2026-08-13 Tn Bd Mtg — Minutes

Minutes Town of Oshkosh Town of Oshkosh Minutes August 13, 2026 Town Board Meeting Page 6029 Town Board Meeting – August 13, 2026 - 7:00 p.m. – Town Hall 1 2 PRESENT: Chair Jim Erdman, Supervisor Matt Merten, Supervisor Bill Demler, 3 Treasurer Laura Hunt, Clerk Jeannette Merten, and an audience of 7. 4 5 Chair Erdman called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. 6 Motion by Demler, M. Merten seconded, to approve the July 27, 2026 7 Town Board Meeting minutes as presented. 8 Roll call. Erdman, yes; M. Merten, abstained; Demler, yes. Motion Carried. 9 10 Reports: 11 Fire Chief Report. 12 Fire Chief Steve Gawaresky reported two detector alarm calls, one 10.50 13 accident, one semi-truck fire, and one mutual aid call to the city. 14 15 One new applicant interview will be in Sept. New member Austin Smith has been 16 active and doing a good job. 17 18 They purchased new vehicle stabilization equipment out of fundraiser money, 19 $1500. 20 21 First Responder Coordinator Report. 22 First Responder Director Trevor Fenrich provided a written report: 23 24 “Since our last board meeting, the Town of Oshkosh First Responders have 25 responded to nine calls for service. 26 27 We’re currently working with the state to get our new operating plan and 28 protocols approved, and we plan to train our team on these updates at our next 29 EMS training session. 30 31 A new round of the State of Wisconsin Funding Assistance Program is also rolling 32 out. We are finishing up our reporting for fiscal year 2026 and will begin working 33 on the 2027 application soon. 34 35 Finally, we've requested that the Town Clerk add us to the town's Microsoft Office 36 365 account. This will make it much easier to securely share our payroll and 37 other documentation directly with the town.” 38 39 Zoning Administrator Report. 40 Zoning Administrator Carol Kaufmann provided a written report: 41 42 1) Received inquiry forwarded from Jeanette regarding re-zoning at property 43 on Shangri La Point. I advised him to go to town website and how to get to 44 Minutes Town of Oshkosh Town of Oshkosh Minutes August 13, 2026 Town Board Meeting Page 6030 the page for "Zoning change application". After he had it, contact me and 45 we'll proceed with the application 46 47 2) Spoke with Mary Ann Monteith about taking down a wooden deck off the 48 back of a house and replacing it with concrete slab ... it would be in the 49 same footprint of the deck. 50 51 3) A builder asked about replacing a garage at the 1929. He had spoken with 52 the bldg. inspector first, and it is going to be built in same location, 53 meeting code. 54 55 4) I had a call from Arlington TX realtor wanting to know about town code for 56 a new fast food restaurant. However, I referred her to the City of Oshkosh, 57 as the address was Jackson and High Streets. 58 59 5) A neighbor in Tumblebrook called me with concerns about an RV parked on 60 a corner lot with a house (5237 Juniper In). I did drive over and spoke with 61 the owner of property and he said it was company that would be leaving 62 beginning of October. 63 64 6) I went to check out what was being done on the corner of Western and 65 Norton, as neighbor said he thought that the owner was putting up a shed. 66 There was only gravel filled in over the culvert and what looked like a small 67 pad as part of the drive way going into property. There was no one around, 68 but YII watch for anything else going on there. 69 70 7) A person interested in purchasing a property (parcel 018032803} on 71 Brooks Rd, asked about zoning and what he could do with property. 72 73 8) Another inquiry re: 3262 Jackson. Questioning zoning and use for 74 residentual. It is zoned Rl. 75 76 9) Issued zoning permit for new house on vacant lot at 3126 Shoreland Dr, to 77 a contractor. Advised him to also get his permits from the county zoning. 78 79 10) Property owner at 5535 wants to put on garage addition; his property is 80 located in both town of Osh­kosh,(south half on lake) and town of Vinland 81 (north half with most of house and all of garage). Advised him to contact 82 town of Vinland 83 84 Public Participation: 85 Gary Traeger and Chris Rates from the Winnebago Area Sanitary District 86 explained that the water shut-off valve at one household is not working. They are 87 concerned that there could be others. The meter still detects a water flow. 88 Minutes Town of Oshkosh Town of Oshkosh Minutes August 13, 2026 Town Board Meeting Page 6031 Because the Town signed all the contracts, they were wondering whether there is 89 any recourse with the contractor, even though it has been 2 years since the 90 project was completed. Supervisor Matt Merten will visit the site to give an 91 assessment of the issue. 92 93 Bob Schuessler, who has been mowing town ditches this summer, introduced 94 himself. He proposed: 95 96 That the “town selects 2 or 3 miles of road where the tree limbs extend over the 97 road the furthest and residents are happy to have them trimmed. I can not trim 98 grass under branches that hang lower than 12 feet and most trucks need 13 feet 99 of clearance. There are many places where I can't do a satisfactory trimming 100 because the limbs would smash the glass and fiberglass on my tractor. 101 I will dedicate 8 hours with a boom mower shredding branches for $2400 dollars. 102 If the town wants me to cleanup and haul the debris to the town site, that would 103 be an additional $1000 dollars.” 104 105 Supervisor Bill Demler will stay in contact with Bob Schuessler on this matter. 106 107 Planning and Zoning: 108 Ordinance Z-2026-03-Sawicki, Zoning Amendment to properties on Vinland St. 109 A public hearing was held prior to this meeting with no objections filed in writing 110 or at the hearing. 111 Motion made by M. Merten, seconded by Demler, to adopt Ordinance Z-112 2026-03 Sawicki Zoning Amendment to properties on Vinland St. 113 Roll call. M. Merten, yes; Demler, yes; Erdman, yes. Motion carried. 114 115 Certified Survey Map; Gustin, 5444 Nickels Dr. 116 No representative attended. 117 Motion made by Demler, seconded by M. Merten, to approve the Certified 118 Survey Map of Gustin at 5444 Nickels Dr. 119 Roll call. Demler, yes; Erdman, yes; M. Merten, yes. Motion carried. 120 121 Certified Survey Map; Goldberg, 3693 Shangri-La Pt Rd. 122 Clerk Merten informed the board that it was discovered that one parcel is zoned 123 R-1 and the other is R-2, and they intend to apply for a zoning amendment. No 124 representative attended. 125 Motion made by Demler, seconded by M. Merten, to approve the Certified 126 Survey Map of Goldberg at 3693 Shangri-La Pt. Rd. 127 Roll call. Erdman, yes; M. Merten, yes; Demler, yes. Motion carried. 128 129 Certified Survey Map; Schmiedel, 3663 Shangri-La Pt Rd. 130 No representative attended. 131 Minutes Town of Oshkosh Town of Oshkosh Minutes August 13, 2026 Town Board Meeting Page 6032 Motion made by M. Merten, Demler seconded by, to approve the Certified 132 Survey Map of Schmiedel at 3663 Shangri-La Pt. Rd. 133 Roll call. M. Merten, yes; Demler, yes; Erdman, yes. Motion carried. 134 135 Business: 136 Cemetery mowing fee proposal. 137 The Plummer Cemetery Sexton proposed increasing the mowing fees to $420. 138 Motion made by Demler, seconded by M. Merten, to adjust the cemetery 139 mowing fee to $420 per mow. 140 Roll call. Demler, yes; Erdman, yes; M. Merten, yes. Motion carried. 141 142 Resolution-County Text Amendment to Chapter 16-POWTS. 143 No action due to a recent email from the County and action is on hold. 144 145 Operator License applicant: Rachel Fisher. 146 Motion made by Demler, seconded by M. Merten, to approve the Operator 147 License applicant, Rachel Fisher. 148 Roll call. M. Merten, yes; Demler, yes; Erdman, yes. Motion carried. 149 150 Forthcoming Events of public interest and additional comments: 151 Chair Erdman is working with the contractor about a new home build at 3116 152 Shorewood with town engineer Mike Siewert on drainage. A fill permit will likely 153 be required. 154 155 Erdman also provided a summary of the TAC meeting information regarding 156 legislative changes. 157 158 Correspondence: 159 1. DOR; 2026 Preliminary Equalized Values. 160 2. Winnebago Co Planning; 10-yr Comp Future Use Plan. 161 3. WTA; Agricultural Community Engagement Twilight Meetings. 162 4. WTA; Fall Workshops. 163 5. ITG Communications; ROW Permit. 164 6. Red Cross; Response and Recovery Update from tornadoes. 165 Correspondence provided to town board at the meeting: 166 1. DOA; Preliminary Population Estimate. 167 2. Winnebago Co; AD HOC Committee Mtg, County Comp Plan. 168 3. Winnebago Co Zoning; Erosion Control Permit, 2959 Sunset Pt Rd. 169 4. Oshkosh Public Library; minutes from May 28, 2026 and June 25, 2026 170 meetings. 171 5. City of Oshkosh; Adopted Nashlund Annexation. 172 6. City of Oshkosh; Adopted Xiong Annexation. 173 7. WPS; ROW PERMIT at 4996 Island View Dr. 174 175 Minutes Town of Oshkosh Town of Oshkosh Minutes August 13, 2026 Town Board Meeting Page 6033 Motion to pay bills as presented made by M. Merten, Demler seconded. 176 The motion carried unanimously. 177 178 Motion made by M. Merten, Demler seconded, to adjourn. 179 The motion carried unanimously. 180 181 The meeting adjourned at 8:17 p.m. 182 183 Jeannette Merten 184 Town of Oshkosh Clerk 185