2023 July 11 Minutes TBM

TOWN OF CARY5688 ACCOLA ROADPITTSVILLE, WI 54466July 11th, 20236 PM(Unofficial)The monthly board meeting of the Town of Cary was called to order at 6 PM by Chairman, Mark Gosh. In attendance were Chairman Mark Gosh; Supervisors I and II Dennis Brunner and Dale Zawislan; Treasurer Carey Rucker and Acting Clerk Lori Hiebl, also in attendance was the accessor, Jerry WegnerChecks were reviewed and signed.The minutes of the June 20th meeting were read, motion to approve the minutes was made by Dale Zawislan, 2nd by Dennis Brunner. Motion passed. Clerk’s Report – Lori Hiebl went around and got the signatures on the paperwork from Associated Bank so all the names of the board members are on file, so we are all able to sign checks when needed. We received the Insight contract, the chairman called our Insight rep Matt Sievers asking; if we paid in advance if we could get the price per gallon a little cheaper, he said no, it was the same price for Option #1 or Option #2. The contract was signed to accept the Option #2, to pay as propane gets delivered. Price was $1.59⁹Treasurer’s Report – Carey gave the treasurers report and had a report of the Budget vs Actual expenses from January 2023- July 2023. She will hand out this report every month until the Budget meeting in the fall as then it gives us an up to date look on where we stand. Motion to file the treasurers report was made by Dale Zawislan, 2nd by Dennis Brunner. Motion passed. Public Input - An elderly resident called the clerk asking if the township could help with cutting the grass in their ditches on their property. Discussion was made to look for another company to do our fall mowing of the ditches as the company that did it this summer, we are not happy with the job they did. Mark will call another company to see if they can do the fall mowing and then will try and help the resident with mowing of their ditches. New Business:Townhall computers: The chairman’s and treasurer’s computer will be taken in this month to get updated on antivirus software and the yearly cleanup of the computersJerry Wegner gave a report on the Municipal Assessment Report and on the Board of Review. Mark asked him if he could write a few paragraphs on his assessment that we can post for the residents of the township. He also gave us his contract for 2024, his salary increased by $200 to $6200, as he charges 1% of the townships equalized value which has increased to $62 million. Motion to approve his contract was made by Dale Zawislan, 2nd by Dennis Brunner. Motion passed Old Business: Bank Investment: Carey gave a report on what she feels is best for the township concerning the money in the Forward account. She will go into the bank, make arrangements for the money to be transferred to a money market account and give a report next meeting on that. TOWN OF CARY5688 ACCOLA ROADPITTSVILLE, WI 54466July 11th, 20236 PMOffice Equipment: We are tabling the purchasing of a new All-in-One printer until Jean gets back, so make sure we get the correct on that is needed for our use. Garage door/shop expansion update: Mark talked to Mara Wood on what it would cost to possibly expand the shop so we can have up to date garage doors. He got an estimate of $70,000; we will be looking at other options of what can be done to update shop overhead doors. Road Report: Calcium Chloride update: Mark talked to the grader operator and he said that Calcium Chloride was very hard to come by and was double in price as in the past. The closest place to get it was in Upper Michigan. Mark will talk with him again if there were other options available. Date for the next meeting was set for August 8th, 2023 at 6 PM>Motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:23 PM was made by Dale Zawislan and 2nd by Dennis Brunner. Motion passed.Respectfully submitted byLori HieblActing Clerk