Town Board — Minutes

MINUTES TOWN OF SENECA Monthly Board Meeting December 7, 2022, 7:00 P.M. Seneca Town Hall, 3540 County Hwy. Q, WI Rapids, WI 54495 Meeting certification & notification: This agenda has been posted in three physical locations and the Town of Seneca website to notify the public of the date, place & time. Chairman Dean Oilschlager to call the meeting to order: Meeting called to order at 7:00pm. Approve minutes of regular board meeting held on November 2, 2022. Motion to approve by T. Wolf and second by D. Alnes. Motion carried. Treasurer’s Report and approve payment of bills. Beginning balance of $195,862.51, receipts of $26,220.77, no transfers withdrawals of $25,662.16 with a final ending balance of $196,421.12. Motion to approve treasurer’s report and approve payment of bills by T. Wolf and second by D. Alnes. Motion Carried. Public Input. None. Correspondence. 1. WTA Magazine is the agenda for the 2023 District Meetings (in person and virtual). Meetings close by in Stevens Point and th e Dells. We will discuss this more at a later date and choose the dates. 2. Email from D. Lewin – land on Range Road. 3. Change of address for all of the E.G. people. 4. Information/advertisement on monitoring our landfill. 5. Service agreement from the Humane Society was signed by the Chairman. S. Green will retur n pertinent info. 6. Information was reviewed on the ambulance runs from 2022 with United Emergency Medical Services. 7. Signed contracts for the Port Edwards Fire Department. S. Green will return signed documents. • Discuss moving our financial accounts to a different bank. This is tabled. • Discuss and possibly act on putting the old patrol truck up for bids. Get ahold of B. Casper at the WCHD to discuss this if he would put it up for sale at the end of his driveway by the ballpark. • Discuss Shred-It Document” quote for previous election records. Previous election records were destroyed by fire by S. Green’s husband. • Discuss and possibly act on security camera for parking lot. D. Oilschlager has been looking at t hose online. He can get a solar wireless one through a router that can be viewed right on cell phones. S. Green gave D. Oilschlager the contact’s name at Solarus to see what the process would be to get something like this installed if we choose to go this r oute. We will table this until January. • Sign plow equipment use agreement with the county. This was signed last meeting and sent into the Hwy. Dept. • Sign Wood County Humane Society Agreement. This was signed and noted up in Correspondence. • Discuss and possibly act on hiring a private party to plow town hall, ball field, turn around and Altdorf. D. Oilschlager called Wiggins and Wolosek to inquire. Wolosek called today and they do not have the crew to take additional jobs. We will ask th e county to do the west turn around and the ballfield. Tork’s will do the Altdorf as needed. We will plow Altdorf this winter and discuss plan for next winter. • Discuss the feasibility of buying the equipment necessary to do our own plowing of the town hall, ballfie ld and Altdorf. We have two different bids. It was presented to possibly purchase a small light plow truck after we sell one or both of the dum p trucks. Discussion ensued. The decision is to purchase and place a plow on a truck the town already owns. Motion by T. Wolf and second by D. Alnes to purchase a plow. Motion carried. • Also, Altdorf Community Center will need to let us know if they have a special event so we can be sure it is plowed. • Road work. Discussed. Next meeting agenda items: Approval of November Budget Meeting minutes. Motion to adjourn at 8:45 pm by D. Alnes and second by T. Wolf. Motion carried. Minutes are in draft form until approved at the next Town Board Meeting. Sandra Green, Deputy Town Clerk