Town Board — Minutes

Unofficial Meeting Minutes Tonight’s meeting will be recorded for the purpose of taking minutes. Town of Remington Town Board Meeting June 19, 2023 Town Board Meeting of the Town of Remington was called to order at 7: 00 pm by Chairman Plucinski. Minutes: The clerk read the minutes for the May 2023 meeting, K. Plucinski motioned to accept minutes as read, no corrections. T. Simonson 2nd. Treasurer report was presented with the following account balances as of May 2023: Equipment Fund: $498.30; Playground Fund: $276.53; Road Money: $2,518.82; Bridge Fund: $2,511.20; Fire Dept Equipment: $59.45; Property Tax-Dogs: $73.44; Town Hall: $63,503.19, Paper City Savings Checking $34,782.57. A motion to accept the report as read by K. Plucinski, 2nd by T. Simonson. RVFD: Chief Brockman reported the Brat Fry was a huge success. Total net profit was $14,000.08 including a $5,000.00 donation from Cutler Cranberry Foundation, and a $500.00 donation from Oakdale Electric Cooperative from Operation Round Up. 469 Brats were sold and 8 Hot dogs. The Tender 7 has some damage from being backed into the building. An estimate to repair will be gotten. Keep the Forest Green ended May 31 st, there were 13 fires in Wood County. Chief Brockman is working on building inspections and preparing an application for the Forest Fire Protection Grant. New lights for the fire department sign were installed, will participate in upcoming parades at Armenia and Pittsville. Looking for builders for the Fire Department expansion. A copy of the Financial Statement was given to the board. Still need more no parking signs. Patrolman Report: F. Plucinski reported he fixed the leak in the roof of the Fire Department. Fixed the netting on the ball diamond. Took the scrap metal from the spring clean up to Shaw’s Wrecking Yard, a check for $300.75 will be deposited in the general fund. Graded roads, sharpened the mower blades, picked up more blacktop patch, put 4 loads of gravel on Rangeline road. Ketchum Island Cranberry donated 10 loads of gravel. McKeel Road was seal coated, we will leave the loose gravel on the road. Frank will be out for a while following surgery on July 10th. Leroy Morse will donate a load of gravel to fix up Marathon Road. Hwy 80 will be shut down from the county line to Necedah for 15 days to replace culverts starting June 26th. New Business: Liquor Licenses for Saddle Up Saloon, Bucks N Berries and Craneberry Campground were approved. Bartender’s licenses were approved, there were 4 renewals and 2 new licenses issued. Town Park maintenance was discussed, what can be done to make watering easier and less work to maintain? What to do with the remining ARPA funds was discussed. The board voted to use part of the remaining funds to install a humidity control unit in the fire department, and an updated quote will be requested from Guelzow. Brenda Haasl addressed the board and the towns people. Public Input, some concerns are: the fire department addition. An audit of the town’s books. Updating the accounting software used for the town’s bookkeeping, will check with other townships to see what they use. In person attendance of meetings by board members. 55- gallon drums left on Sawyer Avenue. What will the fire department’s fundraising money will be used for? When raises can be presented. Sending threats email or otherwise is a felony. Travis asked if the October 2023 meeting could be held on the 9th instead of the 16th. Correspondence- Sheldon Ferkey inquired about purchasing the DNR building, we are not interested in selling it at this time. TDS will be doing some work under 2 more roads in the township. Pay Bills- K. Plucinski motioned to approve bills to be paid as presented. T. Simonson 2nd. Adjourn: K. Plucinski motioned to adjourn meeting, 2nd by T. Simonson. Next Monthly Meeting will be July 17, 2023. Submitted by Brenda Haasl, Town Clerk