Town Board Meeting — Minutes

MANITOWOC TOWN BOARD MEETING-April 14, 2025 The regular monthly meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Manitowoc was held Monday April 14, 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, Constable-Andy Shavlik, Deputy Clerk/Treasurer-Kristy Schmidt, and Clerk/Treasurer-Geraldine Gilbert. Agenda for the meeting on April 14, 2025, Chairman Blahnik, asked if there were any comments or concerns with it. With no additions or corrections, a motion was made by Supervisor DiMarco to approve the agenda and Supervisor Thiel second it. Agenda is approved Minutes from the February 10, 2025 after corrections were made, a motion was made by Supervisor DiMarco to approve the February minutes and Supervisor Thiel second it. Chairman Blahnik declared the minutes to stand approved with the corrections. Minutes from the March 10, 2025, a correction was requested by Chairman Blahnik, the county bill was documented in the March minutes as an amount for snow plowing and he preferred it to be just snow plowing. A motion was made by Supervisor Thiel to approve the March minutes after the correction and Supervisor DiMarco second it. Chairman Blahnik declared the minutes to stand approved with the corrections. Public input, comments, concerns & questions No public comments from residents. Financials were presented for payment; no checks were signed. A motion was made by Supervisor Thiel and seconded by Supervisor DiMarco to allow bills to be paid. Chairman Blahnik declared the financials approval to be paid. Motion carried. Check Detail and Deposit Detail was sent around for signatures. Residents present were: Mike Hansen 4015 S 15th ST Joe Stanzel 8516 Hwy JJ Shane Powalisz 3204 Nagle Ave Justin Terp 3627 S 26th ST William Gunzel 3703 S 26th ST Old Business Roads – Chairman Blahnik contacted the County Highway Department regarding a missing a sign at the intersection of Jenny Road and Cimarron Court. County ordered and installed the sign. Call regarding a pothole at intersection of Johnson and Goodwin, also shouldering of the corner is needed. Call from Northeast Asphalt regarding weight limits on Woodlawn Drive. Restoration project taking place. Weight limits do not come off this road at all during anytime of the year. Road Construction-Goodwin Rd will be ½ inch grind then repaved in the summer of 2026. IT Update–Town Web the new website is up and running. Chairman Blahnik is the only individual with access to the Town Web. All updates and changes would have to be done through him. After discussion Clerk/Treasurer Gilbert will be given access to the Town Web, to update minutes, policies, ordinances, elections, calendar, budgets, meetings, etc. New computers will be purchased in 2025 for clerk/treasurer, deputy clerk/ treasurer and chairman. Quick-books will be purchased annually at approximately $700 or $350, if shared with SCFD. Watermain Project-E-mail sent to the Greg Minikel City Engineer regarding the watermain project on the east side of South 26th ST, Jenny Road to Silver Creek Road. Documentation of the Allegator cracking on S 26th ST was done before the work was started. Hydrants are not installed as of 4/14/2025. Boring work being done under Highway C and I43. Work on the water main was put on hold until August 2025 because of DNR restrictions and the wildlife. No other update. Received response from Mayor Nickols, a spoke person will be present at the annual meeting on April 15 talking about the water project. Signed contract was sent to Calumet County to have an account set up with Calumet County for the striping work to be done on the roads 15th and 19th that were paved in 2024. Striping date TBD. New Business Permits: WPS Right of Way Permit received Jacob Holschbach called regarding a driveway permit (no permit issued yet) Constable presented his report for the past month: 3.22.25 dog loose on northside-went and no dog found 3.22.25 Gun shooting in area of Silver Creek Rd. Target practice and everything was safe. Total of 16 Tires were picked up. Took them to Powers to be disposed. Election -April 1, 2025, tabulator malfunctioned, contacted County Clerk Backus. Clerk Backus reached out to Dan from the company and helped her troubleshoot. Tabulator locked up after the report was ran at the end of the night. Maintenance will be done in May. WTA Attorney- Sharing of accounting Quick-books software with the SCFD is approved Training wages, for deputy $18.00 per hour; extra meetings $45.00 and/or $65.00 if over 3 ½ hours Wage discussion for elected Board Members to be done in even years-not election years. Dates are set for Open Book-Friday May 2, 2025 from 9am to 11am. All correspondence for Open Book will be 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. Next Monthly Town Board meeting will be Monday May 12th, 2025 at 7:00pm. There being no other business to come before the board, a motion was made by Supervisor Thiel to adjourn the April 14th meeting, seconded by Supervisor DiMarco. Motion carried. April 14th, 2025, meeting was adjourned at 8:17pm.  Respectfully submitted Geraldine Gilbert Town of Manitowoc Clerk/Treasurer S 26th ST ordinance agreement with the Town of Newton will be put on hold until later this year. Culvert on S 19th to S 15th, Chairman Blahnik to talk with land owners before he contacts DNR to see if they have any documentation (history).