March 2020

TOWN OF PORT EDWARDS MONTHLY BOARD MEETING MINUTES Date: March 8th, 2021 Call to Order: Chairman Randy Moody called the Town Board Meeting to order at 6:00 p.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, Clerk Michelle Sorenson, Treasurer Kathy Reese, Highway Superintendent Allen Goodness. Present via Zoom was Supervisor Jeff O’Donnell. Also present were three people from the public. Approval of minutes from February 8th, 2021, Town Board Meeting: Clerk presented the minutes from the February Board Meeting. The minutes 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 Approve operator licenses Review fire call Review correspondence New business: Old business: Public input ​Adjourn Motion was made by O’Donnell and seconded by Schmidt 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 February were $460,509.46 with total revenues being $588,699.11. Treasurer and Clerk Financial Reports: The Treasurer and Clerk reports were reviewed by the Board. All reports balance. Total Town money as of February 28th, 2021, is $374,057.77. A motion was made by O’Donnell and seconded by Schmidt to accept the financial reports as presented. Motion carried. Operator Licenses: Clerk reported on two operator licenses for the Switched LLC tavern. Both Julie Peterson and Rachael Boehning have the proper training and their fees have been paid to the Treasurer. Schmidt made a motion to approve the two operator licenses and O’Donnell seconded. Motion carried. Fire Call: One fire call was received. The Nekoosa Fire Department responded to a roll over accident at County Highway G and County Highway GG. Due to the extreme life altering injuries received in the accident the Town Board chose to waive the right to bill the party. Correspondence: The Town has received the $30,000.00 from the 50/50 Bridge Aid through the County. Everyone was in agreement that the money should be applied to the Lynn Hill Road outstanding loan balance. A letter came from the Town of Rome regarding a meeting they were having to discuss forming a coop with the city of Nekoosa. Nekoosa is on board because they don’t want to lose their ambulance service and Rome services are looking to expand. We don’t know what the future holds for medical services to our community. On that note, the Town of Port Edwards still has not received its annual ambulance contract. Chairman has been in contact with the Town of Remington and Wood County in an effort to identify ownership of the last bridge on County Line Road. We think it’s Remington’s and they think it’s ours. Bridge was put in around 1910. Everyone does seem to agree however, that the Chairman has been in contact with the Town of Remington and Wood County in an effort to identify ownership of the last bridge on County Line Road. We think it’s Remington’s and they think it’s ours. Bridge was put in around 1910. Everyone does seem to agree however, that the bridge should be replaced with a culvert. New Business: There was none. Old Business: We have received the State’s share of the Lynn Hill Road project. The monies have been applied to the outstanding road loan balance. Public input: The road load limits have been posted. Next Scheduled Board Meeting: The next regularly scheduled Town Board Meeting is set for Monday, April 12th, 2021, at 6 p.m. The meeting will be conducted at the Town Hall. As a reminder, the Annual Town meeting is set for April 20th, 2021, at 7p.m. in the Town Hall. Adjourn: Schmidt made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 6:31p.m. and O’Donnell seconded. All were in favor and the motion carried. Respectfully submitted, Michelle Sorenson, Clerk 1