Town Board Meeting — Minutes

TOWN OF MARION THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2026 – 7 p.m. 1. Call Meeting to Order / Pledge of Allegiance – Chairman Garrel Walejko opened the board meeting at 7pm on Thursday, April 9, 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, Bob Savignac, Marc Pindel, Adam Kelley, Emily Blader and Jeff Anderson. 2. Approval of Minutes a. March 12, 2026 Regular Board Meeting - Behnke made a motion to approve the March 12, 2026 minutes. Motion was seconded by Chase. All favored the motion, so the motion carried. 3. Reports a. Deputy Sheriff – Town Patrol Update – Deputy Spitler stated he had an OWI arrest during the big storm. – Since the NZ house trash is worse again, Spitler wrote a letter that it needed to be cleaned up. – The new squad is doing well. – Called & emailed Auction Associates but no reply yet. – Spitler stated there was a dog issue on Oakwood, citation issued and taken care of. - Upside down flag being flown. Spitler stopped to check on the lady and she was not happy about that. 4. Public Comments - None 5. Treasurer’s Report – Savignac stated that the LGIP account does not require a balance to be kept in the account. Savignac asked if she should transfer the rest of the funds. Walejko told her to do what she wanted, she was the treasurer. She stated that the LGIP account was making more interest. 6. Clerk’s Report – Nigh stated that she filed the three 2% Fire Dues Self Certification Reports. – Chief Mott attended a DNR Grant Workshop and the 2025 patrol season aid payment for 2025 was received $9,704.81. – 4/7/26 election: 656 voter with 104 absentee. Had a few hiccups but worked as a team and figured it out. – Still no response from IPS on coming to fix the credit card machine. 7. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION BY THE TOWN BOARD: a. Parking on the Road / No Parking Sign Ordinance – There was discussion how the roads around the lakes are narrow, therefore making it hard or impossible for emergency vehicles to get through and that there would needing to be an Ordinance drafted by an attorney. It would need to state that vehicles must park on the property owner’s property and not the right-away. The roads would have to be designated in the Ordinance. Spitler stated that the current parking ordinance is not clear. Adam Kelley questioned about no parking on all town roads, as there are snow plowing issues to also consider. There are lots of issues to consider, such as where to park. Chase stated there is no issue yet on Little Hills. Chase made a motion to table. Motion was seconded by Behnke. All favored the motion, so the motion carried. b. Brush/Tree Limbs from Storm Damage – Discussion on what should be done with all the downed branches from the ice storm. Walejko stated he had sent Adam Blader out to pick up what he could see. Chase said he contacted the Town of Mt Morris to see what they are doing…which is opening the dump for 3 Saturdays. Walejko doesn’t think the Town dump has enough room for all the brush. Chase & Behnke want an estimate from Blader before pickup. Adam Kelley stated he has a large area on Townline Road that he would allow Town of Marion residents to bring their brush to for no charge. Kelley said he was trying to help the Town clean up at no cost to the Town. The Board told him that they appreciated the offer. Chase made a motion to accept Adam Kelley offer for April 18, April 25 & May 2 from 8a- noon to have property owners bring their brush to Kelley’s site. Motion was seconded by Behnke. All favored the motion, so the motion carried. Nigh will put the information on the website and email the Lake Districts. c. Disposal of Old Police Department Assets – Chase sold the Glock & Ammo Lauritzen’s. Spitler gave a lot of items to Brian Ronspies to sell. Chase made a motion for Spitler to just dispose of the left-over stuff. Motion was seconded by Behnke. All favored the motion, so the motion carried. d. Wording on New Squad Vehicle – Discussed that the wrong website was put on the new squad vehicle. Belco stated that since the lettering was new, it would come off easily and they would do it for free. The Board also discussed if the words Waushara County Sherriff Department should be added to the squad. Behnke made a motion to not add the County information and to take the wrong website off. Motion was seconded by Chase. All favored the motion, so the motion carried. e. Board of Review Vacant Spot (Clerk) – Chase talked with Avery Farrar, a Town of Marion resident, and she said she would fill the vacant spot. Chase made a motion for Avery Farrar to fill the vacant Board of Review spot. Motion was seconded by Behnke. All favored the motion, so the motion carried. f. Credit Card for Brian Ronspies for Boat Fuel – Behnke made a motion for the Town to get a Shell fuel card for Brian Ronspies to purchase boat fuel. Motion was seconded by Chase. All favored the motion, so the motion carried. g. Spring Lake goose population control – Signed Permission to “spoil” eggs – It was stated that the Town only owns the two boat landings on the Spring Lake and this should be done on private land. Chase made a motion not to sign the permission letter. Motion was seconded by Behnke. All favored the motion, so the motion carried. h. Revised Town Hall Rental Agreement – Nigh made the changes that were discussed at the last board meeting to the Town Hall Rental Agreement. Behnke made a motion to accept the new Town Hall Rental Agreement. Motion was seconded by Chase. All favored the motion, so the motion carried. 8. Correspondence a. Zone Change for KRB Holding LLC – The Board looked at it. 9. Complaints – Walejko stated he received a lot of complaint calls about the trees and snow plowing. Cree was the worst. Adam Kelley stated he had to replace one mailbox and if we get any calls about sod being rolled up, to let him know and he’ll fix it. 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, May 14, 2026 – 7:00P.M. 12. Adjournment - Behnke made a motion to adjourn at 8:22pm. Motion was seconded by Chase. All favored the motion, so the motion carried. Minutes taken by: T. Nigh, Town Clerk Board Approved 5/14/2026 tn .