Town Board Meeting — Minutes

MANITOWOC TOWN BOARD MEETING-May 12, 2025 The regular monthly meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Manitowoc was held Monday May 12, 2025 at the Silver Creek Fire Station and Town Hall. The meeting was called to order at 7:00pm by Chairman Blahnik.  Pledge of Allegiance was said. Roll call of the Board members was documented. Chairman-Jeff Blahnik, Supervisor-Cody Thiel, Supervisor-Matt DiMarco, Deputy Clerk/Treasurer-Kristy Schmidt, and Clerk/Treasurer-Geraldine Gilbert. Constable-Andy Shavlik, was absent Agenda for the meeting on May 12, 2025, Chairman Blahnik, asked if there were any comments or concerns with it. With no additions or corrections, a motion was made by Supervisor Thiel to approve the agenda and Supervisor DiMarco second it. Agenda is approved Minutes from the April 14, 2025, a motion was made by Supervisor DiMarco to approve the minutes and Supervisor Thiel second it. Chairman Blahnik declared the minutes to stand approved Public input, comments, concerns & questions Randy Wagner was wondering about the phragmites along Silver Creek River, if that was in the plan for 2025. Clerk Gilbert will contact Glacier land RC&D and update the town in June. Financials were presented for payment; no checks were signed. Check Detail and Deposit Detail was sent around for signatures. Residents present were: Mike Hansen 4015 S 15th ST Joe Stanzel 8516 Hwy JJ Randy Wagner 3809 S 19th ST Steven Kleckner 4008 S 18th ST William Gunzel 3703 S 26th ST Wayne Vetting 3819 S 15th ST Jean Vetting 3819 S 15th ST Andi Raduenz 3813 S 15th ST Terry Raduenz 3813 S 15th ST Al Szymczyk 1710 Lissa LN Kathy Szymczyk 1710 Lissa LN Drew Adelman 3405 S 15th ST Adam Schweigl 2500 Jenny RD Old Business Roads – Goodwin and Koeppel LN, Chairman Blahnik contacted the County Highway Department-Greg Grotegut for a bid on Goodwin and Koeppel Lane. County not interested in bidding on Goodwin but will bid on Koeppel Lane. Northeast Asphalt will be the material supplier and would over price Goodwin RD if they requested the bid. Pot holes on Johnson DR and Goodwin RD are taken care of and shouldering of the corner. Koeppel RD 165 square yards is $11,000. Estimate from Northeast Asphalt, for Goodwin RD. Goodwin RD and Highway Q intersection is a safety issue. Supervisor Thiel and Tom Arndt from Rockwood Fire Department are monitoring this intersection, two accidents this year were at the intersection. Better signage, LED stop signs, another pre stop sign ($800 to $1500 a sign), rumble strips are a few of the ideas to help improve the awareness at the corner. LRIP is ran by the highway department. The grant is divided by 5 towns and every town should receive the LRIP grant about every 5 years. Road Construction-The board brought forward the concern of the city buses on Mirro DR and their weight restrictions. A motion was made by Supervisor Thiel and seconded by Supervisor DiMarco to allow the city buses to travel on the weight restricted road until January 1, 2026 because of the extensive construction on Memorial DR. Chairman Blahnik declared the approval. Motion carried. Supervisor Thiel will put together a 5-year plan for the WISLR Rd Construction. IT Update–Town Web the new website is up and running. There are several items that need to be updated. A request for a new laptop for Kristy before the clerk school in July. Chairman Blahnik will be purchasing the laptops. Watermain Project-A group of town citizens are meeting to become more aware of the water contamination and the project. They are inviting Paul Tittl to an upcoming meeting to understand what each citizens concerns are about the water contamination. New Business Permits: New Home permit was issued for 4714 S 10th ST Constable report for the past month: 4/14/25-Message from dispatch about garbage on Johnston Dr. between HYW 310 & Goodwin Rd 4/14/25-drove to the area and filled up my 5x9 trailer with garbage & disposed of it 4/16/25-went back to same area on Johnston DR wearing Knee-high boots to get the rest of garbage and filled another trailer full of garbage. I did dig thru some of bags of garbage found an address from where garbage came from. Met with an officer on Johnston DR and gave him the address that was found. He did a follow-up at the resident’s home. I have not heard back from that! He also took the glass smoking material I found for disposal. 4/21/25-Received picture from Clerk Gilbert. Garbage pulled out of a small culvert/waterway/creek on Goodwin RD. Bike/2 strollers/skateboard and other garbage. Drove to the area and garbage was gone. We purchased 2 trail style cameras, to install in the town, trying to capture anyone that is tossing out Garbage! Road School Report-Chairman Blahnik attended at the WTA Road School and felt it improved from 2024. Dates are set for Open Book was Friday May 2, 2025 from 9am to 11am. All correspondence for Open Book was via phone or email ONLY. pamela.feavel@catalisgov.com 262-253-1142 Board of Review is set for Thursday May 22, 2025 at Silver Creek Fire Station from 3pm to 5pm. Chairman Blahnik and Clerk/Treasurer Gilbert are trained for the Board of Review. All necessary BOR documents were signed by Chairman Blahnik and Clerk/Treasurer Gilbert to allow Clerk/Treasurer to vote, confidentiality, etc. Next Monthly Town Board meeting will be Monday June 9th, 2025 at 7:00pm. There being no other business to come before the board, a motion was made by Supervisor Thiel to adjourn the May 12th meeting, seconded by Supervisor DiMarco. Motion carried. May 12th, 2025, meeting was adjourned at 8:27pm.  Respectfully submitted Geraldine Gilbert Town of Manitowoc Clerk/Treasurer