May 11, 2026

1 TOWN OF PORT EDWARDS MONTHLY BOARD MEETING MINUTES Date: May 11, 2026 Call to Order: Chairman Randy Moody called the Town Board meeting to order at 5:02 p.m. The pledge of allegiance was recited to begin this meeting. Meeting Certification: This meeting has been properly posted (on the Town Hall door), as well as published on our website to notify the public of date, place, time, and agenda. Attendance: Chairman Randy Moody, Supervisors Tim Schmidt, Trevor Jensen, Treasurer Kathy Reese, Clerk Tracey Draper, Road Superintendent Adam Lueneburg, and one person present from the public. Agenda: • Approve the Agenda • Review and approve April 13, 2026 Board Meeting minutes • Approve payment of Town bills • Treasurer and Clerk monthly financial reports • Set date for June 2026 Board meeting • Road Superintendent report • Correspondence o Discuss School Voucher Transparency correspondence o Wisconsin Towns Association – Turnout for Transportation Roundtables o Notice of May WTA – Wood County Unit Meeting • New business: o Approve Ho-Chunk cooperative agreement o Discuss, draft and approve Data Facility Ordinance • Old business: o Approve Town road projects • Public input • Topics for future discussion • Adjourn Jensen motioned to approve the agenda, seconded by Schmidt, motion carried. Review and approval of April 13, 2026 monthly Board Meeting minutes: Clerk Draper emailed and presented the minutes from April’s Board meeting to the Town Board for review. The minutes from the April meeting looked accurate and acceptable. Motion was made by Jensen to approve the minutes as presented, Schmidt seconded the motion, motion carried. Bills: Schmidt made a motion to approve payment of the town bills listed by the Clerk, Jensen seconded, and the motion carried. Total disbursements for the month of April were $45,444.87 with total revenues being $45,915.70. 2 Treasurer and Clerk Financial Reports: The Treasurer and Clerk reports were reviewed by the Board. All reports balance. Total Town money as of April 30, 2026, is $340,655.30. Jensen made a motion to accept the reports as delivered, Schmidt seconded. Motion carried. Next Scheduled Board Meeting: The next regularly scheduled Town Board Meeting is set for Monday, June 15, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. at the Port Edwards Town Hall. Road Superintendent report: Lueneburg reported that work on the landfill is moving along. The only work that remains is to place the sign, place the plates on the wells, and the final hauling. Will be working on culverts in the next week. Also plan to clean up the stumps and areas of tree removal on Ver Bunker. Will need to rent some equipment for proper completion of these jobs. Correspondence: Chairman Moody was contacted with a request for the Town to devise a resolution to have a comment put on the tax bills regarding the amount of tax monies used for school vouchers. An informational flyer was also received regarding a meeting on School Voucher Transparency. The meeting will discuss the use of state monies for public, private, and home schooling. The meeting is scheduled for May 28th at 6:00 pm at the Port Edwards High School gym. Everyone is welcome to attend. Notice will be placed on the bulletin board. Information was received regarding the Wisconsin Towns Association workshop: Turnout for Transportation Roundtables. Town Board members may register if interested. The next meeting for the WTA -Wood County Unit will be held Friday, May 15th at 7:00 pm at the Pittsville Community Center. Agenda items were noted. The agenda is available for review. Clerk Draper presented a request received from Oakdale Electric regarding the Town’s requirements for permits to do work in the Town. The Town’s application for Permit to Construct and Operate Transmission/Utility Line on Highway/Road and the Utility Ordinance will be forwarded with the request. Clerk Draper received a survey request regarding the electrical service provided to the Town. The Board did not have any specific input regarding this subject. Clerk Draper will answer the survey with regards to the Town facility use. Road Superintendent Lueneburg noted a phone message received from a Solarus representative regarding email. Clerk Draper has been in contact with this representative in regards to the Clerk’s email being at maximum capacity. Clean-up of email is in progress, and will be ongoing. Clerk Draper will seek advice from WTA regarding the deleting and retention of emails. New Business: Discussion followed regarding the proposed agreement with Ho -Chunk Nation to fund part of the work on Creamery Road. The estimated cost of this project is $653,000 including a 2% contingency. Ho-Chunk will fund $510,000. The Town would then be responsible for $130,000- $143,000. Suggestion was made to review the culvert on this road prior to this roadwork as well. Schmidt made a motion to approve the Ho-Chunk Cooperative Agreement, Jensen seconded the motion. Motion carried. 3 The County has mentioned to Chairman Moody that they are planning to fix Lynn Hill Road due to the washboard effect that has happened with the resurfacing of that road. They are looking into which way to fix this problem. When a solution is decided upon, this road will be fixed by the County at no cost to the Town. A proposed Data Facility Ordinance was then reviewed and discussed. The verbiage of the ordinance and various information on Data Facilities were mentioned. Schmidt motioned to approve the Data Facility Operations Ordinance, Jensen seconded, motion carried. Old Business: Approval of 2026 Road Projects: Chaiman Moody presented information regarding the proposed roadwork on Ver Bunker Avenue and Grunewald Lane. Previously clarification of footage on Ver Bunker Avenue was requested. It was noted that the Town owns a 105’, 2 -lane section of Ver Bunker Avenue. The American Asphalt proposal is $4950 for this section. Schmidt motioned to approve roadwork on the 100’, 2 -lane section of Ver Bunker Avenue, Jensen seconded, motion carried. Grunewald Lane roadwork from Highway JJ to the cul-de-sac and back out to Highway JJ will cost $65,000. Schmidt made a motion to approve Grunewald Lane roadwork at $65,000. Lack of a second. Motion failed. Discussion of proposal continued. Moody made a motion to approve the roadwork on Grunewald Lane at a cost of $65,000 based on the County adding in a contingency cap of 3%, Jensen seconded, motion carried. Schmidt made a motion to approve the work on Creamery Road at a maximum cost to the Town of $143,000, Jensen seconded the motion, motion carried. Public Input: A Town member mentioned the cost of road construction at the present time. Brief discussion followed. Topics for future discussion: Update on the nuisance properties. Liquor license renewals. Adjourn: Being there was no other business to conduct, Schmidt made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 6:38 p.m. and Jensen seconded. All were in favor and the motion carried. Respectfully submitted, Tracey Draper, Clerk