January 11, 2021 Caucus Meeting

TOWN OF PORT EDWARDS CAUCUS MEETING MINUTES Date: January 11th, 2021 Call to Order: Chairman Randy Moody called the Caucus Meeting to order at 5:00p.m. in the Town Hall with the pledge of allegiance. Meeting Certification: This meeting has been properly posted (on the Town’s three posting boards, and on the Town Hall door) as well as published on our website and in the Daily Tribune, to notify the public of date, place, time, and agenda. Attendance: Chairman Randy Moody, Supervisor Tim Schmidt, Treasurer Kathy Reese, Clerk Michelle Sorenson, Road Superintendent Allen Goodness. Supervisor Jeff O’Donnell appeared via Zoom. There were five people from the public also in attendance. Caucus Chairman and Voting Clerks Appointed: Tim Schmidt made a motion to make Sharon Stelmacher caucus chairwoman seems chairman Moody is on the spring ballot. Larry Egland seconded the motion and motion carried. S. Stelmacher made a motion to have Larry Egland and Shawn Murray be voting clerks of this caucus. The motion was seconded by R. Moody and motion carried. Chairman Nominations: S. Stelmacher began the caucus with a request to nominate candidates for Town Chairman. A motion was made by S. Stelmacher and seconded by L. Egland to nominate Randy Moody for Town Chairman. Motion carried. S. Stelmacher made a request for any other nominations for Town Chairman three times. There being no additional nominations, the floor was closed for nominations for the Town Chairman position with a motion from A. Goodness and a second from Shawn Murray. Supervisor Nominations: S. Stelmacher opened the floor with a request for nominations for Town Supervisors. A motion was made by S. Stelmacher and seconded by Allen Goodness to nominate Shawn Murray for Town Supervisor. Motion carried. An additional request for nominations for Town Supervisor yielded Kathy Reese making a motion to nominate Jeff O’Donnell for Town Supervisor. This motion was seconded by Tim Schmidt and the motion carried. S. Stelmacher asked for any additional nominations and R. Moody made a motion to nominate Tim Schmidt for Town Supervisor. This motion was seconded by L. Egland and the motion carried. S. Stelmacher made a request for any more nominations for the Town Supervisor position three more times and there were none. R. Moody made a motion to close the floor to Town Supervisor nominations. Motion was seconded by L. Egland and motion carried. Treasurer Nominations: S. Stelmacher opened the floor to Town Treasurer nominations. Randy Moody made a motion to nominate Kathy Reese for Town Treasurer. A. Goodness seconded the motion and it passed. S. Stelmacher made three more requests for nominations for Town Treasurer. There were no additional nominations so the floor was closed for the Town Treasurer position with a motion by S. Murray. The motion was seconded by L. Egland and motion carried. Clerk Nominations: S. Stelmacher opened the floor to nominations for the position of Town Clerk. K. Reese moved to nominate Michelle Sorenson for Town Clerk. The motion was seconded by A. Goodness and the motion carried. S. Stelmacher made three more requests for Town Clerk nominations and there were none. S. Murray made a motion to close the floor to any more nominations for Town Clerk and the motion was seconded by A. Goodness. The floor was closed to nominations. Constable Nominations: There were no nominations for Constable taken as the position has been abolished at a special Town meeting of the electors. Town Supervisor Position on Spring Ballot: The names of each nominated Town Supervisor were written on three separate pieces of paper and placed in a box. One piece of paper was randomly drawn from the hat to determine placement on the spring ballot. Tim Schmidt’s name was drawn first, Shawn Murray was drawn second, and Jeff O’Donnell will be placed third on the April 6th, 2021, Spring Election ballot. Adjourn: T. Schmidt made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 5:10p.m. and L. Egland seconded. All were in favor and the motion carried. Respectfully submitted, Michelle Sorenson, Clerk Adjourn:T. Schmidt made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 5:10p.m. and L. Egland seconded. All were in favor and the motion carried. Respectfully submitted, Michelle Sorenson, Clerk 1