November 2025 Agenda Minutes

Town of Menomonie Regular Monthly Board Meeting November 11, 2025, at 6:00 PM at Town Hall E4055 550th Ave, Menomonie AGENDA Kent called the meeting to order at 6:08pm Minutes –Approval of October 14, 2025, Regular Board Meeting Minutes: Arden made a motion to approve the minutes, Soctt 2nd Carried *Minutes-Approval of October 21, 2025, Special Meeting Minutes: Arden made a motion to approve the minutes, Scott 2nd Carried. Public: Terry Stokes addressed the Board regarding a mailbox that he owns, he showed pictures on his iPad of the photos. He had been approached by his neighbor who assumed that it was on her property. The mailbox has been there for over 20 years prior to her as an owner. Terry would like to have established that it can remain in the same spot. Kent said the town has jurisdiction if it is right away or if there is a safety concern. *Contract Steinmeyer Inspections 2026 Justin Steinmeyer was here and thanked the Board for the opportunity to be our building inspector. He has been working with Fred Weber since April. Justin is trying to modernize the business and work with digital records. He brought a copy of his fee schedule and said it is the same as Fred’s for this year and 2026. He handed out business cards. The phone number is the same as Fred’s. He asked if we had any questions, the Board did not. Kent made a motion to approve the Contract with Steinmeyer Inspections. Arden 2nd Carried. Contract was signed and copy given to Justin. *Dunn County Humane Society Contract 2026: The Board reviewed the contract from the DC Humane Society. The price is based on population and went up slightly. Scott made a motion to approve the contract, Arden 2nd Carried. Operator’s License Grandpa Joe’s Bar-Tyler Buss The Board reviewed the application. Arden made a motion to approve the application. Kent 2nd Carried. Patrolman Report Matt reported that there was a beaver at the Rudiger bridge where they are having CR Bryan come in and break up the dam. He has completed a lot of mowing and sign maintenance, the Kenworth is back, wings are on, the sander is on ready to go for winter. Trees have been down in Woodland Terrace and Tanglewood. Oak wilt has been killing trees in the right of way. Kent mentioned we will have to budget for trees next year. Drop Off Site Report Kent announced we have hired Kevin Schofield and he is working out well. All is moving smoothly. Commission Report Scott Frederick sent an update. We finished the community and --- chapter. Got updated zoning notes. Looking at Andrew Mercil or – talked at the WTA meeting and thought it would be a good message for the Commission to hear. New formatting is being done. Open House Discussion will be down with the Town in February. Our next meeting will be held on Dec 4th. *Approval Reimbursement for Plan Commission Members Attending Chamber Breakfast Scott Frederick asked if the Town would send him and member Lisa Pelner to the Chamber Breakfast. The cost is $40 each, it will be a good learning experience. Kent asked the board for reimbursement. Kent made a motion to approve, Arden 2nd Carried. Chairman Report • Clean Sweep Report: We received survey results Town of Menomonie had 33 show up to the clean sweep, 16 of which were new. Some may have went to Dunn County. • Junk Complaint Follow-up Kent got follow-up from Mr. White on the complaint, the smashed up pick up has been moved. • LRIP Application Update: We are in the LRIP cycle. Delmore has helped prepare grant applications for us. 490th Street and the Tri-E grant. Kent explained that we need to apply and can possibly get $16k. Looking at Beaver Trail to Hwy 25. We will look at that as a construction plan for next year. • Road Construction Update: Kent stated all Road Construction maintenance has been completed. • WTA Dunn County Unit Annual Meeting Information: Kent gave the minutes from the Annual meeting. He said the presentation from Adam Accola and Andrew Mercil on • Menomonie Rural Fire and EMS District Update: Kent said they passed the $30 per capita. (not $35) Kent showed the fire and ambulance dues for next year. Updated numbers will be used on the budget. • ARIP Application Update: Beaver Trail project we are working with Town of Dunn on, we are working with Engineers and will get the grant submitted. Scott asked if the shoulders had been measured. Matt said the pavement has been measured, but not the shoulders. Scott asked where the specifications are stated, and if we can verify it isn’t more narrow than promised. • WDF July Storm Damage Update: The expenses were reviewed and re-evaluated, and we ended up getting a reimbursement of $21,041.71 • Cemetery Mapping Update*: Kent said he would be getting Arden a new large map that can be proffed or corrected and then we can get the final pdf copy. Cedar Corp sent our Well testing results. Everything was in compliance. Clerk Reports: Charisse Board reports: Scott attended the City Town Joint meeting. They discussed the Clean Sweep and expected better turnout. Next year by the Conty will put one on. A TU Routes through the City have been signed off. All project updates were completed. Heller Road will be completed this coming year with a sidewalk on the City portion of the Road. Nancy ordered new solid waste permits. Kent will be putting together a newsletter that will be added to the tax bill. The Board discussed what should be announced. V ouchers / review /approve: V ouchers were reviewed, Scott made a motion to approve 22773 to 22811. Arden 2nd Carried. Approval of 2026 Preliminary Budget: Nancy, Charisse and Kent have met and put together a preliminary budget for review. Kent clarified the outstanding debt and expected aid. *Discuss GFL contract terms: Kent shared a projection of our Collection Site increase. GFL is increasing their billing roughly 5% per year over 5 years. We would be good this year keeping it at $120 per household, but it would go up in the coming years. Scott thought we should approve a 2-3 year contract. Kent will discuss it with Kari at GFL and put together a model for review. *Set Solid Waste fee for 2026: Set at $120/household *Set date for Special Meeting to Interview Patrolman candidates: Kent shared the three applications for patrolman that we have received. All have heavy equipment experience. We have set the meeting for interviews on Tuesday the 18th at 6pm. Set date for next regular Board meeting: December 9th 6pm *Discussion and Preparation for BOR: We discussed preparations and sample guides for review to understand the process. : Adjourn: Kent made a motion to adjourn at 8:42pm, Scott 2nd Carried.