Joint Town Board Meeting with Buena Vista — Minutes

1 MINUTES JOINT TOWN OF PLOVER AND TOWN OF BUENA VISTA BOARD MEETING JULY 21, 2025 1. CALL TO ORDER: Town of Plover Chairman James Garbe called the meeting of the Town of Plover Town Board to order at 7:00 PM. Town of Buena Vista Chairman Paul Cieslewicz called the meeting of the Town of Buena Vista Town Board to order at 7:00 PM. Also present were Town of Plover Supervisors Roger Bentley, Joseph Firkus Jr., Richard Pingel, and Timothy Tuttle; Town of Plover Clerk/Treasurer Patricia Weller; Town of Plover Superintendent of Highways William Honaker; Town of Buena Vista Supervisors Duane Clark and Bartholomew Trzebiatowski; Town of Buena Vista Clerk Germaine Stuczynski; Town of Buena Vista Treasurer Catherine Guth; Donald Firkus Jr. of DJ’s Water Service, James Hopp and Kyle Hopp of Best Excavating & Trucking, LLC, Richard Rashke of Okray Produce Company, Thomas Schultz of Heartland Farms, Inc., Nathan Wolosek of Wolosek Family Enterprises, LLC, and Scott Worzella of Worzella & Sons, Inc. 2. DISCUSSION WITH BUENA VISTA TOWN BOARD AND FARMERS THAT ARE PRESENT REGARDING JOINT ROAD PROJECT ON BUENA VISTA DRIVE: Meeting attendees discussed the history of Buena Vista Drive, its current condition, and a plan to improve it. Farmers in attendance recommended delaying other gravel projects and dedicating resources to Buena Vista Drive. The Town of Buena Vista recently committed $25,000.00 to the project. Rather than pursuing grant opportunities, board members agreed to pool their funds to hire contractors as needed and purchase material, with a good portion of labor and equipment to be donated by local farmers. Vegetation will be sprayed and killed, soil will be removed to reclaim the ditches, the worst sections of muck will be dug out and filled with sand or rock, and the road will be graded and shaped before hauling in as much material as budgets will allow. Preparations will begin before harvest, but most of the work will happen after harvest and likely extend into 2026. Town of Buena Vista Chairman Cieslewicz will coordinate project details with farmers and employees, and board members will reevaluate budgeting in the future. 3. RECONSIDERATION OF PLANNED PROJECT ON PRAIRIE DRIVE AND RESCINDING OF MOTION FROM MEETING ON JUNE 24, 2025, IF NECESSARY: Town of Plover Supervisor Bentley rescinded his June 24 motion to haul a few loads of gravel to Lila Drive and River Drive as needed and use the remaining funds budgeted for gravel overlay projects to purchase Cisler aggregate for Prairie Drive to be hauled in part by local farmers, not to exceed $24,000.00. Town of Plover Supervisor Firkus rescinded his second of the motion, the question was called, and the motion was rescinded unanimously. 4. DECISION REGARDING JOINT ROAD PROJECT WITH THE TOWN OF BUENA VISTA ON BUENA VISTA DRIVE: Town of Plover Supervisor Pingel made the motion to commit $25,000.00 to the Buena Vista Drive project. Town of Plover Supervisor Firkus seconded the motion, the question was called, and the motion carried unanimously. 2 5. ADJOURNMENT: Town of Plover Supervisor Bentley made the motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:19 PM, Town of Plover Supervisor Firkus seconded, the question was called, and the motion carried unanimously. Town of Buena Vista Supervisor Trzebiatowski made the motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:19 PM, Town of Buena Vista Supervisor Clark seconded, the question was called, and the motion carried unanimously. Respectfully Submitted By: Patricia Weller, Clerk/Treasurer Approved: 09/17/25