Special Town Meeting of Electors — Minutes

TOWN OF MARION THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2025 IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC BUDGET HEARING & SPECIAL TOWN MEETING OF ELECTORS at 7:00 P.M. MEETING MINUTUES 1. Call Meeting to Order/ Pledge of Allegiance -- Chairman Garrel Walejko opened the board meeting at 7:10pm on Thursday, November 13, 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, Deputy Adam Spitler, Chief Paul Mott, Bob Savignac, Jeff Anderson, Eunice Stevens and Barb Bartel. 3. Approval of Minutes a. October 9, 2025 meeting b. October 28, 2025 special meeting -- Behnke made a motion to approve the October 9 and October 28, 2025 meeting minutes. Motion was seconded by Chase. All favored the motion, so the motion carried. 4. Reports a. Deputy Sheriff – Town Patrol Update – Deputy Spitler said he had a few welfare checks and some suspicious checks. – The axel on the squad car is leaking per Portage Ford. – Deputy Spitler lost his 10+ year old AED. To replace it is about $2,500. He will get a quote. b. Wautoma Police Chief – Boat Patrol Update – Chief Mott dropped off the boat patrol Invoice. -- He has submitted the Coast Guard Report and it’s been approved. – Employees have enjoyed doing the Boat Patrol. 1. 2026 Boat Patrol -- The Board and citizens discussed the boat patrol. Chief Mott will file a Notice of Intent with the DNR. 5. Public Comments – Chairman Walejko discussed that he wanted to clean out the evidence room and get more shelves built in there. Jeff Anderson said he would look at building the shelves. 6. Treasurer’s Report 7. Clerk’s Report–11/12/25 Received an email from the DOR that the 2024 Form CT is out of balance. They are giving us 2 weeks to find the errors. – Tonya is working on getting her Notary. – New Town Website is LIVE but still having problems sometimes. – South wall inside & outside lights replaced on 11/11/25 as they were “Fried”. – Gary put in the new battery in the emergency lighting by the bathroom. – Lake Alpine Silt Trap letters were written and emailed. – Received a $500 check from By Silver Pond Homeowners Assoc for street lights. 8. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION BY THE TOWN BOARD: a. Approve the 2026 Budget -- Behnke made a motion to approve the 2026 Budget. Motion was seconded by Chase. All favored the motion, so the motion carried. b. Receipt Printer for Credit Card Machine at Maes Landing -- Table this until next year when we see if the credit card machine works after being fixed. -- Chase made a motion totable the item. Motion was seconded by Behnke. All favored the motion, so the motion carried. c. Cipher lock for South Town Hall Door – Chase wasn’t able to get any information to review. Table this until next month. -- Chase made a motion to table the item. Motion was seconded by Behnke. All favored the motion, so the motion carried. d. Positive Pay – BankFirst – This $120 fee was discussed after talking to Stacy at the bank. The Board decided to keep it. Chase made a motion to approve keeping Positive Pay. Motion was seconded by Behnke. All favored the motion, so the motion carried. e. Set up AutoZone Charge Account – Clerk Nigh stated that this should have stated Auto Value, not AutoZone. Behnke made a motion to approve opening an Auto Value charge account. Motion was seconded by Chase. All favored the motion, so the motion carried. f. Donations to Libraries and Senior Citizen Center – It was discussed that the Town shouldn’t do donations without the elector’s approval. Chase made a motion to table the item until the April’s Elector’s meeting. Motion was seconded by Behnke. All favored the motion, so the motion carried g. Quit Claim Deed from the Town of Marion to Eunice Stevens, Parcel #016-00724-0500 Eunice stated she was having trouble getting a clear title insurance policy, as the Vacate Order didn’t have her name on it, so the attorney wants a quit claim deed. Behnke made a motion to approve the Quit Claim Deed. Motion was seconded by Chase. All favored the motion, so the motion carried. h. Treasurer’s Tax Collection Bond – Savignac’s Treasurer’s Tax Bond hasn’t been approved yet, as the insurance company is waiting to review the Audit. Since taxes will be mailed before the next board meeting and Savignac will need to Bond before collecting taxes, the Board agreed to approve the Bond. Chase made a motion to approve the Treasurer’s Tax Bond. Motion was seconded by Behnke. All favored the motion, so the motion carried. i. TTech Software Maintenance Agreement – This agreement is for the new taxing software that the County went to. Behnke made a motion to approve the TTech Software Maintenance Agreement. Motion was seconded by Chase. All favored the motion, so the motion carried. j. Image Cast Election Hardware Maintenance Agreement – This agreement is for the maintenance of the Election ICE machine. Behnke made a motion to approve the Image Cast Election Hardware Maintenance Agreement. Motion was seconded by Chase. All favored the motion, so the motion carried. k. Payoff current Farmers & Merchants Bank Loan for Redgranite Fire Truck – It was discussed that since there was enough money in the checking account, it would be best to pay off this loan instead of paying interest on it. Savignac is able to take the check to the bank tomorrow. Chase made a motion to approve paying off the current Farmers & Merchants Bank Loan for Redgranite Fire Truck. Motion was seconded by Behnke. All favored the motion, so the motion carried. It was stated that the 2026 Budget would be amended to show this loan payoff. 9. Correspondence - None 10. Complaints - None 11. Approval of payment of current bills – While the Supervisors looked thru the current invoices, Walejko took Jeff Anderson into the evidence room to look at the shelving. Invoices werereviewed. Chase made a motion to approve the bills. Motion was seconded by Behnke. All favored the motion, so the motion carried. 12. Announcements: a. Next Monthly Board Meeting, Thursday, December 11, 2025 – 7:00P.M. 13. Adjournment -- Behnke made a motion to approve adjourn at 8:07pm. Motion was seconded by Chase. All favored the motion, so the motion carried. Minutes taken by T. Nigh, Town Clerk