Town Board — Minutes

December 10, 2025 Present were Mark Nordigian, Julie Horbach, George Bailitz, Sue Hughes, David Soderman, Callie Rucker Excused: Roxanne Johnson 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 Hughes made a motion to approve the minutes from October 27, 2025, November 10, 2025, November 12, 2025, and November 26, 2025. Supervisor Horbach seconded motion. Motion carried. 4. Reports: a. Reports from the floor. None b. Clerk: None c. Treasurer: the tax bills are going out at the end of the week. d. Supervisors: • Supervisor Horbach met with Connie Scripture and Chief Ferger regarding fund raising for the water patrol buoys, she sent a copy of the flyer to the board. • Supervisor Hughes attended the Emergency Management meeting and a Kenosha County Library meeting. Advised the Kenosha County Library is discussing the possibility of joining the Prairie Lakes Library System. • Supervisor Soderman reported the Town clean up date is June 6, 2026. The cemetery had 2 burials recently; and the plowing was done. • Supervisor Bailitz the piers are on shore for the season and Rick is in the process of disassembling them. The new piers will be delivered in March, the total collection from the DNR launch was $15,942.50 and Bayview was $1,053.45 totaling $16,995.95. He is working with Supervisor Hughes collecting information on launch kiosks moving forward. e. Chairman Nordigian reported attending the Emergency Management meeting at Kenosha County, and discussion followed. He spoke with Steve Thelen regarding the lake mining project which is a 20 plus year project. Chairman reported the Fire Department breakfast with Santa is Saturday December 13th from 8 am to noon. He reported receiving $12,197.80 from the State 2026 EMS Funds Assistance Program. He discussed the plowing concerns with the County and they are being addressed. 5. Citizens Comments: Jonathan Blakeman was concerned that the plowing was not being done on 89th Street in a timely manner. He also discussed the fire department donation thank you letter from last year which was not signed. 6. Business: Town Board items: a. Road improvement agreement with Ruekert Mielke. Supervisor Hughes made a motion to accept the Ruekert Mielke agreement. Supervisor Bailitz seconded the motion. Motion carried. b. Updated farm lease, discussion followed. A motion by Supervisor Bailitz was made to approve the farm lease. Supervisor Horbach seconded the motion. Motion carried. c. Operator license for Ryan Kuchnia. A motion by Supervisor Horbach to approve the license. Supervisor Hughes seconded the motion. Motion carried. d. Increase of cemetery plot marking fee. Supervisor Horbach made a motion to increase the marking fee to $60.00. Supervisor Bailitz seconded the motion. Motion carried. e. Election Inspector appointment. Supervisor Hughes made a motion to approve the Election Inspector list as presented. Supervisor Horbach seconded the motion. Motion carried. f. Review possible renewals of pier slip leases for 2026. Supervisor Hughes spoke with Chief Ferger and there is one person putting multiple boats in a pier slip repeatedly. After discussion, a motion was made by Chairman Nordigian to amend the non-renewal letter to include the lease verbiage regarding the option to not renew leases. Supervisor Horbach seconded the motion. Motion carried. g. Review purchase of new office computer equipment. Supervisor Hughes spoke with Jason regarding the proposals, and discussion followed. Supervisor Hughes made a motion to approve Dell Technologies $1,918.70 proposal. Supervisor Bailitz seconded the motion. Motion carried. Motion carried. h. Commercial launch permit, Supervisor Bailitz discussed the need for a commercial launch permit and after discussion, Supervisor Hughes made a motion to approve $150.00 per permit plus $15.00 per tag for vehicle. Motion was seconded by Supervisor Bailitz. Motion carried. i. Employee handbook approval. A motion by Supervisor Hughes to accept the employee handbook as printed, Supervisor Horbach seconded the motion. Motion carried. 7. Other Business allowed by law. The board decided to cancel the December 24th meeting. Chairman Nordigian discussed the 396th Avenue fire lane was plowed in and could not get down he discussed with the Matt the Fire Chief, and it was taken care of. 8. Bills: A motion by Supervisor Bailitz to approve the bills as presented in the amount of $121,026.55 check numbers 42244-42277 including PAIDONLINE, and ACH. Motion seconded by Supervisor Horbach. Motion carried. 9. Adjourn: A motion by Supervisor Bailitz to adjourn. Supervisor Hughes seconded the motion. Motion carried, meeting was adjourned at 7:28 p.m. Callie Rucker Clerk