Regular Board Meeting — Minutes

Town of Belvidere REGULAR MEETING December 12, 2023, 7:00 PM Cochrane VFW Post 10406 Chairman Ron Speltz called the Regular Town meeting to order. All Board members present. The meeting notice was published in the Buffalo County News and the full agenda posted per WI Statutes 19.84 on December 8, 2023. A Motion by Supervisor Ron Kazmierczak was made to approve the Minutes as provided to board members in lieu of reading out loud. Supervisor Lee Engfer seconded the motion. Carried. Treasurer Barbara Brommer gave the Treasurer’s report and Investment Summary. Balance on hand as of tonight is $260,033.39 in the General Checking Account. Barb reported on SVSP (Swimming Pool) CD that needs to be renewed. Alliance Bank presented a 10-month CD for 5.15%. Ron Kaz made a Motion to accept the Treasurer’s report as read and renew SVP CD with Alliance Bk. Lee seconded the Motion. Carried. The Clerk presented the bills for payment. A motion was made by Lee and seconded by Ron Kaz to pay the bills as presented. Motion carried. NEW BUSINESS: Chairman Ron Speltz appointed the following individuals as Election Inspectors for the 2024-2025 Term: ELISABET SANDBERG IBACH, CYNTHIA KAZMIERCZAK, DOREEN MROZEK, RENEE SCHOONOVER, TERRY SCHOONOVER, JULIE KURI, BARBARA BROMMER, and ROSE LEMCKE. Discussion held on new Election Term compensation. CLERK requested a wage payment for an additional $300 per each election due to the increased workload for all elections. Election Worker compensation recommended was $15/hr. for Chief Inspectors and $13/hr. for other election workers. Lee made a Motion to approve all election compensations recommended with Chairman Speltz seconding. Supervisor Ron Kaz abstained. Motion carried: 2-Yays; 0-Nays; and 1-Abstained. ROADS: Chairman Speltz reported that Brian Gosse is no longer working for Monarch Paving. Monarch Paving has said they will honor all past bid amounts given by Gosse. In spring, Monarch Paving will introduce new employee (Ethan) to the Towns. Ron will have a meeting on December 19th for the LRIP and new Pilot Road projects. Ron also reported that additional roadside brushing was completed in Rose Valley with the fall mowing by Duellman. The additional cost was $3,700. ($95/hr.) RECYCLING: Ron Kaz attended the countywide Recycling meeting in Alma. Discussed was more uniform recycling within all the County locations. BBC&M will have year- round hours of Tuesdays: 3-7 pm and Saturdays – 8am – 1 pm. OTHER ITEMS: Lee Engfer discussed the GIS township lines discrepancies. Most notedly are parcels on Belvidere Ridge showing part of the Town of Belvidere and not part of the Town of Waumandee. GIS is trying to locate old Annexation records from the Town of Waumandee. Some other minor parcel records are being corrected also. The Town Road Book will be reviewed to see if any early 1900 annexations records are located. The Town Board discussed a short-term investment of extra funds in the General Checking account for 2024 road projects. Barb reported that she contacted local banks and Waumandee Bank quoted a 6-month CD for 5.4%. The Board approved investing $150,000 for 6 months with Waumandee Bank for future road projects. The next regular scheduled meeting will be Tuesday, January 9, 2024 at 7 pm. At 7:44 pm Ron Kaz made a motion to adjourn with Lee seconding. Motion carried. Respectfully submitted, Deborah M Ruff Deborah M. Ruff, Clerk