Town Board — Agenda

Unofficial Meeting Minutes Tonight’s meeting will be recorded for the purpose of taking minutes. Town of Remington Town Board Meeting October 21, 2024 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 September 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 September 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: $50.01; Town Hall: $49,305.47, Paper City Savings Checking $28,518.51. L. Dieckhoff motioned to accept the report as read second by T. Simonson. RVFD: Chief Brockman reported the Babcock American Legion is donating $10,000.00 dollars to the building project in addition to the $1000.00 for the town hall step replacement. Update on the building project. The department was chosen for the state 50/50 grant, which gives us $75,000.00 towards the project. That makes cash in hand of $175,000.00 towards the project. $50,000.00 from the town, $50,000.00 from the department and $75,000.00 from the grant. Pump testing, hose testing and ladder testing will all be done in September . October 6 -12th is Fire Prevention Week. Thanksgiving marks the start of this years Keep the Wreath Green campaign, it will run until January 1 st. Chief Brockman cautioned against burning as fire danger is very high. T. Simonson motioned to accept report, second by L. Dieckhoff. Patrolman Report: C. Demmerly reported, he and Leroy prepared the area by the town hall for Kissner to do the paving work. Put the legion sign back up by the town hall. Has been patching potholes, finished the ditch mowing and put the mower away. Fixed the Gravely mower and is is running good now, but it has quite a few hours on it. Has been grading roads and put new batteries in the dump truck. The dump truck needs new tires before winter and will price these out. Need to order Def fluid and diesel. T. Simonson motioned to accept the report, second by L. Dieckhoff. New Business: Board went into closed session to discuss 2024-2025 patrolman contract. No decision was made, will table until November meeting. Ordinance 26 revision was discussed T. Simonson motioned to approve the revisions, second by L Dieckhoff. The town has a new attorney, his name is Alex Hewitt, he is with the Nash Podvin law firm. Bucks N Berries Café was approved as a third posting location for notices that require it. D. Ellis motioned to approve with a second by T. Simonson. The contract for engineering services for the, RVFD addition, with Ratsch Engineering Company Ltd. was signed. D. Ellis motioned to transfer $12,500.00 from the Pilt money saved in the Town Hall Fund to the General Fund to cover the cost of this contract, there was a second by T. Simonson. A letter was received from the IRS regarding the 4th Qtr 2021 941 filing, the clerk will respond to this letter. A new safe has been purchased, will table discussion regarding building a closet for it until a later date. May be able to use the existing Legion closet. Correspondence: Wood County recycling amount for 2025 is $8,345. Letter from North Central Wisconsin Planning Commission regarding a comprehensive plan. Pay Bills: T. Simonson motioned to pay bills as presented, second by D. Ellis. Open Discussion: None Next meeting will be November 18, 2024. at 6:00pm Adjourn: L. Dieckhoff motioned to adjourn the meeting second by T. Simonson. Time: 9:35pm Submitted by Brenda Haasl, Town Clerk