Town Board Special Meeting — Minutes

Town Board Meeting Minutes Tuesday, September 22, 5 p.m. Town of Scott Town Hall - 2621 Jody Drive, New Franken, WI 54229 1 1. Call To Order: A meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Scott was called to order at 5 P.M. on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, in the Town Hall by Town Chairperson Mike Van Lanen. Present were Chairman Mike Van Lanen, Supervisors Gene Wojcik , Norman Strebel, Kurt Baenen, and Debbie VandenLangenberg Also present were: Plan Commission Chair Cari Langenberg, Clerk/Treasurer Jaime Fuge, Administrator Dave Cerny, SMU Commissioner Joseph Bell. 2. Pledge of Allegiance was recited. 3. Approval of the Agenda. Moved by, Baenen seconded by Strebel to approve the agenda. Vote: Aye-5. No-0. Motion Carried. 4. Verification of Public Notice The Affidavit of Posting indicated that the public notice of the Town Board Meeting was posted on Friday, September 18, 2026, at Town of Scott Town Hall, 2621 Jody Drive, and on the Town of Scott website at www.townofscott.com on Friday, September 18, 2026. Moved by, Strebel seconded by Baenen to accept the verification of public notice. Vote: Aye-5. No-0. Motion Carried. 5. To set a special Town Elector meeting to vote on the proposed Fire Department Addition (October 13, 2026, at 5 p.m.). Fuge stated the Special Town Electors will need to vote on the two questions: 1. “Shall the New Franken Fire Department be allowed to utilize the land at 5055 E Ronsman Rd owned 1/3 by the Town of Scott for the purpose of expanding the New Franken Fire Department and demolish/relocate the home located on the land based on their discretion?” 2. “Shall the Town of Scott Town Board, Brown County, be authorized to exercise their right to construct an addition to the New Franken Fire Department at an approximate cost not to exceed $6,600,000 with the cost paid by the Town of Scott be 33 percent of the total cost, or up to $2,200,000?” Fuge said at the September 8, 2026, Town Board meeting, staff proposed October 13, 2026, at 5 p.m., as the date the Town of Scott Electors would vote on the proposed fire department addition. However, in accordance with state statue, a motion needed to be made to be considered a called Special Town Meeting of Electors. The item was on this agenda to make that motion. Additional questions/concerns were raised and the board decided not to have the meeting on October 13 to allow time for those questions to be answered. 2 Town Board Minutes September 22, 2026 Moved by Strebel, seconded by Van Lanen to postpone the special Town Elector meeting for the Town of Scott to a later date not yet determined, but no later than late November 2026. Vote: Aye-5. No-0. Motion Carried. 6. To approve the payment of Northeast Asphalt for $212,584.72. Moved by, Van Lanen seconded by VandenLangenberg to approve the payment of Northeast Asphalt for $212,584.72. Vote: Aye-5. No-0. Motion Carried. 7. Budget Workshop Cerny proposed a pay scale structure for employee compensation in 2027, as well as the necessity of allocating the cost of employees’ banked hours to dedicated reserves for auditing purposes. He also discussed the proposed 2027 Champeau Road project, which would need to be funded either through a loan or by using reserves, which would result in their depletion based on current cost estimates. Fuge handed out the proposed budget and presented an overview. The budget did not have accurate numbers for the Fire Department expenses. The New Franken Fire Department will vote on their budget at the end of S eptember. Fuge wanted the Board to meet again on October 7, 2026, for a final budget workshop. 14. Adjournment Moved by Wojcik, seconded by Van Lanen to adjourn. Vote: Aye-5. No-0. Motion Carried. Meeting adjourned at 6:21 p.m. Jaime Fuge Jaime M. Fuge, Clerk/Treasurer, Town of Scott