Town Board Meeting — Minutes

June 8, 2026 Minutes Page 1 of 5 Town of Christiana Town Board Meeting Minutes - Draft June 8, 2026, 6:30 PM The meeting was called to order at 6:30 p.m. In attendance were Chair Jim Lowrey, Supervisors Steve Kriedeman, Dawn Redford, Clerk-Treasurer Kathleen Egre, Public Works Eric Schroeder as well as many members and friends of the community. PROCEDURAL The meeting was called to order, a reminder to sign in given, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance, then roll call was taken with all board members present. It was noted the meeting was properly noticed and posted. Guest speaker Joan Fitzgerald State Rep. for the 46-assembly district gave an informative legislative status report to the Town Board and attendees. Steve Kriedeman asked how the PFAS funding is distributed. Joan answered through grants. Dawn Redford asked about the bill that did not get taken up, requiring the Public Service Commission to consider Town Comprehensive Plans prior to allowing renewable energy to build large structures (anything over 300 Megawatts). Joan confirmed it is still sitting there and will probably come back next session. Dawn stated that this bill is very important to our township. Jim Lowery noted that the PSC is three people making these decisions. Jim asked how the state was going to handle these data centers. Joan stated that clearly the time to regulate was a few years ago and that was a missed opportunity. Going forward, the thing we can do is to ask 1. Who is going to pay for the energy for these, 2. Who is going to pay for the infrastructure, 3. Where is the energy going to come from knowing we do not have the capacity for the energy they need? She if for regulating them and thought Dane County’s moratorium was a good move until answers are had. Eric Schroeder reported the following: 1) Hammen Road over-lay is complete and shouldering will be done when the asphalt is set, 2) ditches are and will have everything mowed back by the fourth of July 3) doing some housekeeping items, painting shop doors, etc. Jim Lowrey informed everyone that Invenergy/Blattner is having the east end of Koshkonong Road cut out and patched this week. Fire Commission Report was skipped due to Fire/EMS Commission discussion being an item on the agenda. PUBLIC COMMENT Eric Ziggler, a resident of the town and a member of the Cambridge Fire Department provided information regarding costs of other services and how their charges add up quickly. He urged the board to work with Rockdale and Cambridge to keep what we have for a couple more years because the commission is working hard and headed in the right direction, making good changes. He made many points regarding the benefits of local control stating that if it goes away, he believes we will never get it back. Janice Redford reported she felt the rolling blasting on the morning of June 2nd and asked to be on the quarry’s blast notification list. June 8, 2026 Minutes Page 2 of 5 NEW BUSINESS a. A request by Hepta S Inc, Agent Kathleen Bjoin for a Conditional Use Permit, ten-year time extension of an existing nonmetallic mining mineral extraction site (existing conditional use permit #02346) for parcels #0612-143-8240-0, 0612-143-9500-8, 0612-144-8500-9, 0612-144-9000-2, 0612-144-9210-8. Bjoin’s representative provided information regarding the amount of open area and where they believe more material can be taken from. Dawn Redford gave the Plan Commission’s recommendations to the board. Dawn Redford moved to approve the request by HEPTA S for a 10-year extension of the mineral extraction at 472 Koshkonong Road, CUP #02346 for the parcels listed on the agenda. Steve Kriedeman seconded. MOTION PASSED 3-0 b. Discussion and possible action regarding the application of a Class “B” Beer and Class “B” Liquor License by Jason Schuler and Becki Hoppe-Schuler, Agent/s; HSL Enterprise, LLC - dba Utica Bar, 2167 County Road W, Cambridge, WI 53523. Dawn Redford moved to approve the Class “B” Beer and Class “B” Liquor License by Jason Schuler and Becki Hoppe-Schuler for Utica Bar. Steve Kriedeman seconded. MOTION PASSED 3-0 c. Discussion and possible action regarding the application of a Cigarette and Tobacco and Electronic Vaping Device Retail License for HSL Enterprises, LLC - dba Utica Bar, 2167 County Road W, Cambridge, WI 53523. Discussion was had clarifying the application request, noting it was only for the Cigarette and Tobacco products. Steve Kriedeman moved to approve the application for the Cigarette and Tobacco retail license for HSL Enterprises, LLC, dba Utica Bar. Dawn Redford seconded. MOTION PASSED 3-0 d. Discussion and possible action regarding the application of a Class “B” Beer and Class “C” Wine License by Andrew Watson, Agent; dba Sprouting Acres, LLC, 1746 Hwy 73, Cambridge, WI 53523. Steve Kriedeman moved to approve the application for the Class “B” Beer and Class “C” Wine license for Andrew Watson, dba Sprouting Acres. Dawn Redford seconded. June 8, 2026 Minutes Page 3 of 5 MOTION PASSED 3-0 e. Discussion and possible action regarding the application of a Class “B” Beer and Class “B” Liquor License by David Smithback, Agent; dba Utica Community Association, 1390 Hwy B, Cambridge, WI 53523. Steve Kriedeman moved to approve the application for the Class “B” Beer and Class “B” Liquor license for David Smithback, dba Utica Community Association. Dawn Redford seconded. MOTION PASSED 3-0 f. Discussion and possible action regarding Operator’s License applications for Cassandra Accardo, Carol Alme, Leah Furseth, Becki Hoppe-Schuler, Lore Larson, John Lubick, Audra Nett, Michelle Polich, Heather Pupp, Tori Sander, Tracie Tellefson, Ronald Vosberg, Candace Brown, Dawn Hudson, Regina Fisher, Erika Bailey, Jessica Scott, Andrew Watson, Erin Stokstad, Christian Stokstad, Jerry Johnson, David Smithback. Dawn Redford moved to approve the operator licenses for the stated names less Audra Nett and Regina Fisher. Steve Kriedeman seconded. MOTION PASSED 3-0 g. Discussion and possible action regarding the application of a Mobile Home Park License for Country View Estates, 537 State Farm Road, Deerfield, WI 53531. Discussion was had regarding the inability to make out the applicant’s name. Via a phone call the applicant’s name was ascertained and a motion was made. Steve Kriedeman moved to approve the application for the Mobile Home Park license for Country View Estates. Dawn Redford seconded. MOTION PASSED 3-0 h. Discussion and possible action regarding the proposed CC Fire and EMS 2027 IGA. Discussion was had regarding the proposed IGA. Some questions for the future IGA 1. The number of members, 2. The compensation for district members and if we have more than three members are the additional members compensated, 3. If there was a vacancy how is it to be filled, 4. More work on the wording regarding the audit language. It was noted the Board was pleased with the commission’s effort to come up with something workable. June 8, 2026 Minutes Page 4 of 5 Dawn Redford moved to approve the IGA as it has been edited instructing the commission to clarify who the auditor would be if people were to withdraw and whether the two at large members of the commission are compensated or are they volunteers only. With those changes we are in support of the IGA. Steve Kriedeman seconded. MOTION PASSED 3-0 i. Discussion regarding a supportive resolution to the Dane County Moratorium on Data Centers in Dane County. Discussion was had regarding the moratorium. Dawn Redford provided solid reasoning for the support of the County’s moratorium. She suggested items for consideration to include in the supportive resolution. Starting with the research she has done, our town would be a prime target for a data center because of the infrastructure already in place; the power plant, transmission lines, and solar. Jim Lowrey stated he wants an ordinance written to keep out data centers. Jim to follow up with the town attorney for a resolution and possibly an ordinance. The matter will be taken up in a future meeting. j. Discussion regarding the proposed EMS service charges from Lakeside Fire and EMS and Deer-Grove EMS. Discussion was had regarding the proposals. Dawn pointed out we may have a hard time certifying the Maintenance of Effort if we move to the other service providers who are further away increasing response times. She spoke to the budget shortages for Fire and EMS and how the future increase in shared revenue could make up that difference. Keeping the local services would guarantee better response time, we have our own paramedics, we have the power to say who we want for a director through the commission board. Jim agreed that life/response times matter most. k. Discussion regarding MSA as an alternative option to our current building inspection company General Engineering Company (GEC). Jim provided information regarding MSA’s services. l. Discussion and possible action regarding the MSA Professional Services Agreement for general engineering services which includes grant writing for road work/repair funding. Discussion was had regarding the grant writing services MSA provides. There is a $2,000.00 fee to start with and then the scope of work would determine the rest of the fees. A fee schedule was provided with the service agreement. June 8, 2026 Minutes Page 5 of 5 Dawn Redford moved to table item l. Steve Kriedeman seconded. MOTION PASSED 3-0 CONSENT AGENDA (All items listed under the Consent Agenda will be approved by one motion unless a Board member requests that item be removed for individual consideration/action.) a. Motion to approve minutes for November 18, 2025, Special Town Board meeting and May 11, 2026, Regular Town Board meeting b. Motion to approve Vouchers c. Motion to approve May 2026 Financial Summary d. Motion to approve May 2026 Bank Reconciliations and Statements Dawn Redford moved to approve the consent agenda with spelling corrections made in the minutes. Steve Kriedeman seconded. MOTION PASSED 3-0 ADJOURNMENT Dawn Redford moved to adjourn. Steve Kriedeman seconded. MOTION PASSED 3-0 Respectfully submitted, Kathleen Egre, Clerk-Treasurer