a walnut tree branch causing walnuts to fall off the tree and hit a car behind the tractor damaging the windshield. The owner has requested the town pay his $250.00 deductible. Motion to pay the $250.00 deductible for damage to windshield after clerk receives the proper documentation from the car owner (MG/KB), all in favor, approved. • Bills – Motion to pay bills (MG/KB), all in favor, approved. Adjourn: Motion to adjourn, (KB/MG), all in favor, adjourned 7:35PM Respectfully Submitted, Dawn Marie Sass, Clerk/Deputy Treasurer