Town Board — Minutes

December 9, 2024 Present were Tim Gaffron, Julie Horbach, Nancy Kemp, George Bailitz, Sue Hughes, Callie Rucker Excused was Amy Hookstead 1. The meeting was called to order by Chairman Gaffron at 6:00 p.m. 2. Chairman Gaffron led those present with the Pledge of Allegiance. 3. Minutes: A motion by Kemp/Hughes to approve November 11, 2024 minutes as presented, motion carried. 4. Reports: a. Committee and reports from floor: Supervisor Hughes gave a library report, and the friends of the library had their sale. The next meeting is December 16th. b. Clerk: None c. Treasurer received tax bills from the County to do the final review before they mail them out. d. Supervisors: • Mrs. Horbach reported receiving a lot of nice pictures for our website update. • Mr. Bailitz reported the floating pier will need some repair and he will work with Rick on that. • Mrs. Hughes is placing community events on the sign, website, and possibly Facebook as the events happen. • Ms. Kemp reported making a little over $600 from the friends of the library sale. Noticed a sign at the DNR ramp had been vandalized and reported to Rick. e. Chairman Gaffron reported on December 21 will be the Santa on the fire truck driving around Randall subdivisions and on December 22 will be the breakfast with Santa at the Randall Fire Station #2. 5. Citizens Comments: Mark Nordigian from the Kenosha County Board updated us on sections of Highway 75 that have been changed to County Highway BD. And a portion of the former County Highway KR is now Highway 195, which the state is now paying the full cost of the maintenance on. Brandon Heron made a request to investigate resurfacing the roads in Randall Farms soon. John Blakeman is in favor of keeping the light on 89th Street. In addition, when they exit the subdivision on 89th Street when you turn left, it is a blind turn, and the cars do not see them when pulling out. He is asking if there is a sign that can be posted such as a blind driveway or dangerous intersection sign on 360th Avenue coming out of Twin Lakes, more than one person has almost been hit pulling off of 89th Street. He also asked if the curb and gutters on 89th Street could be cleaned out a little more often, especially in spring & fall. Justin Zmich lives on 89th Street and is against the streetlight. Nick Boss lives on 89th Street asking if the grass in the front of the houses could be mowed, as it is not mowed. 6. Business: Town Board & Plan Commission items: a. None Town Board items: b. Streetlights within the Town, specifically 89th Street and Lakeside Park. Chairman Gaffron suggested shielding the light all the way around to start, test to see if it is not too bright. Chairman Gaffron will start with the above and go from there. Mike Butler discussed a modification on the light at Lakeside Park possibly turning the light off at the park closing or change to a warmer color instead of so bright. Chairman Gaffron suggested making the light a warmer color, re-aiming the light more towards the park grounds and requesting a timer so the light shuts off at 10 pm. After discussion a motion by Kemp/Horbach to make the above changes, motion carried. c. Street signs in Ukrainian Village and the entrance of Ridgeway. After discussion the Town will have signs placed in Ridgeway subdivision for 118th Street and 333rd Avenue. For the Ukrainian Village, which are not Town roads, the Board decided to have the Ukrainian Village purchase their own signs. d. Shred event. Discussion followed and the Board decided they want to track phone calls that come in for a shred event and will hold off on the shred event for 2025. e. Appointment of a Plan Commission member. The Board decided to table the request. f. Tax collector bond application. A motion by Horbach/Hughes to approve the bond application. Motion carried. g. December 23rd meeting. A motion by Bailitz/Horbach to cancel the December 23rd meeting, motion carried. A decision was made to change the meetings to Monday night at 6:00 pm, for the next year, a motion by Horbach/Kemp was made, motion carried. The Plan Commission will meet on the second Monday of the month. 7. Other Business allowed by law. None 8. Bills: A motion by Kemp/Bailitz to approve the bills as presented in the amount of $69,019.35 check numbers 41601-41608 including Dec-2, LIAB CHK, and BILLPAY. Motion carried. 9. Adjourn: A motion by Kemp/Horbach to adjourn, motion carried, meeting was adjourned at 6:45 pm. Callie Rucker Clerk