Town Board & Plan Commission Meeting — Minutes

Town of Randall Kenosha County, Wisconsin Town Board & Plan Commission June 24, 2026 - Minutes Present were Mark Nordigian, Julie Horbach, Sue Hughes, David Soderman, George Bailitz Absent Clerk/Treasurer Johnson Approximately 5 visitors 1. The meeting was called to by Chairman Mark Nordigian on June 24, 2026, at 6:02p.m. 2. Chairman Nordigian led those present with the Pledge of Allegiance. 3. Minutes: Motion was made by Supervisor Horbach to approve June 10, 2026, minutes. Supervisor Bailitz seconded the Motion. All Ayes. Motion carried. 4. Reports: a. Committee reports from the floor. Chief Ferger stated they have all shifts covered for the holiday weekend, and citations are going well. Chief Gronke stated that all equipment is working well, 182 fire calls this year. Pre Plan meeting Monday July 13, 2026, at 6:00p.m. station 2. Lake Knolls bike parade is on July 4, 2026. b. Clerk/Treasurer: Town Assistant doing great. Office closed on July 3, 2026. Received 2% fire dues in the amount of $29,191.30 on June 22, 2026. Setting up a new account for the Road Loan interest 3.63%. Kiosks have been shipped on June 23, 2026, via Daylight Transport. All absentee Ballots went out on June 24, 2026. c. Treasurer: See above. d. Supervisors: • Supervisor Horbach – Split rail fence at Icehouse Trail is damaged and Supervisor Soderman will report on it. Deck has been painted and repaired. Fire Department Pond needs some work. Possibly talk to Root Pike to see if they would like to possibly work on the pond. • Supervisor Hughes – Complete piers is coming out to space the piers out evenly. Has a call into the DNR to extend the piers to go from 5 to 4 but longer. 1 pier slip opened and working on the list to fill it. Issue with the Fire Department phones as there is an issue with them. Clerk/Treasurer working on the Road Loan and getting that going. Issue with the parking lot here at Town Hall that needs repair. • Supervisor Soderman – None. • Supervisor Bailitz – Kiosks were shipped on June 23, 2026, the Town will have an instructional meeting with VenTek. Would like to leave the old kiosks out there in case of any issues. • Chairman Nordigian – Went to Wheatland meeting regarding the Fire/EMS meeting and it has been put on hold. The 3 Fire Chiefs will be having a meeting after the holiday. Phone meeting with Chief Redlin and it is Twin Lakes Fire Department, and the EMS will all fully Municipal by January 1, 2028, may need an extension up to 6 months. Western Lakes fire District consolidated and there is good information on their website. District of Powers Lake met on June 12, 2026, Amanda Nedweski and Sandy Wiedmeyer presented. Country Thunder is having bull riding this year after the permit was pulled. Kenosha County will be sitting down with them and discussing this with them. Bassett Fire Department roof is leaking and would like to get an estimate for repairing the roof. The driveway at the fire house needs to be fixed as it is cracking, especially going to the heliport. 5. Citizens Comments: None 6. Business: Town Board item (s): a) Evaluation of town owned dump truck. 2024 F350 Dump Truck. Chairman Nordigian would like to possibly sell this Truck and replace it with something smaller. Would like to get it appraised. Chairman Nordigian will get photos taken and speak to County. b) Evaluation of town owned ambulances and other older items in town shed. Chief Gronke believes that the 1 ambulance is only good for scrap. 1 ambulance still runs and is in good condition. Believes we should hold onto that ambulance. Chairman Nordigian would like to take off parts that the Town could use and scrap the remainder. The pump is a nice pump that was used to pump put the bowl approximate value $6000.00 to $8000.00 in value. Chairman Nordigian made a motion to give Chief Gronke authority to scrap the ambulance that does not run after taking some parts off and keep the other ambulance. Supervisor Horbach seconded the motion. All Ayes. Motion carries. c) Powers Lake Yacht Club. Colleen King with Powers Lake Yacht club met with Chief Ferger and Captain Robinson regarding the boat tie up on Powers Lake. Would like to have this during the day on Saturday, August 1, 2026, from 2pm to 5pm in hopes of getting more participation. They will be using a barge from Action Marine for a band. She would like to know what requirements she needs to meet. Thinks it will be well attended. Chief Ferger is in support of this event and will have officers on the water that day as well. Supervisor Bailitz made a motion to allow Powers Lake Yacht Club to have their festival on August 1, 2026, from 2pm to 5pm., in selected locations. Supervisor Hughes seconded the motion. All ayes. Motion carried. d) Signs at DNR Launches. Supervisor Bailitz suggests that the signs at boat launches need to be enlarged. Clerk/Treasurer Johnson will order 4 Back in signs and 2 Launch parking only. All ayes. Motion carried. e) Harpster Lawncare 3 additional locations. Supervisor Soderman asked Harpsters to bid out the 3 additional locations and the bid came at $20.00 for one and $5.00 each for the other 2. Supervisor Bailitz made a motion to accept the bid. Motion seconded by Supervisor Soderman. All ayes. Motion carried. f) Benedict Lake, boat launch fees. Supervisor Soderman stated that the gate at Benedict Lake is unlocked a lot more often than the 3 weeks we have already unlocked it and he would like to see a fee imposed. Clerk/Treasurer Johnson will document how many times it is requested. 7. Other Business. None 8. Bills: A motion by Supervisor Bailitz to approve the bills as presented in the amount of $51,583.04 check numbers 42699-42742 including PAIDONLINE, and ACH. Motion seconded by Supervisor Hughes. All Ayes. Motion carried. 9. Adjourn: A motion by Chairman Bailitz to adjourn. Supervisor Hughes seconded the motion. Motion carried, meeting was adjourned at 7:14p.m. Submitted by: Roxanne Johnson, Clerk/Treasurer