August 2019

TOWN OF PORT EDWARDS MONTHLY BOARD MEETING MINUTES Date: August 13th, 2019 Call to Order: Chairman Randy Moody called the Town Board Meeting to order at 6:00p.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, Supervisors Tim Schmidt and Jeff O’Donnell, Treasurer Kathy Reese, and Clerk Michelle Sorenson. Road Superintendent Al Goodness, and several people from the public were also in attendance. Approval of minutes from July 9th Board Meeting: Clerk presented the minutes from the previous monthly Board Meeting as well as the minutes from the special bid opening meeting held in July. Both 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 meeting’s minutes Approve payment of bills Treasurer and Clerk monthly financial reports Set date for next board meeting 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: 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 July were $20,596.59. Treasurer and Clerk Financial Reports: The Treasurer and Clerk reports were reviewed by the Board. All reports balance. Total Town money as of July 31st, 2019, is $366,557.69. Motion was made by Schmidt and seconded by O’Donnell to accept the financial reports. Motion carried. Correspondence: The application for the TRIP grant is due by October 31st, 2019. Chairman Moody will complete and the applied for grant will be used on either Nessa Lane or Plank Hill Lane. Moody received timber cutting permits for Harvey Woods, Randall Griffin, and Angela Griffin. 1 Clerk received copies of a floodplain zoning permit and application and a shoreland zoning permit and application from the Wood County Planning and Zoning office for Kerry Lewis. Kerry plans to build a 30’x50’ pole building on his property along County Highway AA. Also, from the Wood County Planning and Zoning office came two copies of Sanitary Permit applications for James Fazio Trust and Sarah Buehler. There was one fire call. The Nekoosa Fire Department responded to a downed power line on County Highway G in the Township. No one will be billed. New Business: The Board will hold a public hearing on Monday, September 9th, 2019, at 6p.m. for M&G Mobile Truck Repairs LLC who has applied for a conditional use permit. Old Business: Chairman Moody will meet with Attorney Kryshak to review our junk vehicle ordinance. Public input: There was a comment made that our Water Resolution wasn’t specific enough. A question was raised if we should have our own livestock siting ordinance. Well drillers are currently lobbying for mandatory yearly testing of private wells for nitrates, bacteria, and arsenic at a cost of about $250-$300 to the homeowner. Arthur Wittenberg’s farm was recently sold at auction. A constituent was concerned over the sale affecting everyone’s taxes. The sale should not have an impact on anyone else’s taxes. And then it was commented that the new owner of Wittenberg’s farm was going to come in and turn the farm into a cranberry marsh. Does the Town have any ordinances to protect against that? The Town has no such ordinance. A question was asked about what is happening with the road projects. We opened bids for Wilhorn Road on July 29th, 2019, and American Asphalt was awarded the project from the Nekoosa city limits to Swiggum Lane. Wood County will be doing from County Highway G to Kimball Avenue of Wilhorn Road. Next Scheduled Board Meeting: The next regularly scheduled Town Board Meeting is set for Monday, September 9th, 2019, immediately following the public hearing on M&G Truck Repair LLC, which is scheduled to begin at 6p.m. The meeting and the public hearing will be conducted at the Town Hall. Adjourn: O’Donnell made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:13p.m. and Schmidt seconded. All were in favor and the motion carried. Respectfully submitted, Michelle Sorenson, Clerk 2