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 18, 2023 Town Board Meeting of the Town of Remington was called to order at 6pm by Chairman Plucinski. Minutes: The clerk read the minutes for the March 2023 meeting; the following corrections were made treasurers report correction town hall savings account was $40,564.70 Fire Department report for Feb. 15 stated members attended electric car crash training but only Chief Brockman attended that training. R. Diedrick motioned to accept minutes T. Simonson 2nd. Treasurer report was presented with the following account balances Equipment fund started at 3390.38 with interest .83 ended balance of $3391.21. Playground fund beginning balance $276.46 with interest .07 ending balance $276.53. Road money $2518.20 with .62 in interest ending balance $2518.82. Bridge fund $2510.58 with .62 in interest ending balance $2511.20. Fire Department equipment fund $54.44 with .01 interest ending balance $54.45. Property tax and dog licenses remain unchanged at $73.44. Town hall saving account $40,564.70 with 9.99 in interest ending balance $40,574.69. Paper city checking account $82,407.05 with deposits of $8671.76 and disbursements of $53,594.32 with an ending balance of $37,484.49. T. Simonson motioned to accept report R. Diedrick 2nd. RVFD: Chief Brockman reported its severe weather / tornado awareness April 17 –21, siren will sound for drill on 4-20. Thank you, Frank, for changing the oil in the brush truck, replacing the transmission keypad in tender 7 and fixing the well pump in the fire department. Chief Brockman submitted the report for February town minutes correction. On 3/27/23 we had a lost citizen call, it went well. PFD responded as well as RVFD. A drone was used and spotted the boy on the Yellow River and Wood Co Rescue Team located and safely transported the boy across the river. PFD will share the drone footage for RVFD at the next training meeting. A resident requested a new fire number due to age and fading, ordered 2 new signs. If anyone else needs a new fire number just let Chief Brockman know. Keep the forest green: 9 fires last week in Wood Co. last week due to the dry windy weather. One complaint was made about a citizen burning during the burn ban, but situation was addressed immediately. The fire dept sign has a light burnt out but will be replaced soon. New RVFD member Jay Stuttgen. All the smaller engines at the fire dept now have higher octane fuel with the advantage being they start almost immediately. Brat fry / flea market coming up May 26th from 11am to 6pm. Raffle prizes include a gun, a Milwaukee cordless tool set and more. 1st quarter financial report to share. The town has a website that accepts donations, has there been any made for RVFD? The Treasurer and Clerk responded No. Chief Brockman asked if there could be a line item made in the financial report to reflect that if there ever was for documenting purposes. Clerk K. Diedrick explained that the treasurer would have that on the report that is submitted. K. Plucinski added that we will be getting a new fire number for the cemetery. Patrolman Report: F. Plucinski reported doing RVFD maintenance, taking snowplow wing off, cleared up intersections and down trees on Necedah Road from 80 to Batterman Road. He used the backhoe to unplug 3 culverts on Amundson Road. Replaced seat switch on backhoe. Graded all the roads already but will need to do it again next month. Picked up blacktop patch from Wood Co highway Dept. Picked up backhoe tires and put in a new motion activated light on the outside of the town hall. Planning to remove the frost signs in the next few weeks. New Business: R. Diedrick presented Roberts Rules of Orders and explained how to conduct meetings in the future. He also explained that there are comment forms for citizens to fill out and hand to the clerk prior to addressing the board. Clerk: K. Diedrick reported that she accepted a position out of state for 6 months and will be doing most of the clerk’s duties remotely. Deputy clerk H. Kosharek will do the duties that require in person like presents the attend monthly meetings, check the mail, prepare liquor licenses and bartending license. She will email K. Diedrick the timecards and then print off the payroll checks, bills, and delivery. Bartender’s license R. Diedrick motion to approve Bartenders License for Kristine Rupp and Maureen Grasso. T. Simonson 2nd Correspondence- K. Plucinski reviewed Nash Law Group lawsuit against Mad Management. Pay Bills- $3670 from ARPA to general funds to pay for express vote machine. R. Diedrick motion to accept T. Simonson 2nd. RVFD Shifter $2892.91 from Equipment fund to general funds to pay for RVFD. K. Plucinski motioned to approve bills to be paid as presented. R. Diedrick 2nd. Adjourn: K. Plucinski motioned to adjourn meeting, 2nd by R. Diedrick. Next Monthly Meeting will be at 7p.m. May 15, 2023. Submitted by Holly Kosharek, Deputy Town Clerk