February 2018

TOWN OF PORT EDWARDS MONTHLY BOARD MEETING MINUTES Date: February 26th, 2018 Call to Order: Chairman Randy Moody opened the Town Board Meeting at 6:00p.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, on the Town Hall door, on the Town website and in the Daily Tribune) to notify the public of date, place, time, and agenda. Attendance: Chairman Randy Moody, Supervisor Jeff O’Donnell, Treasurer Kathy Reese and Clerk Michelle Sorenson. Also present was Road Superintendent Al Goodness. A few members of the public were also in attendance. Approval of minutes from January 9th Board Meeting and January 29th Special Meeting: Clerk presented the minutes from the previous monthly Board Meeting and minutes from the Special Meeting. Minutes looked accurate and acceptable. Motion was made by O’Donnell and seconded by Moody to accept the minutes as printed. Motion carried. Agenda: Approve the agenda Approve previous meetings minutes Approve payment of bills Treasurer and Clerk monthly financial reports Discuss Enbridge Pipeline building permit and fire number Act on Nekoosa Ambulance fire contract Act on Certified Survey map for S. Bredl Sign IoH permit request from Seneca Foods Corp Set date for March board meeting Review correspondence Old Business Compliance with Junk Vehicle Ordinance (re: Kellnhofer) Public input Adjourn Motion was made by O’Donnell and seconded by Moody 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 Moody and motion carried. Treasurer and Clerk Financial Reports: The Treasurer and Clerk reports were reviewed by the Board. Total Town money as of January 31st, 2018, is $223,980.33. Motion was made by Moody and seconded by O’Donnell to accept the financial reports. Motion carried. Enbridge Pipeline: Enbridge has requested a fire number from Emergency Management. They have talked to Al Goodness regarding a building permit. Al explained that building permits can only be given to the land owner. 1 Nekoosa Ambulance Contract: There was nothing to sign. Payment of the first installment signifies our intent to participate and that payment was listed with the Town bills to be paid. Clerk will mail the check. Certified Survey Map: There were new maps for Steve Bredl’s property division. The out lot was removed and now both parcels meet the 2 acre minimum requirement of the town. Moody made a motion to accept the certified survey map and O’Donnell seconded. Motion carried. IoH Permit: After much looking, there was no signature line to be found. Clerk will look to find other IoH permits from this year for numbering sequence. Correspondence: Several timber cutting permits were received by the Chairman. Old Business: Junk Vehicle Ordinance: The Chairman reported that Mr. Kellnhofer is having foot surgery. He asked for a May 1st deadline to have his yard cleaned up. He (Kellnhofer) said he plans on putting up a fence around his back yard once the frost is gone. He also said that he may start working with Gary’s Towing to get some of the vehicles that were dropped off without permission returned back to the owners. Public input: Reminder that the Annual Meeting is April 17th, 2018, at 7p.m. West Green Grove and Swiggum are rough due to freezing rain and being shaded by trees along the south side of the roads. A question was raised to when Bill Arendt is going to replace his culvert. Chairman Moody will talk with Bill about getting his culvert replaced before work begins on the Creamery culvert. The paperwork for the 50/50 aid is at the County. Willene Acosta had questions for doing improvements to Headin West bar. Her and her boyfriend are considering purchasing the bar. They would like to do outdoor music and were wondering about any noise ordinances that might be in place. The Town of Port Edwards has none but the Board suggested she contact Nekoosa to see if they have any. Next Scheduled Board Meeting: The next regularly scheduled Town Board Meeting is set for Tuesday March 20th, 2018, at 6:30p.m. The meeting will be conducted at the Town Hall. Adjourn: O’Donnell made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 6:45p.m. and Moody seconded. All were in favor and the motion carried. Respectfully submitted, Michelle Sorenson, Clerk 2