FEBRUARY 2025 TB MINUTES

TOWN OF DEERFIELD MONTHLY MEETING, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 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 ATTENDANCE. ON A MOTION BY RANDY BEHLKE, SECONDED BY DAN KELLY, THE FEBRUARY MEETING AGENDA WAS ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED. ON A MOTION BY RANDY BEHLKE, SECONDED BY NICK BRATTLIE, THE JANUARY MEETING MINUTES WERE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. THERE WAS A FORMAL THANK YOU TO THE TOWNSHIP FROM THE DEERFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER FOR THEIR FUNDING CONTRIBUTION OF $25,000.00 DISCUSSION WAS HELD ON THE NON EXISTENCE OF A CUL-DE-SAC AT THE END OF THORSTAD LANE. PEOPLE TRAVELING THIS ROAD WOULD THEN BACK INTO A FIELD ENTRANCE POINT OWNED BY DON SCHUSTER TO GET TURNED AROUND. THE BOARD STATED THAT AT THIS TIME MR. SCHUSTER SHOULD PUT A CHAIN UP ACROSS THE ENTRANCE SO PEOPLE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BACK ONTO HIS PROPERTY. THERE WERE FIVE BIDS SUBMITTED FOR THE PROPOSED NEW TOWN HALL: CLEARY BUILDINGS--- $450,000.00, BAUER & RAETHER BLDRS---$587,871.00, DANIELS CONSTRUCTION---$875,785.00, HARMONY CONSTRUCTION---$542,828.00 AND CORPORATE CONTRACTORS---$508,278.96. THE DECISION WAS MADE TO STUDY THE BIDS AT A LATER MEETING, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2025 TO MAKE SURE ALL BIDS WERE COMPARABLE AND TO THEN RECOMMEND A FINAL ONE OR TWO BIDDERS TO THE FULL BOARD AT THE MARCH MEETING. THIS MEETING WAS AGREED TO ON A MOTION BY KATIE MICHEL, SECONDED BY RANDY BEHLKE. BRATTLIE, MICHEL, KELLY, BEHLKE---AYE. SCHLOBOHM--- ABSTAIN. MOTION CARRIED. A FINAL CSM, RESIDENTIAL LOTS, FOR SKAAR FAMILIES AS PRESENTED BY DAVID DINKEL WAS PRESENTED FOR APPROVAL OF THE TOWN BOARD AND SIGNED BY THE CHAIRMAN AND CLERK. ON A MOTION BY KATIE MICHEL, SECONDED BY RANDY BEHLKE, APPROVAL WAS GRANTED FOR ZONING PETIITON #2024-12138, SHAUN AND SARA ANDERSON, 363 HEIMAN LANE, TO SHIFT PROPERTY LINES. MOTION CARRIED. THE BOARD ADOPTED RESOLUTION 2025-01 WHICH WOULD VACATE A PORTION OF N. FAIR OAK RD. LEADING TO THE SCOTT MILLER PROPERTY. ON A MOTION BY MIKE SCHLOBOHM, SECONDED BY RANDY BEHLKE, THE RESOLUTION WAS AGREED TO. MOTION CARRIED. ON A MOTION BY RANDY BEHLKE, SECONDED BY MIKE SCHLOBOHM, THE BOARD AGREED TO THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REVISIONS AS OUTLINED BY DANE COUNTY ZONING. MOTION CARRIED. ON A MOTION BY NICK BRATTLIE, SECONDED BY DAN KELLY, THE TREASURER’S REPORT AND A GENERAL FUND VOUCHER OF $46,546.34 WAS APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. THERE WAS A DISCUSSION REGARDING SAND MIXED WITH SALT USE VERSUS STRICTLY JUST SALT FOR ICE MELTING PURPOSES ON THE TOWN ROADS. IT WAS DECIDED TO CONTINUE UTILIZING THE SAND AND SALT MIX. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS: TOWN HALL PROPOSAL, PLANNING COMMISSION ITEMS, 2025 ROAD PROJECTS, NEW PATROL TRUCK. A MOTION WAS MADE BY NICK BRATTLIE, SECONDED BY KATIE MICHEL, TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 8:40 P.M. MOTION CARRIED. BOB RIEGE-CLERK