AUGUST 2025 TB MINUTES

TOWN OF DEERFIELD MONTHLY MEETING, MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 2025, 7:00 P.M., DCC CENTER, 10 LIBERTY ST. MIKE SCHLOBOHM CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 7:00 P.M. WITH ALL OFFICERS IN ATTENDENCE. ON A MOTION BY RANDY BEHLKE, SECONDED BY DAN KELLY, THE AUGUST MEETING AGENDA WAS APPROVED. MOTION CARRRIED. ON A MOTION BY RANDY BEHLKE, SECONDED BY KATIE MICHEL, THE JULY MEETING MINUTES WERE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. THE BOARD DISCUSSED AN ISSUE OR DIFFERENCE OF OPINION BETWEEN DANE COUNTY ZONING AND THE TOWN’S BUILDING INSPECTOR, STEVE REWEY, REGARDING A HOMEOWNER WANTING TO DO AN ADDITION AND REMODEL FOR A HOME ON OLSTAD ROAD.THE BOILER FOR IN FLOOR HEATING WOULD HAVE TO BE OPERATIONAL TO OBTAIN AN OCCUPANCY PERMIT. STEVE SORDAHL, 1520 U.S. HWY. 12&18, COMPLAINED THAT HIS RECYCLING HAD NOT BEEN COLLECTED FOR THE PAST THREE MONTHS. TREASURER KORBY HOLZHUETER WOULD FOLLOW UP FOR THE BOARD TO MAKE SURE THE MATTER WAS RECTFIED. THE BOARD DISCUSSED THE NEED BY THE TOWN AND DANE COUNTY ZONING TO REGULATE LICENSING AND POSSIBLE C.U.P. APPLICATION FOR AIR B&B RESIDENCES. THE BOARD DISCUSSED THE NEED FOR THE ST. PAUL LIBERTY LUTHERAN EDUCATIONAL CENTER, OAK PARK RD., TO REZONE THEIR PARCEL SO THAT AN ELECTRONIC SIGN COULD BE INSTALLED. THE PARCEL WOULD BE REZONED FROM RESIDENTIAL TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL. ON A MOTION BY RANDY BEHLKE, SECONDED BY NICK BRATTLIE, A ONE DAY ALCOHOL LICENSE WAS GRANTED TO JEFF MOERKE, BITTERSWEET BLESSINGS FARMS, HWY. 73, FOR APPLEFEST, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2025. MOTION CARRIED. FINAL PLANS FOR THE FUTURE TOWN HALL WOULD BE REVIEWED ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, WITH AN ENGINEER FROM CLEARY BUILDINGS. THE BOARD DISCUSSED CONCERNS FROM TOWN RESIDENTS THAT INVENERGY SOLAR WAS NOT FOLLOWING DNR GUIDELINES FOR THE INSTALLATION OF FENCING PROTECTING THE MOVEMENTS OF SMALL ANIMALS. INVENERGY STATED THAT THEY WERE FOLLOWING ALL APPLICABLE RULES AND GUIDELINES. ON A MOTION BY MIKE SCHLOBOHM, SECONDED BY DAN KELLY, THE BOARD APPROVED THE TREASURER’S REPORT AND A GENERAL FUND VOUCHER OF $147,813.90. MOTION CARRIED. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS: LIBERTY LUTHERAN CHURCH SIGN, NEW TOWN HALL, LAND PURCHASE, SOLAR FARM, PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS NOMINATIONS. ON A MOTION BY RANDY BEHLKE, SECONDED BY NICK BRATTLIE, THE MEETING ADJOURNED AT 8:00 P.M. MOTION CARRIED.