202605112 Town Board Meeting Packet

Original Post Date: May 8, 2026 Town of Somers 7511 12th Street Somers, WI 53171 To wn Board Meeting Agenda Tuesday, May 12, 2026 5:15 pm Town Board Meeting: Item # 1 Call to order 2 Pledge of Allegiance 3 Consent and Approval of Minutes of Town Board meetings on April 14, 2026 4 Correspondence: Letter from the City of Kenosha regarding accessory structure at 2220 30h Avenue. 5 Citizens Comments 6 Chair & Supervisor Comments 8 Action on request to build berm at 10901 60th Street (Parcel # 80-4-122-061- 0250) per Ordinance 14.265. 9 Approval of Operator Licenses: none 10 Adjourn I h ereby certify that as the designee of the chief elected official of the Town of Somers I posted this notice of the Mat 12, 2026 Town Board Meeting in 2 public places and on the Town website D ated this 8th day of May 2026. Wendy Burnette, Clerk-Treasurer R equests from people with disabilities who need assistance to participate in this meeting should be made to the Clerk’s Office at 262 - 859-2822 with as much notice as possible. Notice is hereby given that members of the Town Board may participate telephonically. Notice is hereby given that members of the Village Board may be in attendance for the sole purpose of gathering information. A quorum may be present. However, no Board action will be taken. 1/15 Town of Somers Proceedings from the Town Board Meeting April 14, 2026 Chairman Molinaro called the meeting to order at 5:15 p.m. Present: Chairman Molinaro, Supervisor James Armes and Supervisor Richard Lesko. Also present: Assistant Administrator Kevin Poirier, and Deputy Clerk/Treasurer Eugenia Lara Chairman Molinaro led the Pledge of Allegiance. Consent and Approval of Minutes of Town Board meetings on March 10, 2026 Supervisor Armes moved to approve Minutes of Town Board meetings on March 10, 2026 Seconded by Supervisor Lesko. Motion carried. 3-0 vote Correspondence: None Citizens’ comments: None Chair & Supervisor Comments Supervisor Armes stated that the Annual Town Meeting will be on April 21 st at 5:15pm Possible Action on request by Municipal Judge Antaramian to approve the 2026 Bond Book including the $10 Increase to Court Costs Supervisor Lesko moved to approve the request by Municipal Judge Antaramian the 2026 Bond Book including the $10 Increase to Court Costs Seconded by Supervisor Armes Supervisor Armes question if the Sheriff Department would have any problems disguising between the Village or Town when they pull someone over. Assistant Administrator Poirier stated they should not. Motion carried. 3-0 vote Action on approval of Operator Licenses: Desiree Stout Supervisor Armes moved to approve the operator’s license for Desiree Stout 2/15 Seconded by Supervisor Lesko Motion Carried. 3-0 Vote Adjourn Supervisor Arms moved to Adjourn at 5:20 pm. Seconded by Supervisor Lesko Motion C arried. 3-0 Vote. These minutes are not official and have not been approved by the Town Board. Wendy Burnette, Clerk/Treasurer 3/15 4/15 TOWN OF SOMERS TOWN BOARD MEETING ITEM MEMORANDUM MEETING DATE: May 12, 2026 TO: Town Chair Molinaro and Town Supervisors PREPARED BY: Kevin Poirier, Assistant Administrator AGENDA ITEM: #8 Action on request to build berm at 10901 60th Street (Parcel # 80-4-122-061-0250) per Ordinance 14.265. BACKGROUND: Staff was contacted by Chuck Heinrich the owner of the property at 10901 60th Street regarding a landscaping project that includes a berm. He described the requested berm as follows: • About 30' long • 10' at its widest • About 4' in height He included pictures as examples. It will be built with a combination of stained brown (matches house) timbers and lannon stone with evergreen plantings and trees. There would be some drought resistant plantings between the stone. The pictures I'm attaching are: Ordinance 14.256 (a copy provided below) requires owners who want to build a berm to get Town Board approval. § 14.265BERMS. (A) Purpose. The land forms and landscape will be preserved in their natural state, insofar as practicable, by minimizing soil and tree removal that is not essential to project development and by retaining grades and contours in keeping with the general appearance of neighboring developed areas. No berm shall be constructed which results in a rate of storm and surface water runoff from the parcel upon which the berm is constructed, either during construction or after completion of the construction of the berm, which is greater than the rate of 5/15 runoff therefrom onto adjoining parcels which existed prior to the commencement of construction of the berm. (B) Definition. For purposes of this ordinance, any grading, regrading, deposit or other accumulation of earth or dirt which raises the elevation of existing topography 18 inches or more for the purpose of or which has the effect of acting as a barrier, screen or vision shield, with or without the addition of vegetation planted thereon, shall be considered a berm. (C) Berm Construction. No owner, lessee, occupier of land, contractor or any agent or representative of any of the foregoing shall construct a berm without first obtaining plan review and approval by the Town Board. The Town Board may impose such conditions or requirements as are consistent with these ordinances in issuing a permit for the construction of a berm. No berm shall be constructed which exceeds six feet in height. For purposes of this sub-paragraph, the berm shall be measured from the toe to the top, taking existing topography into consideration. Prior to commencement of construction, the applicant or his agent or representative shall provide topographic elevations demonstrating existing topography. The burden of demonstrating pre-construction topographic elevations shall be on the party seeking to construct the berm. In no case shall the toe of a berm be located closer than five feet to any property line and in every case the berm shall be designed and shall operate such that storm and surface water shall be retained on the berm parcel to the extent necessary to assure that the rate of storm and surface water runoff from such real estate, both during construction and after completion of construction of the berm, shall not be greater than the rate of runoff therefrom onto adjoining parcels which existed prior to commencement of berm construction. The party seeking construction of the berm shall comply with all relevant provisions of the design standards contained in § 18.27 of these ordinances. COM MENTS: Somers Inspector Scott Seymour has reviewed the project and has no issue. PRIOR ACTION TAKEN: This item was reviewed and discussed during the May 5 Town Board Work Session. SUGGESTED ACTION/ACTION REQUESTED/COMMENTS: In the event that the Town Board agrees with the suggested action, a suggested motion to approve would be as follows: “Motion to approve berm at 10901 60th Street (Parcel # 80-4-122-061-0250) per Ordinance 14.265 as presented to the Board.” ATTACHMENTS: Topographical of survey showing location, shape and height Photograph of area plus front of house 6/15 Sketch of North side view Sketch of South side view Photos of lannon stone on site. Pintrest photos. 7/15 8/15 9/15 10/15 11/15 12/15 13/15 14/15 15/15