July 2022

TOWN OF PORT EDWARDS MONTHLY BOARD MEETING MINUTES Date: July 18th, 2022 Call to Order: Chairman Randy Moody called the Town Board Meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. in the Town Hall. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited to begin the meeting. 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 to notify the public of date, place, time, and agenda. Attendance: Chairman Randy Moody, Supervisors Tim Schmidt and Jeff O’Donnell, Treasurer Kathy Reese, Clerk Michelle Sorenson, and Road Superintendent Brian Krotzman. There were also people present from the public. Approval of minutes from June 13th, 2022, Town Board Meeting: Clerk presented the minutes from the June meeting. The minutes looked accurate and acceptable. Motion was made by Schmidt and seconded by O’Donnell 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 New business: Fire call reports, approve operator licenses, discuss and act on purchasing new road crew equipment Old business: Kellnhofer update; update on Batterman Road and other road projects within the Town Public input Adjourn Motion was made by O’Donnell and seconded by Schmidt to approve the agenda. Motion carried. Bills: O’Donnell made a motion to approve payment of the town bills listed by the Clerk. Motion was seconded by Schmidt and the motion carried. Total disbursements for the month of June were $25,061.90 with total revenues being $80,858.65. Treasurer and Clerk Financial Reports: The Treasurer and Clerk reports were reviewed by the Board. All reports balance. Total Town money as of June 30th, 2022, is $308,835.94. O’Donnell made a motion to accept the reports as delivered. Schmidt seconded said motion. Motion carried. Correspondence: June was a rather quiet month for the Board with members only having to field a few miscellaneous phone calls. No correspondence was received. New Business: 1 Fire Call: Clerk received a report of Nekoosa Fire Department responding to a two-vehicle crash near the junction of County Highway GG and State Highway 173. The driver N. Francis appeared to be at fault. The Board instructed the Clerk to bill that driver $500 as allowed by Town ordinance. Operator Licenses: Two applications for operator licenses were received from Ho-Chunk Gaming Nekoosa. J. Roy and J. O’Donnell both had supporting paperwork and payment submitted with their applications. O’Donnell made a motion to approve the licenses. Schmidt seconded and motion carried. New Road Crew Equipment: The Town’s highway crew has been using their personal equipment when needed. Prices for new backpack blowers and chainsaws were gathered. Chainsaws are difficult to get right now. Rapids Rental sells this type of equipment. If purchased there we could also have it serviced there when needed as well. A blower will run approximately $530 and about $520 will buy a chainsaw. Schmidt made a motion to approve spending up to $1200 to purchase a new backpack blower and chainsaw for the shop. O’Donnell seconded the motion and the motion passed. Old Business: Kellnhofer: The property has a lot of room for improvement. The Board may visit before the snow starts to fly. Batterman Road and Other Road Projects: Wood County is going to be paving shoulders along County Highway G to keep trucks from running off the sides of the road and breaking the Highway. They asked the Board if we would like the material from this renovation. The Board said yes so Wood County will take the material that is collected from Highway G out to Batterman Road and spread it there the best they can. Public input: T. Austin approached the Board requesting information on the building permit process. He purchased land on Grunewald Lane and plans to build a pole shed with a house inside. The Board suggested to make contact with the highway superintendent Brian Krotzman as a start. Next Scheduled Board Meeting: The next regularly scheduled Town Board Meeting is set for Monday, August 15th, 2022, at 6 p.m. The meeting will be conducted at the Port Edwards Town Hall. Adjourn: O’Donnell made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 6:40p.m. and Schmidt seconded. All were in favor and the motion carried. Respectfully submitted, Michelle Sorenson, Clerk 2