Town Board — Minutes

Unofficial Meeting Minutes Tonight’s meeting will be recorded for the purpose of taking minutes. Town of Remington Town Board Meeting April 21, 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 March 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 February 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 $92,386.28. T. Millard motioned to accept the treasurer’s report as read second by T. Simonson. RVFD: Chief Brockman reported the audit on April 15, 2025 went well. Two businesses will be added to the building inspection list. Keep the forest green has 6 fires so far. The DNR grant application opens on May 1st. Getting quotes on new carbon fiber air tanks to replace some that are aging. The flyers for the Brat fry are done and will begin putting them up soon. The concrete work for the new addition is set to begin in early June. Receipts for the addition costs so far have been sent to the state for reimbursement from the grant. T. Millard motioned to accept the report, second by T. Simonson. Patrolman Report: C. Demmerly reported he has been plowing snow, and cleaning up downed trees. Graded and added gravel to Cranberry Road. Welded a new chain on the plow. Cleaned the plow truck and covered the salt sand pile. Took the tractor out of storage, changed the oil & filter and greased it. Hauled the debris away from the park. Put up barricades on Ball road and picked up the signs on Necedah Road. The Ditch mower needs some repairs, need to think about replacing this piece of equipment. American Asphalt will again be parking their job trailer by the Town Hall late May or Early June for the Highway 173 project. T. Millard motioned to accept the report with a 2nd by T. Simonson. New Business Loan Application and Borrowing Resolution 2025-1 for the RFVD addition: The loan application was approved and signed by the Town Board of the Town of Remington with a vote as follows. Chairman Travis Simonson: Yes Supervisor Tammy Millard: Yes Supervisor Denise Ellis: Yes Second Part-time Patrolman: Would like to Hire a second part-time patrolman to help out when the first-part time patrolman is not available or in an emergency when more help is needed. Camera Upgrade for Town Hall: Need to upgrade to new cameras as the others are getting old and don’t work that well anymore. Pump House Replacement: Structure would be a 6 X6 concrete slab with a building constructed of 2X4 walls, with steel on the outside and insulted to R13 value. A locking steel insulated door would be installed for access. Estimated cost for the structure and concrete would be $2031 to 2750. T. Simonson motioned to approve up to $3000.00 for the replacement of the pumphouse with a second by D. Ellis. Correspondence: Open records request was submitted by Joanne Wilkenson. Concerns by Deb Plucinski regarding the alley abandonment done several years ago and her son’s home being landlocked. The Town will contact their lawyer to review the legal records. D. Ellis motioned to prepare a public parking notice for parking along State Highway 80, 2nd by T. Millard Pay Bills: T. Simonson motioned to pay bills as presented, second by T. Millard Open Discussion: Topics of discussion were Necedah Road repair, and putting gravel on the north side of the town hall to replace the grass growing there. The mower picks up rocks and the siding is getting damaged. The next meeting will be the monthly meeting on May 19, 2025 Adjourn: T. Simonson motioned to adjourn the meeting second by T. Millard. Time: 10:18pm Submitted by Brenda Haasl, Town Clerk