Town Board — Minutes

Unofficial Meeting Minutes Tonight’s meeting will be recorded for the purpose of taking minutes. Town of Remington Town Board Meeting December 16, 2024 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 November 2024 meeting, L. Dieckhoff 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 November 2024: Equipment Fund: $499.23; Playground Fund: $276.95; Road Money: $2,522.60; Bridge Fund: $2,514.97; Fire Dept Equipment: $4,735.70; Property Tax-Dogs: $50.02; Town Hall: $36,805.47, Paper City Savings Checking $108,588.59. D. Ellis motioned to accept the report as read second by L. Dieckhoff. RVFD: Chief Brockman reported landing zone training was 12/4/2024 but it was too windy for the helicopter to land. Santa at the shed was held 12/14/2024 donations were $537.00 the event went well and the weather cooperated . Chief Brockman is continuing to work on building inspections. There are 6 red bulbs on the wreath so far for the “Keep the Wreath Green” campaign. January will bring elections for the department officers again. Ice rescue training will be held on 1/25/2025. January 2 nd will be another meeting with the architect on the addition plans. Grant contract needs to be signed and returned to the state, will have it reviewed by the town ’s lawyer. T. Simonson motioned to accept the report, second by L. Dieckhoff. Patrolman Report: C. Demmerly reported he has been filling muskrat holes on Cranberry Road and the Ball road. Put up a new Stop sign on Batterman Road and Necedah Road. Sand and salt were delivered and he mixed that up. The new tires were installed on the dump truck. Has been removing downed trees and brush along the roads. Took the tractor to Glacial Lakes for winter storage. New Business The Wisconsin Deferred Compensation program was presented as an option for hourly employees to build something towards retirement, will table the decision to participate or not until the January meeting. Town website upgrade: TownWeb the company that created our town website, domain name and email service, needs to do an upgrade to our website, as the current format will no longer be supported at the end of this year. We use the website to post meetings and events and for informational purposes in lieu of publication in a newspaper. T. Simonson motioned to upgrade the website as soon as they can with a second by L. Dieckhoff. Ordinance 26 a couple of changes to fees were made and the document will be signed at the January 2025 meeting. Wood County wants to create designated bike routes through the county and possibly the Town of Remington. There will be no cost to us to do so. An insurance adjustor inspected the town hall roof and determined that there was damage. We will receive a settlement from the insurance company. We will be looking for contractors interested in doing the replacement. Correspondence: We will be hosting the February WTA meeting on February 21st dinner will be at 6:30 with the meeting starting at 7:00pm. We need to find a speaker and a caterer for the meal. Pay Bills: T. Simonson motioned to pay bills as presented, second by L. Dieckhoff. Open Discussion: Joanne W. asked about the fees for Town Hall rental. Signatures on nomination papers were discussed. Next meeting will be January 20, 2025. at 7:00pm Adjourn: L. Dieckhoff motioned to adjourn the meeting second by D. Ellis. Time: 9:00pm Submitted by Brenda Haasl, Town Clerk