Monthly Meeting — Minutes

Unofficial Meeting Minutes Tonight’s meeting will be recorded for the purpose of taking minutes. Town of Remington Town Board Meeting May 19, 2025 The Town Board Meeting of the Town of Remington was called to order at 7: 00 pm by Chairman Simonson. Minutes: The clerk read the minutes for the April 21, 2025, meeting; D. Ellis motioned to accept minutes as read, with corrections, second by T. Simonson. Treasurer The treasurer’s report was presented with the following account balances as of April 2025: Equipment Fund: $499.48; Contingency Fund: $15,279.72; Road Maintenance Fund: $2,523.86; Bridge Fund: $2,516.22; Fire Dept Equipment: $39,767.17; Property Tax/Dogs: $76.01; Town Hall: $13,553.55, Paper City Savings Checking $132,535.34. T. Simonson motioned to accept the treasurer’s report as read second by T. Millard. RVFD: Chief Brockman reported, This Friday May 23rd is the brat fry. A $10,000 grant was received from Canadian National; the money will be used to pay for the well that needs to be drilled. Keep the Forest Green has 10 trees currently. Some recent calls were on May 3rd for a home explosion and on May 5th for a grass fire on Highway 173 southwest of town and a controlled burn in Finley that got out of control. Purchased a tow hook for the brush truck. Ordered 4 new carbon fiber air tanks. On May 7th there was training at Vesper on fire suppression. Submitted the department’s 1st quarter financial report to the board. Patrolman Report: C. Demmerly reported he put up a new stop sign on the Ball Road and a dead-end sign on Amundson Road. Has been grading roads and adding gravel to edges of Necedah Road. Did some maintenance and repaired equipment. Removed edging blocks in the park and did some repairs on the gazebo. Put gravel on the north side of the town hall to replace the grass growing there. Has been adding gravel to some roads that need it. Helped with the cemetery clean up. T. Simonson motioned to accept the report with a 2nd by T. Millard. New Business Road Report: Road inspection was done May 13, 2025. The East end of Geer Lane needs some wedging. Auburn Road needs seal coating, County Line Road east needs 4-5 inches of gravel. Zimmerman Road, east of Highway 80 needs gravel. Amundson Road needs some black top patching. Potter Lane needs a new culvert. Berry Road needs gravel. Roads in town need wedging and seal coating, especially Pine Street, Birch Street and Marathon Street west of Highway 80. Necedah Road needs the dips from the culverts repaired. Austin Tuttle Driveway Expansion: The board gives its permission to expand the existing driveway as long it is pitched properly, and the extended culvert has the proper banding. Internet Upgrade: Options to increase internet speed at the Fire Department and Town Hall were discussed. Nothing was decided at this time. Will investigate Starlink. Correspondence: Letter of receipt of loan application from Board of Commissioners of Public Lands. Notice from county of holding tanks needing to be pumped and inspected, Tammy will call After All. Received an informational notice from The Pittsville Record. Pay Bills: T. Simonson motioned to move $12,477 from the Town Hall fund to the General fund to cover the final payment to Javier’s Roofing, second by D. Ellis. T. Simonson motioned to pay bills as presented, second by D. Ellis. Open Discussion: The tire swing needs to be replaced in the park and there is a sand burr issue. Will purchase a load of sand from Rod Brockman for under the swings and slide. The next meeting will be the monthly meeting on June 16, 2025, at 7:00pm Adjourn: T. Simonson motioned to adjourn the meeting second by D. Ellis. Time: 8:51pm Submitted by Brenda Haasl, Town Clerk