May 2020

TOWN OF PORT EDWARDS MONTHLY BOARD MEETING MINUTES Date: May 28th, 2020 Call to Order: Chairman Randy Moody called the Town Board Meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. in the Town Hall. The meeting began 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, and Supervisor Jeff O’Donnell via Zoom, Treasurer Kathy Reese, Clerk Michelle Sorenson, Highway Superintendent Allen Goodness. Six people from the public were also in attendance. Approval of minutes from January 13th Board Meeting: Clerk presented the minutes from March and April monthly, and special, Board Meetings. The minutes looked accurate and acceptable. Motion was made by Schmidt and seconded by Moody to accept the minutes as printed. Motion carried. Agenda: Approve the agenda Open and review bids for Lynn Hill Road reconstruction project Approve previous meeting’s minutes Approve payment of bills Act on 50/50 road aid application Set dates for next month’s board and the annual meetings Review correspondence Old business: Public input Adjourn Motion was made by Schmidt and seconded by Moody to approve the agenda. Motion carried. Bids: One bid was received by Earth Inc and that came in at $875,333.33. Then the engineer’s estimate from Wood County was opened and that amount was $705,683.15. Being that Earth Inc’s bid was more than 10% above the engineer’s estimate, Schmidt made a motion to reject all received bids (being only the one from Earth Inc.) and his motion was seconded by O’Donnell and motion carried. Then O’Donnell made a motion that the Town contract with the Wood County Highway Department on the Lynn Hill Road reconstruction project for the estimated amount of $705,683.15. Schmidt seconded the motion and the motion passed. A June 15th, 2020, start date is expected. Bills: O’Donnell made a motion to approve payment of the bills listed by the Clerk. Motion was seconded by Schmidt and motion carried. Total disbursements for the month of April were $22,190.91 with total revenues being $37,992.93. Treasurer and Clerk Financial Reports: The Treasurer and Clerk reports were reviewed by the Board. All reports balance. Total Town money as of April 30th, 2020, is $299,817.67. A 1 motion was made by Schmidt and seconded by O’Donnell to accept the financial reports. Motion carried. 50/50 Road Aid: O’Donnell made a motion to apply for the 50/50 road aid from the County. Schmidt seconded the motion and the motion carried. The application for the 50/50 bridge aid has already been submitted. Correspondence: There was one fire call. A passer by made a call in about dark smoke but no fire was ever found. The Town received a couple of septic notices. The chairman received a notice from Oakdale Electric for some work they will be doing in the right of way on Lynn Hill Road. He informed them of the upcoming construction project. Chairman also received an updated Certified Survey Map for N. Heinrich that now shows his pole shed on the property. Three timber cutting permits were also received for H. Woods, K. Dippel, and J. Peckham. Old Business: Dan Kellnhofer called Chairman Moody to update him on his progress. Dan said he will be taking even more junk vehicles in due to the price of scrap being up. Public input: J. Oligney appeared in person. He lives on Just Lane. He has concerns about the size of the culvert (18 inches) on Birch Lane. Bill Herms owns the land and he is not willing to replace the culvert. Chairman agreed to give Bill a call to hear his concerns. The question was raised as to what is happening with the spot across the road from the Town Hall. Is that still going to have a bar built there? No one had any information. Next Scheduled Board Meeting: The next regularly scheduled Town Board Meeting is set for Tuesday, July 14th, 2020, at 6 p.m. The meeting will be conducted at the Town Hall. The Board also rescheduled April’s annual meeting for Monday, July 13th, 2020, at 7p.m. This meeting will also be conducted in the Town Hall. Adjourn: O’Donnell made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:16 p.m. and Schmidt seconded. All were in favor and the motion carried. Respectfully submitted, Michelle Sorenson, Clerk 2