JUNE 2023 TB MINUTES

TOWN OF DEERFIELD MONTHLY MEETING, MONDAY, JUNE 12, 2023, 7:00 P.M., DCC CENTER, 10 LIBERTY ST. MIKE SCHLOBOHM CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 7:00 P.M. WITH ALL OFFICERS EXCEPT DAN KELLY PRESENT. ON A MOTION BY RANDY BEHLKE, SECONDED BY KATIE MICHEL, THE MEETING AGENDA WAS APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. ON A MOTION BY RANDY BEHLKE, SECONDED BY NICK BRATTLIE, THE MAY MEETING MINUTES WERE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. COMMENTS WERE LIMITED TO THE NEED BY A CONCERNED RESIDENT TO DISPERSE THE ARPA FUNDS HELD BY THE TOWN AND THE NEED FOR MORE FUNDING FOR THE DEERFIELD FIRE DEPT. ON A MOTION BY NICK BRATTLIE, SECONDED BY MIKE SCHLOBOHM, THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE FOLLOWING LIQUOR LICENSES FOR THE YEAR JULY 1, 2023 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2024: DEERFIELD ROD & GUN CLUB, SCHUSTER’S PLAYTIME FARM AND THELMA’S LONDONAIRE. MOTION CARRIED. ON A MOTION BY KATIE MICHEL, SECONDED BY MIKE SCHLOBOHM, PETITION #11953, MARK AND FREDERICKA MANNING, WAS APPROVED WHICH WOULD SHIFT PROPERTY LINES BETWEEN ADJACENT LANDOWNERS AND CREATE TWO AGRICULTURAL LOTS IN SECTION 19, HOMMEN RD., OF THE TOWN. MOTION CARRIED. THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT #02593, JEREMY IRONSIDE, DEER LAKE RD., SECTION 1, WAS APPROVED AT AN EARLIER JOINT MEETING OF THE TOWN PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE TOWN BOARD. THE COMMISSION VOTE WAS 6-0 AND THE TOWN BOARD VOTE WAS 3-0. THERE WAS NO FORMAL OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED C.U.P. ON A MOTION BY NICK BRATTLIE, SECONDED BY RANDY BEHLKE, THE BOARD APPROVED RESOLUTION 2023-01 WHICH WOULD CONSIST OF THE SIGNING OF A HIGHWAY ORDER BY THE TOWN TO DISCONTINUE A PORTION OF TOWN ROAD, PRIVATE DRIVEWAY, LOCATED AT 233 FAIR OAK RD. MOTION CARRIED. DISCUSSIONS WITH NO ACTION CENTERED ON ARPA FUNDS DISBURSEMENTS, DEERFIELD FIRE DEPT. EQUIPMENT PROPOSALS, DEER-GROVE EMS RADIO FUNDING REQUEST (APP. $6749.39), VILLAGE OF COTTAGE GROVE FUTURE EMS PROPOSALS, KOSHKONONG SOLAR FARM START DATE OF APRIL, 2024, AND THE TOWN OF DEERFIELD ROAD MAINTENANCE PROJECTS INCLUDING BORROWING COSTS. ON A MOTION BY MIKE SCHLOBOHM, SECONDED BY KATIE MICHEL, THE BOARD DECIDED TO ALLOCATE MONIES FOR CRACKFILLING VARIOUS ROADS AND FOR REPAIRS OF ZANDER LANE. MOTION CARRIED. ON A MOTION BY RANDY BEHLKE, SECONDED BY KATIE MICHEL, THE BOARD APPROVED A PROPOSAL FROM MADISON TRUCK EQUIPMENT TO MOUNT A NEW BOX ON THE TOWN’S ONE TON TRUCK IN THE AMOUNT OF $9986.00. MOTION CARRIED. ON A MOTION BY NICK BRATTLIE, SECONDED BY KATIE MICHEL, THE BOARD APPROVED THE TREASURER’S REPORT AND THE GENERAL FUND VOUCHER OF $38,915.63. MOTION CARRIED. ON A MOTION BY RANDY BEHLKE, SECONDED BY KATIE MICHEL, THE BOARD INSTRUCTED THE CLERK TO SEND A LETTER TO STATE LEGISLATORS IN OPPOSITION TO ASSEMBLY BILL AB245 WHICH WOULD REMOVE THE POWERS OF THE TOWN TO REGULATE NON-METALLIC MINING ORDINANCES OF QUARRIES LOCATED WITHIN THE TOWN. MOTION CARRIED. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS: DEER-GROVE EMS, CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, LARS VALE ROAD REPAIRS, TOWN ROAD MAINTENANCE PROJECTS, ARPA FUNDS. ON A MOTION BY NICK BRATTLIE, SECONDED BY MIKE SCHLOBOHM, THE MEETING AADJOURNED AT 8:15 P.M. MOTION CARRIED. BOB RIEGE-CLERK