February 2024

1 TOWN OF PORT EDWARDS MONTHLY BOARD MEETING MINUTES Date: February 12th, 2024 Call to Order: Chairman Randy Moody called the Town Board Meeting to order at 6:00p.m. Everyone in attendance recited the pledge of allegiance to begin the meeting. Meeting Certification: This meeting has been properly posted (on the Town Hall door), as well as published on our website to notify the public of date, place, time, and agenda. Attendance: Chairman Randy Moody, Supervisors Tim Schmidt, Jeff O’Donnell, Treasurer Kathy Reese, Clerk Michelle Sorenson and Highway Superintendent Adam Lueneburg. There were also four people present from the public. Approval of minutes from January 8th, 2024, Town Board Meeting Minutes: Clerk presented the minutes from January’s meeting. The minutes of the January regular monthly Town meeting looked accurate and acceptable. Motion was made by O’Donnell and seconded by Schmidt to accept the minutes as printed. Motion carried. Agenda: Approve the agenda Approve previous meetings’ minutes Approve payment of bills Treasurer and Clerk’s monthly reports Set date for next month’s board meeting Review correspondence Highway Superintendent report New business: Superintendent of Port Schools to speak on the April 2nd referendum Discuss Plank Hill Lane plans for this upcoming summer Old business: Public input Adjourn Motion was made by Schmidt and seconded by O’Donnell to approve the agenda. Motion carried. Bills: Schmidt made a motion to approve payment of the town bills listed by the Clerk. Motion was seconded by O’Donnell and the motion carried. Total disbursements for the month of January were $680,243.00 with total revenues being $770,873.99. Treasurer and Clerk Financial Reports: The Treasurer and Clerk reports were reviewed by the Board. All reports balance. Total Town money as of January 31st, 2024, is $179,741.32. O’Donnell made a motion to accept the reports as delivered. Schmidt seconded said motion. Motion carried. Correspondence: O’Donnell moved to make a purchase of six plat books from the Wittenberg Workers 4H group. The total comes to $210.00. Schmidt seconded the motion and the motion carried. The clerk gave O’Donnell a check and he will pick up the plat books. 2 Clerk was notified by Wood County Planning and Zoning with a copy of a sanitary permit for M. Peckham. The clerk was in receipt of a Certified Survey Map for R. Wenzel. Everything appeared to be in line with the Town requirements. O’Donnell made a motion to approve the CSM and Schmidt seconded said motion. Motion passed with all in favor. Moody received a notice for a timber cutting being done for C. Smith. Chairman and clerk had letters informing the board of the upcoming bridge/culvert inventory that needs to be done. There was one fire call report that came in to the clerk’s office over the past month. The call was made regarding another carbon monoxide detector issue. The board instructed the clerk to bill the party $250.00. Highway Superintendent Report: Patching was started this week. Sand clean up will start after the storm comes through Wednesday evening and then mowing will start after that. No one around us is planning on posting roads this year. Next week our postings can be taken down as well. New Business: Superintendent Bena: Superintendent Bena was unable to make the meeting tonight. We will carry this item to next month’s agenda. Plank Hill Lane: O’Donnell made a motion to put Plank Hill Lane out for bids. Schmidt seconded the motion and the motion carried. Sealed bids that are received will be opened during March’s regular board meeting. Old Business: There was no old business to address. Public input: A Town resident made a comment to the increased truck traffic on Lynn Hill Road. Semis, dump trucks, and big trucks hauling brush and pulp seem to be enjoying the smooth travel Lynn Hill Road has to offer. She asked if there were any possibilities for posting the road? Posting the road for 20 ton would equal 40,000 pounds and should result in only empty trucks travelling the road. Adam will post a Class B weight limit on the road next week. Another attending resident asked for an update on the Kelnhofer situation. Chairman provided information he obtained from a recent conversation with Dan. Dan informed him that he is doing auto work for TJ’s Auto and has limited how much private work he accepts. Doesn’t seem to have motivated his clean up efforts at all unfortunately. Next Scheduled Board Meeting: The next regularly scheduled Town Board Meeting is set for Monday, March 11th, 2024. The meeting will begin upon the conclusion of the Public Hearing for a conditional use permit application. Both the Public Hearing and the regular monthly Town board meeting will be conducted at the Port Edwards Town Hall. The conditional use permit public hearing is scheduled to begin at 6p.m. Adjourn: Being no other business to conduct, O’Donnell made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:27p.m. and Schmidt seconded. All were in favor and the motion carried. Respectfully submitted, Michelle Sorenson, Clerk