January 13, 2025

1 TOWN OF PORT EDWARDS MONTHLY BOARD MEETING MINUTES Date: January 13th, 2025 Call to Order: Chairman Randy Moody called the regular Town Board meeting to order at 6:00p.m. The pledge of allegiance was recited to begin the meeting after the call to order. 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, Jeff O’Donnell, Treasurer Kathy Reese, and Clerk Michelle Sorenson via Zoom. Approval of minutes from December 9th, 2024, Monthly Board Meeting: Clerk had emailed the minutes from December’s meeting to the rest of the board so the minutes were reviewed prior to tonight’s meeting. O’Donnell made a motion to approve the minutes and Schmidt seconded. All were in favor and the motion carried. O’Donnell presented November minutes with board adjustments. Schmidt made a motion to approve presented minutes and O’Donnell seconded. All were in favor and the motion carried. Agenda: Approve the agenda Approve previous meetings’ minutes Approve payment of bills Treasurer and Clerk’s monthly reports Set date for next month’s board meeting Highway Superintendent report Review correspondence Town Attorney’s resignation letter Conditional use permit Zoning Board of Adjustment & Appeals workshop New business: Adjust mileage rate Old business: Final arrangements for January WTA meeting Update on deteriorating approach to the Community Center Update on G. Aron nuisance complaint Public input Topics for future discussion Adjourn Motion was made by O’Donnell and seconded by Schmidt to approve the agenda. All were in favor and motion carried. Bills: O’Donnell made a motion to approve payment of the town bills listed by the clerk. Motion was seconded by Schmidt and the motion carried with all in favor. Total disbursements for the month of December were $47,675.02 with total revenues being $1,348.44. 2 Treasurer and Clerk Financial Reports: The Treasurer and Clerk reports were reviewed by the Board. All reports balance. Total Town money as of December 31st, 2024, is $64,141.05. Schmidt made a motion to accept the reports as delivered. O’Donnell seconded said motion. Motion carried with a unanimous vote in favor. Correspondence: Clerk was in receipt of a resignation letter from Attorney Flanagan. He predicts his last day to be February 14th, 2025. No reason for his resignation was stated in his letter. The conditional use permit the clerk was expecting did not arrive. The Wood County Planning and Zoning department is holding a Zoning Board of Adjustment and Appeals workshop on February 19th, 2025, from 5p – 8p in the River Block Building. Clerk will contact the Zoning Board members to determine interest for registration. Highway Superintendent Report: Superintendent Lueneburg confirmed with the board that this year was going to be a road maintenance year involving chip sealing. He asked if the railing was going to be reinstalled on the culvert that was just replaced on South Section Street. The railing will not be reinstalled because the road over the new culvert is now supposed to be wide enough to not require one. The new furnace recently installed in the shop is super quiet and the crew is enjoying that as well as its consistent heat. Lueneburg will take a look at the ramp up to the community center but reminded the board he is not a carpenter. New Business: Mileage Rate: The current mileage reimbursement rate used by the Town is $0.655/mile. The federal mileage rate for 2025 is set at $0.700/mile. O’Donnell moved to adjust the Town’s mileage reimbursement rate to $0.700/mile and Schmidt seconded. Motion carried with all in favor. Old Business: WTA Meeting: Everything for the meeting should be in order. Moody requested the clerk contact the Community Center to confirm the availability of a flag for that evening. Community Center Approach: See Highway Superintendent report above. Nuisance Complaint: The update on the property had not arrived in time for tonight’s meeting. Public input: There was none. Next Scheduled Board Meeting: The next regularly scheduled monthly Town Board Meeting is set for Monday, February 10th, 2025. The meeting will be called to order at 6:00p.m. in the Port Edwards Town Hall. Adjourn: Being no other business to conduct, O’Donnell made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 6:34p.m. and Schmidt seconded. All were in favor and the motion carried. Respectfully submitted, Michelle Sorenson, Clerk