AUGUST 2023 TB MINUTES

TOWN OF DEERFIELD MONTHLY MEETING, MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 2023, 7:00 P.M., DCC CENTER, 10 LIBERTY STREET MIKE SCHLOBOHM CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 7:00 P.M. WITH ALL SUPERVISORS IN ATTENDANCE EXCEPT KATIE MICHEL. ON A MOTION BY RANDY BEHLKE, SECONDED BY DAN KELLY, THE AUGUST MEETING AGENDA WAS APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. ON A MOTION BY RANDY BEHLKE, SECONDED BY NICK BRATTLIE, THE JULY MEETING MINUTES WERE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. SOME CONCERNS BROUGHT TO THE TOWN BOARD’S ATTENTION BY PROPERTY OWNERS WAS THE NEED FOR BETTER RECONSTRUCTION PRACTICES BY CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS SUBCONTRACTORS WHEN RESTORING THE DISTURBED DITCHES. THE TOWN BOARD WOULD TAKE ACTION AND ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS. DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING LANGUAGE PROPOSED IN THE NEW FIVE YEAR CONTRACT FOR SERVICES PROVIDED BY DEER-GROVE EMS TO THE TOWN OF DEERFIELD, SPECIFICALLY LANGUAGE REGARDING REASONABLE NOTICE TO LEAVE THE CONTRACTED SERVICE. THE DEERFIELD VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS THE NEW RADIOS INSTALLED AT AN APPROXIMATE COST OF $120,000.00 OF WHICH THE TOWN’S SHARE WOULD BE 48% OF THAT TOTAL. ALSO, THE NEW TRUCK SHOULD BE DONE SOMETIME IN OCTOBER. ON A MOTION BY MIKE SCHLOBOHM, SECONDED BY NICK BRATTLIE, THE TOWN WOULD REQUIRE AN INCREASE IN THE BOND FOR THE CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS PROJECT OF $49,000.00 WHICH WOULD INCLUDE THE THIRD PART OF THE SCHEDULED RURAL BROADBAND PROJECT. MOTION CARRIED. DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING THE LEGAL STATUS OF LARS VALE ROAD. THE COUNTY STATED THAT THE ROAD WAS A TOWN ROAD AND AS SUCH THE TOWN WAS REQUIRED TO PERFORM ALL MAINTENANCE, CURRENT AND FUTURE, FOR THE ROAD. THE TOWN MAINTAINED THAT THIS WAS NEVER TO BE A TOWN ROAD MAINTAINED BY THE TOWNSHIP AS IT DID NOT MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR ACCEPTANCE AS A TOWN ROAD. DAVID DINKEL WOULD RESEARCH ALL PAPERWORK CONNECTED TO THE PROJECT AND THE TOWN WOULD ALSO SOLICIT AN OPINION FROM THE TOWN’S ATTORNEY, DAN EVANS. ON A MOTION BY RANDY BEHLKE, SECONDED BY DAN KELLY, THE BOARD ACCEPTED A BID OF APPROXIMATELY $25,000.00 FROM PHIL HASTINGS FOR THREE INCHES OF SPRAYED ON FOAM INSULATION TO THE WALLS AND CEILING OF THE COLD STORAGE PORTION OF THE TOWN GARAGE. MOTION CARRIED. ON A MOTION BY RANDY BEHLKE, SECONDED BY NICK BRATTLIE, THE BOARD ACCEPTED A ROAD DEDICATION ON FAIR OAK ROAD RELATING TO THE RIEGE FOUR LOT CERTIFIED SURVEY MAP WEST OF 140 FAIR OAK ROAD, SECTION 24. MOTION CARRIED. ON A MOTION BY RANDY BEHLKE, SECONDED BY DAN KELLY, THE BOARD ACCEPTED A BID OF APPROXIMATELY $21,000.00 FOR BROWN LANE REPAIRS AND ASPHALT AND $23,625.00 FOR RAETHER ROAD REPAIRS AND ASPHALT BY TRI-COUNTY PAVING. MOTION CARRIED. ON A MOTION BY NICK BRATTLIE, SECONDED BY MIKE SCHLOBOHM, THE BOARD ACCEPTED THE TREASURER’S REPORT AND A GENERAL FUND VOUCHER OF $96,263.20. MOTION CARRIED. DAN KELLY WOULD BE THE SUPERVISOR AS A MEMBER OF THE UPCOMING BOARD OF REVIEW TO TAKE THE REQUIRED TRAINING FOR CONDUCTING A LEGAL MEETING OF THE 2023 BOARD OF REVIEW. FUTURE TOPICS: ARPA FUNDS DISBURSEMENT, DEER-GROVE EMS CONTRACT UPDATES, DEERFIELD FIRE DEPT., CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, TOWN ROADS INCLUDING LIBERTY ROAD, BROWN LANE, AND RAETHER ROAD, LARS VALE ROAD STATUS. ON A MOTION BY RANDY BEHLKE, SECONDED BY NICK BRATTLIE, THE AUGUST MONTHLY MEETING ADJOURNED AT 8:10 P.M. MOTION CARRIED. BOB RIEGE-CLERK