Town Board Meeting — Minutes

TOWN OF MARION THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2025 – 7 p.m. 1. Call Meeting to Order / Pledge of Allegiance - Chairman Garrel Walejko opened the board meeting at 7:01pm on Thursday, December 11, 2025. The Pledge was cited. 2. Roll Call - Present were Chairman Garrel Walejko, Supervisor Bill Behnke, Supervisor Dave Chase, Clerk Tonya Nigh, Treasurer Karen Savignac, Bob Savignac, Jeff Anderson, and Adam Kelley 3. Approval of Minutes a. November 13, 2025 Budget Hearing b. November 13, 2025 Special Town Meeting of Electors c. November 13, 2025 Regular Board Meeting -- Chase made a motion to approve all three November 13, 2025 meeting minutes. Motion was seconded by Behnke. All favored the motion, so the motion carried. 4. Reports a. Deputy Sheriff – Town Patrol Update -- Deputy Adam Spitler was not at the meeting but had sent in a report stating low activity month due to his vacation hours. First snow plowing was rough and received complaints. Larger snow this week was much better. Deputy Spitler found meth on a traffic stop while working a shift for the County. b. Wautoma Police Chief – Boat Patrol Update --Take this off the agenda for the winter. 5. Public Comments -- Adam Kelley, Kelley Sand & Gravel, stated they just got a sander for a pickup and have created a route for this person. This is their first season with 2 pickups and 2 big trucks…Made the plowing a lot quicker. There are snow concerns at the Lake Lucerne boat landing. 6. Treasurer’s Report 7. Clerk’s Report – Clerk Nigh stated that the Form CT has been corrected and submitted with a $14 rounding adjustment. It was a team effort with help from Treasurer Savignac, Alicia from Waushara Tax, Jessie from Waushara County and Terri from Town of Big Flats. – Mill Rate Worksheet filed and property taxes were printed last week. Levy Limit worksheet, State of WI DOT 2025 Road Work Map and Statement of Taxes reports have been completed. Gary is working on the Pavement Rating Worksheet. – Pete Fischback at Guardian CPR allowed Deputy Spitler to use one of his AED’s until the one the Town order arrived. – Waushara Tax Audit is coming along…done thru 2024. 8. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION BY THE TOWN BOARD: a. Put all Parking Permit money into the User Fee Savings – The Board discussed about leaving the Parking Permit money in the User Fee Savings for repairs and maintenance at the boat landing and changing the Credit Card deposits for the permits to automatically go into the User Fee Savings. Behnke made a motion to approve the automatically putting the Credit Card payments into the User Fee account and leaving the User Fee Savings funds in the account for repairs and maintenance. Motion was seconded by Chase. All favored the motion, so the motion carried. b. Cipher lock for South Town Hall Door quote – The quote from JR’s Lock is $494 to purchase the cipher lock and have them install it, if they come at the same time as they open the safes. c. Opening 2 safes quote & what to do with the old safes after opened -- Chase made a motion to approve the hiring JR’s Lock to purchase & install the cipher lock at $494 and open the 2 safes at $550…and then to scrap the old safes. Motion was seconded by Behnke. All favored the motion, so the motion carried. d. Treasurer’s Tax Collection Bond -- Bond paperwork was received today. Treasurer Savignac will take the paperwork and check to Victor at Rural Mutual tomorrow. Behnke made a motion to approve getting the Treasurer’s Bond through Rural Mutual. Motion was seconded by Chase. All favored the motion, so the motion carried. e. Positive Pay Exception instead of using Stop Payments – Clerk Nigh discussed that going forward, the Town could use the Positive Pay to not allow an unwanted check to clear instead of paying the Stop Payment fee. Chase made a motion to have the Clerk set up the banking however she needs to. Motion was seconded by Behnke. All favored the motion, so the motion carried. f. 2026 UMOS Contract discussion – After discussion, the Board decided to leave the Contract the same as it was this year. Behnke made a motion to approve the 2026 UMOS Contract at $735. Motion was seconded by Chase. All favored the motion, so the motion carried. g. 2026 Clerk’s Contract & end of year bonus – The Board and Clerk Nigh discussed the Clerk’s 2026 Contract – Change the Personal Days to 17 to allow for the 5 she earned this year and didn’t use. On Board Meeting Thursdays: Work 2pm-8pm; except June – August, have Mondays off and work Thursday from 12pm-8pm. Chase made a motion to table the Clerk’s 2026 Contract to sign next month after the changes have been made to the contract. Motion was seconded by Behnke. All favored the motion, so the motion carried. – Behnke made a motion to approve a $3,000 2025 year- end bonus for the Clerk. Motion was seconded by Chase. All favored the motion, so the motion carried. h. Election Inspectors Appointments for 2026-2027 -- Behnke made a motion to approve the appointments of the election workers on the list. Motion was seconded by Chase. All favored the motion, so the motion carried. i. Paul Weaver use of Town Hall on 12/25/25 -- Chase made a motion to approve Paul Weaver renting the Town Hall on 12/25/25. Motion was seconded by Behnke. All favored the motion, so the motion carried. j. Set up Amazon & Walmart Charge Accounts -- Clerk Nigh discussed with the Board about opening Amazon and Walmart Charge Accounts and having the accounts tax exempt. Chase made a motion to not open these charge accounts and just use the credit card to make purchases and pay the tax. Motion was seconded by Behnke. All favored the motion, so the motion carried. k. Stump removal at Little Hills Lake quote – Chase said he received a verbal quote of a couple hundred dollars to grind stumps in the Spring, but not grind in the water. Chase made a motion to approve $200 for grinding in the Spring. Motion was seconded by Behnke. All favored the motion, so the motion carried. l. AED for Deputy Sheriff -- Behnke made a motion to approve the purchase of a new AED for the Deputy Sheriff. Motion was seconded by Chase. All favored the motion, so the motion carried. 9. Correspondence – Every month the Town is receiving a letter from the Wisconsin DOT for the Police Department in regards to traffic violations. The Board said to contact the DOT and let them know that the Town doesn’t have a police department anymore. -- Letters came from Adams Columbia Electric Coop (ACEC) that they are changing the billing dates of all their customers. Bills now will be due at a wrong time of the month to where the Town can pay at the Board meeting. The Board wants the Clerk to contact ACEC and see if they will change all the Town’s billing to the 3rd Thursday of the month. 10. Complaints -- There were several complaints about snow and mailboxes being hit. 11. Approval of payment of current bills -- Behnke made a motion to approve the December 2025 current bills. Motion was seconded by Chase. All favored the motion, so the motion carried. 12. Announcements: a. Next Monthly Board Meeting, Thursday, January 8, 2026 – 7:00P.M. b. Shelves are being built in the Evidence Room by Jeff Anderson. 13. Adjournment – At 8:00pm, Chase made a motion to adjourn. Motion was seconded by Behnke. All favored the motion, so the motion carried. Minutes were taken by: T. Nigh, Town Clerk