Town Board — Minutes

March 24, 2025 Present were Julie Horbach, George Bailitz, Nancy Kemp, Sue Hughes, Amy Hookstead Excused were Tim Gaffron, Callie Rucker 1. The meeting was called to order by Treasurer/Deputy Clerk Amy Hookstead at 6:02 p.m. At which time she asked for a motion to have a board member to chair the meeting. A motion by Horbach/Bailitz to have Sue Hughes pro tempore chair the meeting, motion carried. 2. Supervisor Hughes led those present with the Pledge of Allegiance. 3. Minutes: A motion by Kemp/Horbach to approve March 10, 2025, minutes as presented, motion carried. 4. Reports: a. Committee and reports from floor: Water Patrol Chief Ferger reported the pontoon trailer is in disrepair. He also reported the annual training is scheduled for the end of April, beginning of May, and the buoy placement is May 17th. He is going to order two preliminary breath testers one for each boat at an approximate cost of $ 145.00 each. b. Clerk: None c. Treasurer sent out the 2024 financials. d. Supervisors: • Mrs. Horbach met with Rick to go over the office refurbishment. • Mr. Bailitz is working with Rick on the pier/launch repair. • Mrs. Hughes reported on the upgrade of the phones. And we are waiting on Spectrum to upgrade our phone system. There is a subgrant to move to the .gov emails of $600, and our computer person estimated to be $475, she will be linking everyone to the new .gov email soon. • Ms. Kemp: None e. Chairman Gaffron: Excused Citizens Comments: Winifred Gehring discussed the reasoning the Ethics Board should be abolished. Chairman of the Ethics Board, Ed Antaramian discussed the need for an Ethics Board, Vice Chairman Maureen Kauffmann was also in favor of the Board. 5. Business: Town Board items: a. Tabled Ethics Boards additional members and possible appointments, including the possibility of dissolutions of the Ethics Board, a motion made by Bailitz/Kemp to remove from the table, motion carried. Discussion followed and after discussion a motion by Horbach/Bailitz to dissolve the Ethics Board , a roll call vote was made, Horbach -aye, Bailitz-aye, Kemp-nay, Hughes-aye, Gaffron-excused, motion carried. b. Town hall office refurbishment, Julie Horbach met with Rick and presented the approximate cost of $800 to the board to upgrade the Treasurer ’s desk area and add some filing cabinets. After discussion a motion by Bailitz/ Hughes to accept the Town hall office refurbishment and the estimated cost, motion carried. c. Discussion on streetlight on 89 th St. Jonathan Blakeman would like a 360° shield and Nicholas Boss and Justin Zmich would like it taken down, the cost was checked, and it would be extremely expensive to take down. After discussion, the Board will try to have a 360° shield on the light and the possibility of another dead-end sign added. 7. Other Business allowed by law: None 8. Bills: A motion by Kemp/Horbach to approve the bills as presented in the amount of $78,627.11 check numbers 41764-41776 including Mar-2, LIABCHK and BILLPAY. Motion carried. 9. Adjourn: A motion by Kemp/Hughes to adjourn, motion carried, meeting was adjourned at 6:46 pm. Respectfully submitted for Amy Hookstead, Treasurer/Deputy Clerk By Callie Rucker, Clerk