Monthly Meeting

Troy Weichelt, Supervisor Mark Scheunemann, Chairman Rick Bouma, Supervisor Karmen Bouma, Treasurer Town of Arpin Wood County Shelly Grimm, Clerk Arpin, Wisconsin 54410 The Town of Arpin will hold a closed meeting at 6:30 p.m. directly following with special town elector meeting immediately following with be special town board meeting and directly following regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, November 11th, 2025 at 7:00 p.m., in the fire department building. A Special closed meeting has been called to order by Chairman Scheunemann before the regular monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. on November 11, 2025 in the fire department building. Convene in closed session pursuant to Wis. Stat 19.85(1)(g) for purposes of discussion/vote of two-hour call-in pay MOTION (Scheunemann, Bouma) to convene into closed session Carried 2-0 Reconvene into open session MOTION (Scheunemann, Bouma) to reconvene into open session. Carried 2-0 Adjournment: MOTION (Scheunemann, Bouma) to adjourn the closed meeting. Carried 2-0_________________________________________________ These are the minutes of November 11,2025 Regular monthly meeting Agenda: Approve monthly minutes of October, 2025: MOTION (Bouma, Weichelt to approve the monthly minutes of October as presented. Carried 3-0 Review financial report: MOTION (Scheunemann, Bouma) to approve the financial report. Carried 3-0 Monthly bills: MOTION (Bouma, Weichelt to approve the monthly bills as presented. Carried 3-0 Building Inspector: Dan Hansen discussed some residents not obtaining building permits and asked board for some insight Fire Department report 12 calls this past month 7 EMS 5 Fire next week brushing up on AG rescue skills, Banquet went well Cemetery update- Tree removal estimates: Light was fixed above flag pole Tree estimates will be tabled till next month Library update: The Director continues to explore new book vendors to replace Baker & Taylor. Take ‘n Make activity kits continue to be popular with availability lasting less than two weeks. November’s offering is a Festive Fall Corn craft. A free Paper Play Creative Cardmaking event will be presented Thursday, November 13 at 5:30 pm. The library will again be partnering with Richfield 4-H in hosting the Angel Tree. This is a wonderful opportunity to help make Christmas a little brighter for some area families. The Angel Tree is expected to arrive the week of November 17. In celebration of Thanksgiving, the library will be closed Thursday, November 27 but will resume regular hours on Friday, November 28. All seats for the Rustic Snowman Porch Sign event scheduled for Saturday, December 6 have been filled. Those still interested in attending should place their name on the cancellation list in the event a space becomes available. South Wood County Humane Society Contract: MOTION (Bouma, Weichelt) to approve the South Wood County Human Society Contract for year 2026. Carried 3-0 Road Work/Condition update Bridge Report: passed our bridge inspections all were at 5 LRIP informational: town applied for 3 grants, local grant was denied, Arpin-Richfield Road was discussed about ownership of road Treasurer Bond Ordinance 2025-02: MOTION (Scheunemann, Weichelt) to accept the substitution Ordinance for the Treasurer bond Carried 3-0 DS300 informational: Clerk discussed the upcoming DS300 in 2027 this will be a cost of $1000 payable to Wood County with Wood County trading in all DS200 Payroll: Clerk Discussed with board about moving payroll dates for hand in of hours to Wednesday instead of Friday before the meetings, also will be working on a better payroll sheet December WTA Unit meeting finalization: discussion was held Monthly mail review: Public Input: Resident asked about the solar ordinance to be revisited, Resident questioned about looking into the local government investment pool Future Agenda Items: Tree Estimates, Election Inspectors, Solar ordinance, State Local Government pool Adjournment: MOTION (Scheunemann, Bouma) to adjourn the monthly meeting at 8:10 p.m. Respectfully Submitted, Shelly Grimm, Clerk 11/14/2025