December 9, 2024

1 TOWN OF PORT EDWARDS MONTHLY BOARD MEETING MINUTES Date: December 9th, 2024 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 this 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, Clerk Michelle Sorenson. There were also eight people present from the public. Approval of minutes from November 11th, 2024, Monthly Board Meeting, and November 18th, 2024, Budget Public Hearing and Special Meeting of the Electors: Clerk presented the minutes from November meetings by email to the Board, prior to the meeting of December 9, 2024. After review of minutes, Tim Schmidt made a motion to approve the minutes as drafted. There was no second on the motion. O'Donnell suggested changes in some of the wording in the Special Meeting of the Town Electors Minutes. Moody then read the wording that was to be changed. Clerk told Moody to email the changes to her. Motion was made by Schmidt to approve the Monthly Board Meetings Minutes with no changes, the Budget Public Hearing minutes with no changes, and the Special Meeting of Town Electors Meeting minutes with changes proposed by O'Donnell and Moody. O'Donnell seconded the motion. Vote was 3 yes - 0 no. 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 Set date for Town caucus Review correspondence Village of Port Edwards fire contract amendment to include first responders coverage Highway Superintendent report New business: Approve 2025 Town budget Decide on gifts of appreciation for highway crew Discuss highway shop heater issues Upcoming WTA training workshops 2 Old business: Update on Town hall accessibility issues Continue preparations for January WTA meeting the Town is hosting Topics for future discussion Public input Adjourn Motion was made by O’Donnell and seconded by Schmidt to approve the agenda. All were in favor so 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 November were $31,879.65 with total revenues being $84,618.20. Treasurer and Clerk Financial Reports: The Treasurer and Clerk reports were reviewed by the Board. All reports balance. Total Town money as of November 30th, 2024, is $110,467.63. O’Donnell made a motion to accept the reports as delivered. Schmidt seconded said motion. Motion carried with a 3-0 vote in favor. Correspondence: Clerk was in receipt of an addendum from the Village of Port Edwards Fire Department adding first responders’ coverage to the Town’s fire coverage. The cost would be $3,500 and the first responders will be servicing the same area as the Village Fire Department does now. Schmidt made a motion to approve the addendum. O’Donnell seconded said motion. Motion carried with all in favor. Highway Superintendent Report: The Sterling patrol truck had to go in for repairs to the wings ram. The seals were replaced and now everything is ready for the upcoming winter months. Lot 3 on Bollig Court is still refusing to cooperate with requests to become compliant with the Town’s setback requirements. Adam would like to turn the matter over to the board as he has exhausted all possible options with dealing with the owners. The heater in the shop has an issue that cannot be fixed. The heater’s sequencer went out and the part is hard to find since furnaces don’t use them anymore. Adam has made some calls for estimates to replace the furnace. It is still working but will shut down after running only a few minutes. Thankfully the weather has been mild. New Business: 2025 Budget: O’Donnell made a motion to approve the 2025 proposed Town budget. Schmidt seconded the motion and it carried with all voting in favor. Highway crew: The board discussed what has been done in past years. O’Donnell made a motion to give Adam a $50 Piggly Wiggly gift card and to give Brian a Piggly Wiggly gift card for $40. Schmidt seconded the motion and it passed with all in favor. 3 Shop heater: O’Donnell made a motion to purchase a furnace from whoever can do it cheapest and Schmidt seconded said motion. Motion carried with all in favor. WTA spring workshops: Moody wants to wait on registering for workshops. Old Business: Town Hall accessibility issues: An estimate in the amount of $39,000 was received from Altman Construction for redoing the approach to the Town Hall. Plans for January WTA meeting: The speaker will be the Register of Deeds and she will speak to the subject of how you can lose your house by fraud once it is paid off. Future Topics: The ramp and its railing at the Community Center are rotted. Public input: Is there any news on Plank Hill reopening? The question continued by asking why the culvert can’t be replaced so the road can be open while the County figures things out? Unfortunately there has not been any new updates. Next Scheduled Board Meeting: The next regularly scheduled monthly Town Board Meeting is set for Monday, January 13th, 2025. The meeting will be called to order at 6:00p.m. in the Port Edwards Town Hall. Town Caucus: The Town caucus is set for Tuesday, January 14th, 2025, at 6:00p.m. It will be conducted in the Port Edwards Town Hall. Adjourn: Being no other business to conduct, O’Donnell made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 6:53p.m. and Schmidt seconded. All were in favor and the motion carried. Respectfully submitted, Michelle Sorenson, Clerk