2026-07-13 Tn Bd Mtg — Minutes

Minutes Town of Oshkosh Town of Oshkosh Minutes July 13, 2026 Town Board Meeting Page 6024 Town Board Meeting – July 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 4. 4 5 Chair Erdman called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. 6 Motion by Demler, M. Merten seconded, to approve June 22, 2026 Town 7 Board Meeting minutes changing the word on line 61 from easement to 8 parcel; all else remains the same as presented. 9 Roll call. Erdman, yes; M. Merten, yes; Demler, yes. Motion Carried. 10 11 Motion by Demler, seconded by M. Merten, to approve the June 25, 2026 12 Board of Review minutes as presented. 13 Roll call. M. Merten, yes; Demler, yes; Erdman, yes. Motion Carried. 14 15 Motion by Demler, Erdman seconded, to approve the July 8, 2026 Special 16 Town Board Meeting minutes as presented. 17 Roll call. Demler, yes; Erdman, yes; M. Merten, abstained. Motion Carried. 18 19 Reports: 20 Fire Chief Report. 21 Fire Chief Steve Gawaresky reported three service calls. The Lifest parking event 22 went well. The only complaint was a broken fence believed to be the County’s, 23 which attendees use to enter the Lifest grounds instead of the main entrance. He 24 will work with the Park’s Dept to address this issue for the future. 25 26 First Responder Coordinator Report. 27 First Responder Director Trevor Fenrich provided a written report in his absence: 28 29 “Since the previous town board meeting, the Town of Oshkosh First Responders 30 have responded to eight calls for service. 31 32 We have completed licensure renewal for all current members on the department. 33 34 We have also completed the first half of payroll for the year for distribution. 35 36 We’ve received final approval for our new protocols for the department, adding 37 albuterol and Aspirin to our approved medications, along with a few additional 38 skills to help the ambulance crew on arrival.” 39 40 Zoning Administrator Report. 41 Zoning Administrator Carol Kaufmann reported that she issued a Zoning Permit 42 to Rowe on Island View Dr. for a floating deck on the lakeside. There was an 43 inquiry on County Rd S to install a solar panel on a pole. She went through the 44 Minutes Town of Oshkosh Town of Oshkosh Minutes July 13, 2026 Town Board Meeting Page 6025 town and county ordinances and did not find anything addressing this. She will 45 call County Zoning on this. 46 47 Public Participation: 48 None. 49 50 Planning and Zoning: 51 None. 52 53 Business: 54 Volunteer Fire and EMS probationary membership of Austin Smith. 55 Motion made by Demler, seconded by M. Merten, to approve the 56 probationary VFD and EMS membership of Austin Smith. 57 Roll call. Erdman, yes; M. Merten, yes; Demler, yes. Motion carried. 58 59 Resolution 04-2026 Support to Change WI State Statute 66.1014 allowing local 60 government to regulate Short-Term Rentals. 61 Erdman read the potential change of WI Stats 66.10104 provided by attorney 62 Chuck Koeller and included with the Resolution. Erdman intends to present this 63 Resolution to the Wisconsin Towns Association TAC meeting to consider 64 proposing legislative change that allows municipalities more control over Short-65 Term Rentals. 66 67 It was noted that three Affidavits of Complaint were received by the Town about 68 the Short-Term Rental at 2545 Edgewood Ln. regarding a June 19th rental event. 69 The renter(s) were evicted. Paula Hayford, Todd Cummings, and Brad Niemuth 70 attended this meeting. 71 Motion made by Demler, M. Merten seconded by, to approve Resolution 72 04-2026 Support to Change Wisconsin State Statute 66.1014 allowing 73 local government to regulate Short-Term Rentals. 74 Roll call. M. Merten, yes; Demler, yes; Erdman, yes. Motion carried. 75 76 Xiong Annexation, 2875 Jackson St. 77 No action. 78 79 Naslund Annexation, 2606 Jackson St. 80 No action 81 82 Operator License applicants: Tammy Ross and Gina Nikodem. 83 Motion made by M. Merten, Demler seconded by, to approve the Operator 84 License applicants of Tammy Ross and Gina Nikodem. 85 Roll call. Demler, yes; Erdman, yes; M. Merten, yes. Motion carried. 86 87 88 Minutes Town of Oshkosh Town of Oshkosh Minutes July 13, 2026 Town Board Meeting Page 6026 Forthcoming Events of public interest and additional comments: 89 The town board discussed and agreed to moving the regular town board meeting 90 of August 10th to Thursday, August 13th, due to the Primary Election the following 91 day. The Zoning Amendment application of the Sawicki properties public hearing 92 will be scheduled prior to the Aug. 13th, regular town board meeting beginning at 93 6:30 p.m. 94 95 Supervisor Demler took care of a call reporting a tree branch blocking a road. 96 97 Correspondence: 98 1. Winnebago County P&Z; Notice of no public hearing for July. 99 2. WPS; Road ROW Excavation Permit, 2611 Edgewood Ln. 100 3. WPS; Road ROW Excavation Permit, 4871 Plummers Pt Rd. 101 4. City of Oshkosh Plan Commission meeting notices for July 28, 2026: 102 • Naslund Annexation – annexation 103 • Xiong Enterprises LLC – annexation 104 • 2750 Vinland LLC – outside storage 105 5. Oshkosh Public Library; minutes from the May 28, 2026 meeting. 106 107 Motion to pay bills as presented made by M. Merten, Demler seconded. 108 The motion carried unanimously. 109 110 Motion made by M. Merten, Demler seconded, to adjourn. 111 The motion carried unanimously. 112 113 The meeting adjourned at 8:17 p.m. 114 115 Jeannette Merten 116 Town of Oshkosh Clerk 117