Town Board Meeting — Minutes

TOWN OF MARION THURSDAY JUNE 11, 2026 – 7 p.m. 1. Call Meeting to Order - Chairman Garrel Walejko opened the board meeting at 7pm on Thursday, June 11, 2026. The Pledge was cited. Present were Chairman Garrel Walejko, Supervisor Dave Chase, Supervisor Bill Behnke, Clerk Tonya Nigh, Treasurer Karen Savignac, Deputy Adam Spitler, Chief Paul Mott, Bob Savignac, Marc Pindel, Ed & Bonnie Kissinger, Rick Diermeier, Karen Zimmerman and Mike Hoch. 2. Approval of Minutes a. May 14, 2026 Regular Board Meeting – Chase made a motion to approve the May 14, 2026 minutes. Motion was seconded by Chase. All favored the motion, so the motion carried. 3. Reports a. Deputy Sheriff Spitler – Town Patrol Update – Deputy Spitler stated that there were a lot of dogs running loose. -- Issues with people at the quarry…unlicensed drivers, weed, underage drinking and unlicensed vehicle. – Still waiting on the parts to fix the new squad deer damage. – Spitler will be on vacation for next couple of weeks. b. Wautoma Police Chief Mott – Boat Patrol Update – Chief Mott stated there were 16 boating violations. – They have hired Brie Chappa and trained her. -- They did Cops & Bobbers with the 4H. 120 kids caught fish and did boat safety. – Irogami boat leaking water and Brian is taking it in to get it fixed. – The swim buoys are not out in front of Silvercryst. – Should not have No Wake Buoy on Chicago Point. – Radio was having issues but is ok now. – May Report submitted to the DNR. – Sunken vessel by the 73 ramp and Foxtail Bay. The DNR was contacted and they already knew about it and were not concerned. 4. Public Comments – Karen Zimmerman said she has a problem with parking permits at the Marion lakes. She said they are public lakes and the public should be able to access them if they buy a boat license. Zimmerman asked if Town residents could get a free sticker since they pay taxes in the Town. Walejko stated they are only charging for lakes with water skis and people who live on the lakes are exempt. Zimmerman asked if they would consider it. Walejko said yes. Zimmerman then asked why is there a stop sign on 20th Dr off of County F going downhill but not going up? Walejko stated to slow people up. Rick Diermeier questioned why there are no “Order of the Town Board – No swimming, fishing or loitering” signs up on Little Hills Lake like on the other lakes. Walejko stated that people would get on the boat landings and not get off so that’s why the signs are up, but signs are only on lakes that have bigger boat landings. It is not an ordinance, as the DNR wouldn’t let them do an ordinance. Little Hills Lake has a place for people to swim. Mike Hoch, from Cedar Springs Lake was asking about parking around the lake. Walejko stated that lake has a wider road because it was built later. Walejko stated still wanted to make sure everyone realized that parking needs to be off the road so emergency vehicles can get through. Bob Savignac recommended that the Town upgrade the Lake Irogami boat to lone like the one on Silver Lake. Mott said a 4 stroke motor would be better and that boats can still be written off for 5 years. Walejko stated that the Town can consider that. 5. Treasurer’s Report a. REVISED 5/14/26 Treasurer's Report – Savignac revised the Treasurer's Report to take the Interest off the Tax account, as the interest was just accrued, not posted. b. 6/11/26 Treasurer's Report – Report offered for Audit. 6. Clerk’s Report – Nigh stated she has issued the first Town Fireworks Permit for 2026. -- Statement of Assessment has been filed. – Brian Ronspies has his BankFirst credit card. – 6/3/26 finally got credit card machine up and running but by 6/8 it was not working again. Brian has talked to IPS and we’re on the list, but it could be weeks. – Front door is not shutting. – Liquor license renewal is a mess. After Nigh took 6 hours of training, she’s trying to get everyone to complete their paperwork correctly. Waiting on more answers from the DOR and attorney on how to handle some things. Nigh stated that we’ll have to have a meeting later this month to approve the licenses after the attorney gets back me. – New Election Law & Administration Manual approved and published…994 pages. – Nigh asked if the office was going to be closed a different day since July 4th falls on a Saturday. She was told no. – Nigh stated she needed the SL-308 form from the Neshkoro Fire Department so she could file her SL-305 MOE Report. Chase said to ask Gail S at WAFD about it. – Behnke stated, “You’re on shorter hours for the summer, there just might be things you don’t get done. I know there are things we don’t get done at work.” 7. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION BY THE TOWN BOARD: a. Ed Kissinger – Weight Surfing Pamphlets – Kissinger stated that the Lake District is trying to manage wake surfing on Silver Lake. Kissinger stated that Silver Lake Board is leaning towards coming to the Town Board for an ordinance for the wake boats, as they are trying to protect the west bay from dislodging algae. He handed out a sample copy of the brochure and stated he wants board approval to put the brochures at the boat launches, along with a 18x24 sign. They would like to put a brochure box on an existing post for the summer for voluntary compliance. Chief Mott said they could hand out pamphlets if people are stopped on a trial run. Behnke made a motion to allow Silver Lake District to put the signs and pamphlet boxes on an existing post. Motion was seconded by Chase. All favored the motion, so the motion carried. b. Appoint Mary Adams as Town of Marion Representative for Waushara Co Tourism Board -- April 1, 2026-March 31, 2027 – Chase made a motion to Appoint Mary Adams as Town of Marion Representative for Waushara Co Tourism Board for April 1, 2026-March 31, 2027. Motion was seconded by Behnke. All favored the motion, so the motion carried. c. 2026-1 Resolution Supporting a Comprehensive & Sustainable Transportation Funding Solution – There was a voice vote of 3 Ayes to approve this Resolution. Chase made a motion to approve the 2026-1 Resolution Supporting a Comprehensive & Sustainable Transportation Funding Solution. Motion was seconded by Behnke. All favored the motion, so the motion carried. d. Set August Board Meeting Date – Nigh asked if the August Board meeting date could be moved to the following week, as it’s a rough week to have an Election and Board Meeting the same week. After discussion, the board decided to leave the date on the regular meeting date of August 13th. Behnke made a motion to leave the August Board Meeting on August 13th. Motion was seconded by Chase. All favored the motion, so the motion carried. e. Credit Card Machine at Silverlake 1. Problems with Credit Card Machine 2. Merchant Services Contract 3. IPS Contract It was discussed all the problems the Town has had with the Credit Card Machine and that IPS will not get it back up and running. Spitler has not been writing any parking tickets, as he’s not sure who has purchased an annual permit. Savignac received a new contract that Merchant Services wants signed since Vicki Snyder signed the contract and she is no longer working for the Town. Savignac also handed out Merchant Services reports and bank statements so the Board could see how difficult it was for her to process them. Chief Mott suggested writing a Demand for Cure letter. He has a sample and he will email it to Nigh. Behnke made a motion to have Brian put an Out of Order sign on the machine & put the paper tickets out AND for Nigh to write a Demand for Cure letter to threaten IPS to see if the Town can get our money back for the machine. Motion was seconded by Chase. All favored the motion, so the motion carried. f. New Parking Permit Money Boxes – Walejko has been helping Brian collect the money out of the money boxes and it is a lot of ground work. Walejko thinks new boxes are a good idea but a lot to figure out first. Bob Savignac found some new boxes online and he thinks they would be around $2,000 each for the box, shipping and cement. They are a box that pulls out of the box. Walejko said he would take a look at it when he has time. g. Update Town Hall Rental Application & Non-Profit Organizations not following Rules – It was Discussed that the Non-Profit Organizations are not cleaning up per the rules after using the Town Hall. Chase made a motion that all Non-Profit Organizations need to sign the new updated contract, the first violation of the contract will be a phone call to tell them and the 2nd time they will pay the $50 fee. Motion was seconded by Behnke. All favored the motion, so the motion carried. h. Zone change request from KRB Holdings LLC – Resolution of Approval by Governing Body – It was discussed and Walejko stated that they didn’t need to sign it. 8. Correspondence – Walejko and Nigh shared the correspondence they had received. 9. Complaints – Been a quiet month. 10. Approval of payment of current bills - Chase made a motion to approve payment of the current bills. Motion was seconded by Behnke. All favored the motion, so the motion carried. 11. Announcements: a. Next Monthly Board Meeting, Thursday, July 9, 2026 – 7:00P.M. 12. Adjournment - Behnke made a motion to adjourn at 8:50pm. Motion was seconded by Chase. All favored the motion, so the motion carried. Minutes taken by: . T. Nigh, Town Clerk