Regular Board Meeting — Minutes

Town of Belvidere REGULAR MEETING October 11, 2022, 7:00 PM Cochrane VFW Post 10406 Chairman Ron Speltz called the meeting to order. Ron Kazmierczak was present with Lee Engfer by phone & one visitor. The meeting notice was published in the Buffalo County News and the full agenda posted per WI Statutes 19.84 on October 7, 2022. 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 report provided to board members. Balance on hand as of tonight is $311,754.68 in the General Checking Account with one outstanding check. Ron Kaz made a Motion to accept the Treasurer’s report as presented. Lee seconded the Motion. Carried. The Clerk presented the bills for payment. A motion was made by Ron Kaz and seconded by Lee to pay the bills as presented. Motion carried. ROAD REPORT by CHAIRMAN SPELTZ: Scott Construction completed the Bid work for seal coating. Ron reported that the job turned out nice. Bid work for Rose Valley blacktopping – Ron reported that Mathy Construction completed for Monarch Construction. The project work completed is not acceptable and Ron has already met with Brian Goese (Monarch). One suggestion was to apply a 1.5 inch overlay next spring to correct the inferior rolling job. At this time the Town will not be paying any portion of the bill received. The blacktopping of Foegen Road by the railroad crossing and Herman Road patchwork has not been completed. Fall road grading has been completed by Sendelbach Construction (Bruce). BNSF Railroad crossings are in the process of being blacktopped/repaired by Schrupp Construction for all Township crossings. Ron is working on getting estimates for possible 2023 road work for budgeting purposes. Blacktopping of Schlawin Road might be a future TRIP project. Chairman Speltz has inspected the Krings & Kriesel Driveway permits and revoked the requirements for any culverts. This is due to no water runoff issues due to the sloop. Mississippi River Trail (MRT Bicycle Trail) commission has contacted Chairman Speltz requesting revision of the Town of Belvidere approved Resolution 2022-01 dated 3-8- 2022. They are requesting the Board approve their original trail route through Prairie Moon Road. Town of Milton also has recommended a different route than MRT proposed. The Board discussed and reaffirmed the original route stated in Resolution 2022-01 dated 3-8-2022 will remain as approved. BBC&M Recycling: No update – Village of Cochrane & Waste Transport land use agreement has not been completed. Lawyers are currently working on. Debbie updated the Board on the Dominion ICX Electronic (Touchscreen) Voting machine. Software issues with write-in votes have not been resolved with Dominion to date. Command Central has offered to purchase back the ICX machine for the original price and replace with the larger Tabulator machine at a cost of $6600. The Tabulator machine is too large and heavy for transporting to the voting location and is not a good fit due to being more costly to maintain and the voting supply costs. The Board reviewed the proposed projections for 2023 Budget Income and Expenses presented by Debbie. Noted was the change in 2022 projected Highway Expenses due to Monarch’s bid project payment being withheld at this time. The Proposed 2023 Budget will be published in the Buffalo County News on October 27, 2022 for the Hearing on Tuesday, November 15, 2022 at 7 pm. The next WTA meeting will be Monday, October 17th at the Alma Courthouse. The next regular scheduled meeting will be Tuesday, November 15, 2022 following the 7 pm 2023 Budget Hearing and Special Meeting. At 7:44 pm Ron made a motion to adjourn with Lee seconding. Motion carried. Respectfully submitted, Deborah M Ruff Deborah M. Ruff, Clerk