Town Board — Minutes

January 14, 2026 Present were Mark Nordigian, Julie Horbach, George Bailitz, Sue Hughes, David Soderman, Roxanne Johnson Excused: Callie Rucker 1. The meeting was called to order by Chairman Nordigian at 6:00 p.m. 2. Chairman Nordigian led those present with the Pledge of Allegiance. 3. Minutes: Supervisor Horbach made a motion to approve the minutes from November 19, 2025, December 5, 2025, and December 10, 2025. Supervisor Hughes seconded motion. Motion carried. 4. Reports: a. Reports from the floor. Matt Gronke, Town of Randall Fire Department. Chief Gronke stated 387 calls in 2025 which is a record for the Fire Department. Currently the fire department has 24 members, 6 resignations, approximately ½ million in fire damage and $1000.00 in training. Supervisor Horbach stated the fund letter on FB looked great. b. Clerk: None c. Treasurer: Property taxes are in full swing. d. Supervisors: • Supervisor Horbach spoke about the Gomez property, and the building inspector wrote 10 or 15 citations and was found guilt of 9 of the tickets. They were fined $889.20 with $100.00 a month payment plan. Supervisor Horbach is not happy with the judgement because they are still not in compliance. Chairperson Nordigian stated Building Inspector Popanda and the prosecuting attorney met with the owner’s son at the property. Chairperson Nordigian stated that they were supposed to be fined every day until they complied and that did not happen. Requested Fire Chief Gronke to please do a thorough fire inspection as soon as possible. • Supervisor Hughes stated the commercial hangers for the boat launch are in and any commercial vehicle must have a hanger displayed in the vehicle or they will be ticketed. New computers are in and a new back up battery was put in as well. If the tag is damaged, they can be issued a new tag but must bring in the old tag. • Supervisor Soderman – The Town is out of the library as of 2026. The old pier at the DNR has been removed and Johns Disposal will pick it up. • Supervisor Bailitz – Thanked Treasurer Johnson for all her hard work. e. Chairman Nordigian stated the intergovernmental agreement for the road consortium is a 2-part system. The 1st part is getting other Municipalities to go in on this with the Town of Randall. The 2nd part is it must be done by the end of March and goes by the 2025 road work expenses. This will be on the next agenda on February 25, 2026, to discuss with the Plan Commission. Chairperson Noridigan would also like to discuss the Airbnb properties at the next joint Town/Plan Commission meeting along with Containers, which also may include temporary PODS, not just large steel containers. Chairperson Nordigian is having a phone meeting with the accountant on February 12, 2026. 5. Citizens Comments: Jill from Lily Lake Resort would like to see if the Town of Randall would increase the decibel reading to 90-100. Jeff from the Tavern League stated he was in support of the increase of decibel reading. She stated she does have the conditional use permit and the Cabaret license. Chairperson Nordigian stated he will put it on the next Plan Commission meeting on January 28, 2026. Jonathan Blakeman gave Treasurer Johnson kudos as in his 15 years being a town resident and paying taxes this has been the smoothest by far. Everything went great. Plowing and salting was an issue and Chairperson Nordigian stated there were substitute drivers this year so things will be improving. 6. Business: Town Board items: a. 2026 Approval of Randall Fire Department Officers. Chief Gronke stated that they changed the way they are doing the elections. 2026 is just the election of the Chief and in 2027 is the election of the Secretary and Assistant Chief. Supervisor Hughes made a Motion to approve the election of Matt Gronke as Fire Chief for the year 2026. Supervisor Horbach seconded the motion. All Ayes. Motion carried. b. FY 2026 EMS/FIRE funding assistance grants. Fire Chief Gronke stated he applied for the 2026 EMS/FIRE grant. He stated that Connie Scripture has found about 29 grants. In 2025The department has applied for the WE Energy grant for gloves and they were awarded the grant in the amount of $2000.00, and the expense was in amount of $2299.00, Wisconsin DNR Wildland grant in the approximate amount of $3600.00 for 20 nomad hoods and upgrade pump on the 4X4 Kubota. Wisconsin EMS grant $12, 197.80 some of that will be used for equipment, training, trauma shears and pagers. Chairperson Nordigian stated he would like the fire department to please let the Town know of all grants and other funds when they are received. Chief Gronke had a meeting with PAA on February 10, 2026, which lasted 2.5 to 3 hours. PAA took a tour with PAA of the Fire Departments, Town of Randall and gave them a lot of the history of the department, all in all it went well. c. Approval to increase Lily Lake’s increase of decibel reading to 90 -100. Supervisor Bailitz made a Motion to move of the increase of Lily Lake’s level of decibel level to the January 21, 2026, at 6:00p.m. Town Board/Plan Commission meeting. Supervisor Soderman seconded the Motion. All Ayes. Motion carried. 7. Other Business allowed by law- None 8. Bills: A Motion by Supervisor Bailitz to approve the bills as presented in the amount of $299,073.95 check numbers 42282-42333 including PAIDONLINE, and ACH. Motion seconded by Supervisor Horbach. Motion carried. 9. Adjourn: A motion by Supervisor Hughes to adjourn. Supervisor Balitiz seconded the motion. Motion carried, meeting was adjourned at 7:22 p.m. Submitted by: Roxanne Johnson, Treasurer