APRIL 2025 TB MINUTES

TOWN OF DEERFIELD MONTHLY MEETING, MONDAY, APRIL 14, 2025, 7:00 P.M., DCC CENTER, 10 LIBERTY ST. MIKE SCHLOBOHM CALLED THE APRIL MEETING TO ORDER AT 7:00 P.M. WITH ALL OFFICIALS IN ATTENDENCE. ON A MOTION BY RANDY BEHLKE, SECONDED BY DAN KELLY, THE APRIL MEETING AGENDA WAS ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED. ON A MOTION BY RANDY BEHLKE, SECONDED BY DAN KELLY, THE MARCH 2025 MEETING MINUTES WERE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED. ON A MOTION BY RANDY BEHLKE, SECONDED BY DAN KELLY, THE ADOPTION OF BOTH FEBRUARY MEETINGS, THE MONTHLY MEETING AND THE CALLED MEETING FOR TOWN HALL BID CONSIDERATIONS, WERE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. IN THE PUBLIC COMMENTS PORTION OF THE MEETING DISCUSSIONS WERE HELD ON THE DEER-GROVE EMS PROPOSAL TO CONTRACT WITH CAMBRIDGE AND NEW SIGNAGE AT LIBERTY LUTHERAN CHURCH. THE BOARD INSTRUCTED AL PULVERMACHER AND STEVE SORDAHL TO MONITOR THE UTILITY COMPANIES CUTTING OF TREES WITHIN THEIR RIGHT OF WAY TO MAKE SURE THEY KNEW OF THE TOWN’S TREE TRIMMING ORDINANCE AND THE NEED TO TREAT OPEN CUTTINGS WITH THE CORRECT COVERING TO PREVENT DISEASE. DISCUSSIONTOOK PLACE REGARDING BIDS FOR THE TOWN’S 2025 ROAD MAINTENANCE PROJECTS. PAYNE & DOLAN’S BID WAS A NET $285,055.00 AND TRI-COUNTY PAVINGS’S BID WAS $296,649.00 NET FOR VARIOUS ROAD ASPHALT OVERLAYS. SEALCOATING BIDS WERE RECEIVED BY SCOTT’S OF $170,200.00 AND FAHRNER’S OF $174,050.00 WITH QUARTZ STONE AND $170,504.00 WITH GRANITE STONE. THE BOARD DECIDED TO WEDGE AND SEALCOAT NESHEIM RD. AND BLACK OAK TRAIL INSTEAD OF AN OVERLAY. ON A MOTION BY RANDY BEHLKE, SECONDED BY DAN KELLY, THE BOARD DECIDED TO ACCEPT THE PAYNE & DOLAN BID, NET $285,055.00, WITH WORK TO BE DONE FROM THE END OF JUNE TO MID JULY BARRING UNFORSEEN WEATHER CONDITIONS. AYES---BRATTLIE, MICHEL, KELLY, BEHLKE. ABSTAIN---SCHLOBOHM. MOTION CARRIED. ON A MOTION BY KATIE MICHEL, SECONDED BY RANDY BEHLKE, THE BOARD WOULD ACCEPT THE BID FROM SCOTT’S OF $170,200.00 FOR SEALCOATING WITHIN FOUR WEEKS OF ASPHALT OVERLY COMPLETION. AYES---BRATTLIE, MICHEL, KELLY, BEHLKE. ABSTAIN---SCHLOBOHM. MOTION CARRIED. THE ROAD ISSUES WITH THE INVENERGY SOLAR PROJECT, PRAIRIE RD. AND STATE FARM ROAD, HAD BEEN AGREED UPON BETWEEN ALL PARTIES. THE WELL LOCATION FOR THE PROPOSED NEW TOWN HALL HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE STATE OF WISCONSIN. ON A MOTION BY NICK BRATTLIE, SECONDED BY MIKE SCHLOBOHM, THE TREASURER’S REPORT AND A GENERAL FUND VOUCHER OF $73,102.50 WAS APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. ON A MOTION BY KATIE MICHEL, SECONDED BY RANDY BEHLKE, THE BOARD AGREED TO A CONTRACT PROPOSAL FROM ACCURATE APPRAISALS LLC FOR A FIVE YEAR ASSESSING SERVICE OF $60,000.00, $12,000.00 PER YEAR. MOTION CARRIED. ON A MOTION BY RANDY BEHLKE, SECONDED BY DAN KELLY, THE BOARD AGREED TO ISSUE A REFUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,122.39 TO TIM & LINDA STANLEY FOR AN OVER ASSESSMENT ON A PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED OFF HOMMEN ROAD. MOTION CARRIED. JIM MAPLE GAVE A SHORT UPDATE REGARDING DANE COUNTY ZONING REVISED STANDARDS FOR THE C.U.P. PROCESS. THE COUNTY WOULD NOW BE ASSISTING TOWNS IN THE COLLECTION OF DATA FOR THE PERMIT APPLICATION PROCESS. THE TOWN WOULD BE TAKING BIDS FOR CULVERT REPLACEMENTS. THE BIDS WOULD BE ON A PER JOB BID AND ALSO AS AN HOURLY RATE BID. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS: SMITHBACK C.U.P., LAND PURCHASE, NEW TOWN HALL, SOLAR FARM, CRACKFILLING, WAGE NEGOTIATIONS. ON A MOTION BY KATIE MICHEL, SECONDED BY NICK BRATTLIE, THE MEETING ADJOURNED AT 8:35 P.M. MOTION CARRIED. BOB RIEGE-CLERK