2025 TB Minutes 5-12

Date: May 14, 2025 Town of Wheatland 34315 Geneva Rd. New Munster, WI 53105 Clerk Katie Sweatman Town Board Meeting Monday, May 12th, 2025 – 6:00 P.M. The Wheatland Town Board met on Monday, May 12th, 2025 at 6PM at the Wheatland Town Hall. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. Roll call included: Chairmen Jeff Butler Supervisor Kyle Madsen Supervisor Kelly Wilson Also in attendance: Clerk – Katie Sweatman, Treasurer – Shannon Herda, Chief Lou Denko, Wayne and Grant Kaddatz, Ron and Patty Gandt, Rob Pishusky, Mike Adam, Josh Fischer and Traci Denko The Town Board meeting was posted at the Town Hall upstairs and downstairs, West of the I, Wheatland School and the subscription list. Supervisor Madsen made a motion to approve the minutes from April 28th, 2025 Town Board meeting and it was 2nd by Chairmen Butler. Motion was carried. Fire Dept. Report was given by Chief Denko. Stated a meeting was attended on Thursday, May 9th with Jensen Hughes the Fire Protection Consultant for the battery plant they did an analysis on what the town needs. It was a very in-depth meeting. A report will be generated on findings in a few weeks. Follow-up should be automatic however Chief Denko will be in-touch if needed. Meeting for May 20th meeting for the Randall and Twin Lakes Fire Department is going to be rescheduled. Recommendation for a short-term meeting for goal setting with Wheatland Fire Department and the Town Board. Chief Denko to send the board a few dates that will work for him and something will be scheduled. Chief Denko will be gone from the 19th through the 22nd for training in Arizona. Chief Denko to send meeting information for September to Supervisor Madsen. Fire Truck Sale #6614 update unfortunately is starting over with advertising as all offers are now not interested. Chief Denko to readvertise for possible sale. Public Safety Report was given printed to the board. Public comments – Ron Gandt introduced himself and stated that he is willing to absorb all costs of new ATV signs when/if ordinance goes into effect. An overview of the ordinance was given by Chairmen Butler from Randall that Samantha Kerkman would like us to adopt. Increase on boat launch fees, clerk to gather information about what they have gone up to set by county for review and give to board. Memorandum Of Understanding Draft approval for 3 out lots being given back to us from Kenosha County. Motion to approve the MOU Draft as presented for the 3 out lots given by Supervisor Wilson, 2nd by Supervisor Madsen. Motion was carried. Westend collaborative meeting was attended with Salem Lakes. Randall and Twin Lakes will be a couple of years away from doing this. Silver Lake is planning on putting a new rescue squad up at the old EMS building. ATV Ordinance from Samantha Kerkman to send to attorney by clerk. Supervisor Madsen called out that about a uniform permit fee. Date: May 14, 2025 Town of Wheatland 34315 Geneva Rd. New Munster, WI 53105 Clerk Katie Sweatman Town Board Meeting Monday, May 12th, 2025 – 6:00 P.M. Solar field update given by clerk, Katie. At this time the outpost by Pats is not giving us utility tax aide and it should be. Information has not been received by the WE-Energies and the DOR regarding this issue. Katie to follow up. A meeting took place Thursday May 8th with the DOR, WE-Energies and Paris regarding the solar farm information. We have a liaison with Ali that we are to get contact information and work with through WE Energies. Our farm started the build in November 2023, we “Powered Up” in May of 2024 and should be going live May of 2025 to see utility tax aide sometime around the 3rd quarter on our tax roll. UT-149 was found and given to Paris and Associated Appraisal for comparison. Then this will be taken off of our tax roll. Numbers are unknown but we have confirmation that the energy has been sold to WE Energies. At this time, we are not worried about the battery storage. These are two separate items. The battery storage will be the first stand- alone facility. Road report - Hwy P Construction Starting May 12th half is grounded up and project is underway. Highway K all the federal speed signs are up and working. Clerk stated we had a citizen call in that reported those signs are not calibrated correctly. Information to be relayed to state through the county. Road inspection went well. Finish 1/3 of 376 th. 3 different roads to follow up on to repave. Clerk to get a quote to repave all three for follow up. During the road inspection, Supervisor Madsen stated a lot of items were identified and are being assessed for follow up as far as multiple vehicles and over growth areas. Treasurer report was given by Shannon Herda for the month of March as $1,296,511.60. Sheila and Shannon are still working on April to weed through the problems. Clerk report given by Katie. A new report was given that goes over the expenditures equaling $123,2741.36. Phone system, 3 companies are being evaluated to consolidate how to put all of these services together. We also need phone and internet together. Meetings were had with Verizon and Charter Communications (Spectrum). Current issues have been identified and put into a list to be addressed with the new systems. At this time, costs are unknown with exact numbers. Jason will be involved in making decisions. All of the new plans include new phones. This will be addressed at the next meeting with more information. Clerk going mobile, Jason found an error regarding our system upgrade with Windows 11. He is checking into and will be fixing it soon. The existing TV is put on a rolling table. This poses a safety hazard, it’s cumbersome and it’s not easily moveable or assessable. Mounting the TV on the wall to project the agenda and to be interactive would solve this problem. The clerk will be able to interact with it. The mount is about $50 to $80. Mounting is to be on the wall where the Judges office is. The plaque and the clock will be moved. Katie’s husband will do the work. Jason will follow up on any other electronic issues found. Letting the public use the TV is not an option at this time due to security and firewall concerns. Chairs and floor being cleaned or replaced downstairs. Ok to have the carpet cleaned. Chairs will be evaluated for next years budget. The subscription list is going to be updated online to sign up and unsubscribe all online. Lilly Lake water sampling is going to be restarting. Facebook page, Keeping Wheatland Informed, is ok to be used for postings. Concerns relied regarding legalities of postings. Memorial Day we will be closed. Our next meeting will be June 9th. Shannon to submit receipt for monitor reimbursement to Katie. Motion to Adjourn was made by Supervisor Wilson and 2nd by Supervisor Madsen. Motion was carried.