Town Board — Minutes

September 15, 2025 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 6:01 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 August 11, 2025. Motion was seconded by Supervisor Bailitz. All aye, Motion carried. Supervisor Bailitz made a Motion to approve the minutes from August 25, 2025. Motion was seconded by Supervisor Hughes. All aye, Motion carried. 4. Reports: a. Committees and reports from the Floor: Water Patrol Officer Robinson stated that there were 10 Citations and 31 warnings. Lake Benedict Boat was overheating Supervisor Soderman replaced the propeller and the boat is now functioning properly. The Powers Lake boat had been dying while patrolling, on Labor Day the officer was stranded and had to get in the water and pull the boat to shore. After checking the boat out the boat was having a fuel issue, Supervisor Soderman replaced the fuel pump. Buoy removal is scheduled for the middle to end of September and winter buoys will be placed. Chairman Nordigian asked that the water patrol please coordinate with Rick as to when the gate will be unlocked. b. Clerk: None c. Treasurer: None d. Supervisors: • Supervisor Horbach reported that Baker Tilly sent a list of questions and Supervisor Horbach and Treasurer Johnson answered the questions. Baker Tilley declined to perform the audit. Office furniture arrived in the warehouse and Supervisor Horbach is waiting for Rick to give her times when he can get the office ready for the furniture to be installed. • Supervisor Bailitz reported that the boat launch is doing fine. He has received 2 bids and would like to get another bid on the piers. Kayak and Canoe ticketing is becoming an issue. Possibly having a sign that says No Kayak/Canoe launching please use Bayview or the Knoll launch. Supervisor Bailitz will look into the DNR restrictions. Supervisor Bailitz would like to see automatic fee machines in the future. • Supervisor Hughes advised that a lot of work has been done on the trimming of the trees. Bill recommended getting on a 3-year schedule. The culvert work order has been put in with County. There is a sidewalk on 101st Street that has buckled up due to tree roots. The recommendation from Ryan Spackman is to remove it. Pier database is complete, and Supervisor Hughes will be sending out a test email. Office cleanup has begun; Storage room has been gone through and there is a lot to be shredded. The backroom in the office is being worked on at this time. • Supervisor Soderman stated the parks are in good shape. The playground will need to be cleaned out and some trees that will need to be taken down and trimming will need to be done. e. Chairman Nordigian reported the Lake Benedict meeting was on August 16, 2025, and no significant issues. The DNR suggested a launch on Lake Benedict, however the parking lot would be across the street in Bloomfield. The LRIP funds 2026-2027 between 3 towns in Kenosha County, Town of Randall is one of them the amount of funds available is $15,000.00 which would be split between the 3 towns. Fire Department budget will get started next week between, Chairman Nordigian, Chief Gronke and Bob Stoll. The fire Department has purchased all new turnout gear, and they used 2% fire dues and other accounts. Spoke about the wakeboards and will send the board information to look over to make sure the lakes stay healthy. September 18, 2025, is the area unit WTA meeting. Supervisor Nordigian would like to see Highway W down to the state line on next agenda. 5. Citizens Comments: Irma Johnson- Spoke about the Indian Marker Tree on the Ice Trail and would like to see the foliage to be trimmed back and a possible sign placed there identifying the tree. Supervisor Nordigian asked her to get an expert to verify the tree is an Indian Marker Tree. Jonathan Blakeman- Asphalt on the Ice Trail is digressing and would like this to be checked on as it is not safe for cyclists. He is concerned with the ATV/UTV running renegade, no stopping at stop sign, speeding. The hours he has seen them are usually in the evenings and weekends, sometimes midday. The tree trimming on 93rd looks great and it has made a huge difference in visibility. 6. Business: Town Board items: a. Application for license to serve for Lisa Jacobsen. Supervisor Horbach made a Motion to approve license to serve for Lisa Jacobsen and Supervisor Bailitz seconded the Motion. All ayes. Motion carries. b. Ice Enterprise contract. Supervisor Bailitz explained Ice Enterprise submitted 2 contracts. 1 contract for 1 year and the other contract for 5 years. Conversation ensued. Chairman Nordigian would like the Town Attorney to review both contracts. c. Review making a permanent change to our regular Town Board meeting day of the week. Chairman Nordigian explained that Mondays are hard between the Clerk and Treasurer to get prepared for Monday night meetings. Chairman Nordigian made a Motion to move the Town Board meetings to the second and fourth Wednesday s starting on October 8, 2025. The Pla n Commission Board meeting will be on the fourth Wednesday of the month starting on October 22, 2025. Supervisor Hughes seconded the Motion. All ayes. Motion carries. d. Process to modify the impact fee use. Supervisor Horbach would like to see if the ordinance for impact fees possibly could be combined as Fire Department and Roads. Chairman Nordigian explained that impact fees have to be used for NEW roads. Supervisor Horbach made a Motion to table the Impact fees until a later date. Supervisor Soderman seconded the Motion. All ayes. Motion carries. e. Road repair and improvement loan. Supervisor Horbach suggested getting a loan to help get some of the roads fixed. Chairman Nordigian would like to go off the Paser rating starting with the 1 rating. Supervisor Hughes stated 1 road is rated as a 1, 3 roads are rated as 2, and 8 -10 roads are rated as 3. Chairman Nordigian suggested looking into loans. f. Employee handbook. Chairman Nordigian stated Bob Stoll sent him an employee handbook and would like the board to take a look at it and compare it to what we have. Chairman Nordigian also would like an attorney to look at the handbook before approving. Chairman Nordigian would like to table employee handbook to be tabled until next meeting. 7. Other Business allowed by law: None 8. Bills: A motion by Supervisor Bailitz to approve the bills as presented in the amount of $94,196.22 check numbers 42037-42068 including PAIDONLINE. Motion seconded by Supervisor Horbach. All aye, Motion carried. 9. Adjourn: A motion by Supervisor Hughes to adjourn. Supervisor Horbach seconded the motion. All aye, Motion carried, meeting was adjourned at 7:38 p.m. Respectfully Submitted, Roxanne Johnson Treasurer