Aug Meeting — Minutes

Minutes - Town of Weyauwega American Legion – 303 N Mill St, Weyauwega WI 54983 Aug 13, 2026 1. Call to Order a. Chairman/Dave Stelzner called to order the Monthly meeting of Town of Weyauwega at 6:00pm on Aug 13, 2026, at The American Legion. 2. Pledge of Allegiance a. All stood and recited the pledge of allegiance. 3. Roll call a. Clerk/Sonia Thede-Kramer conducted a roll call. The following persons were present: Chairman/Dave Stelzner, Supervisor/Terry Wilz, Supervisor/John Neuman, Treasurer/Jodi Wilz and Clerk/Sonia Thede- Kramer. a. Public – Justin Gunderson. 4. Approval of Minutes a. July Minutes: Board reviewed the minutes for July meeting. Motion to approve the July minutes by Supervisor/Terry Wilz, seconded by Supervisor/John Neuman, all ayes, motion carried. 5. Treasurers Report a. Treasurer/Jodi Wilz presented the treasurer’s report and board reviewed. Motion to approve the Treasurer’s report by Supervisor/John Neuman, seconded by Supervisor/Terry Wilz, all ayes, motion carried. 6. Review of Vouchers & Authorize Payments a. Board reviewed the Vouchers & Payments report. Clerk/Sonia Thede-Kramer advised there was a surcharge for fuel included on the bill for GFL Environmental. She also explained the fire dues are included in the vouchers to pay. Motion to approve vouchers and authorized payments of $29,387.28 by Supervisor/Terry Wilz, seconded by Supervisor/John Neuman, all ayes, motion carried. 7. Zoning a. Waupaca Cty Planning & Zoning Training Report: Supervisor/Terry Wilz and Supervisor/John Neuman attended the training. Waupaca Cty Planning & Zoning gave reasons why townships utilize the dept. They explained the rationale of the permits. Explained process of conditional use permits and their decisions are the final decisions. They do have to follow state statues. The training was more informative than training. b. Waupaca Cty Planning & Zoning Training Report: Supervisor/John Neuman attended the meeting and it was standing room only. They tried to run the meeting but there were too many people to hold the meeting. It was decided to take Chapter 34 off from the agenda and reschedule to a later date. Chapter 34 is regarding solar farms, industrial data centers and digestors. Many people were upset with this chapter as thought it was being approved during this meeting. The reason was to change the wording in the chapter and if they do, it will eliminate the township’s say. They completed the other portions of the agenda. c. Building Permit Updates, South St: Clerk/Sonia Thede-Kramer contacted Bldg Inspector/Paul Hanlon before sending the registered letter to the Gonzalez property on South St. He has been in contact with Randy Jensen regarding the moving of the new home to the Gonzalez property. And since he has been in contact with Randy Jensen there is no need to mail the registered letter. 8. Roads a. River Rd Update: Chairman/Dave Stelzner reported that River Rd has been paved and the construction is the complete. b. Chairman/Dave Stelzner received a phone call from Kathryn Kaminske regarding the culvert at her mother, Elaine’s property on Evanswood Rd. Kathryn Kaminske asked for more time to fix the culvert as they are getting the property ready to sell. The board discussed this and decided to send a new letter stating the culvert needs to be replaced by 11/15/26 or prior to being sold whichever is first. Also, sending the letter to Kathryn and Elaine. c. Supervisor/Terry Wilz reported on the gravel for River Rd & Slough Rd shoulders from when ANR Pipeline was here installing the new pipeline. Tristan from ANR needs to talk with Michel’s. Chairman/Dave Stelzner will be calling Tristan again. 9. Fire District Report a. Meeting: Supervisor/Terry Wilz & Supervisor/John Neuman attended the meeting on 7/28/26. Supervisor/Terry Wilz reported on the meeting. Currently in the Money Market account there is $128,776.28 in the account. Interested earned from May to July was $186.28. For emergency calls there have been 15 calls since last report and 64 calls year to date. While going through the calls, Supervisor/Terry Wilz asked about the tender going to Rosholt as it is an hour away. Advised Rosholt fire dept needed help and they tried contacting other fire depts to help but none were available. Weyauwega Fire Dept was available to assist. Applied for 8 grants for $1,300,000. Fire District approved EMR program. There were donations received for equipment. Currently the accounting program, Quickbooks is on the old computer. It was approved to change to Quickbooks online and have assistance from an accountant. For the Chicken BBQ, the meal profit was $7,080 and raffle was $8,691. Chief Cullen will be retiring Jan 2027. 10. Gold Cross Ambulance a. No Report. 11. Assessor Renewal Contract, Larry Preuss a. Approval Request, 1/1/27-12/31/28: Clerk/Sonia Thede-Kramer received the request from Larry Preuss to renew the contract with him as our township’s assessor from 1/1/27-12/31/28. His fee is the same $7,500 yearly. Board reviewed the renewal contract. Motion to renew the contract with Larry Preuss for Assessor from 1/1/27-12/31/28 by Supervisor/Terry Wilz, seconded by Supervisor/John Neuman, all ayes, motion carried. Board then signed the contract. 12. Miscellaneous Business before Board a. Supervisor/John Neuman received a letter from Habit for Humanity requested support. Decision was made to not respond to the request. b. We are losing a Planning Commission member, Larry Shofner. Will need to replace. Supervisor/John Neuman requested Justin Gunderson to fill the position. It was explained the Justin what the position would entail. Motion to appoint Justin Gunderson to replace Larry Shofner for the remaining of the term by Supervisor/Terry Wilz, seconded by Chairman/Dave Stelzner, all ayes, motion carried. c. Supervisor/Terry Wilz and Clerk/Sonia Thede-Kramer explained to the board that the cabinet used to secure the election machine is not big enough for the new ICE election machine. Supervisor/John Neuman would like to look at the cabinet to see if we can modify the cabinet to fit the ICE election machine before buying a new one. Motion to approve Supervisor/John Neuman to modify the current cabinet and to be reimbursed for time and material used by Supervisor/Terry Wilz, seconded by Chairman/Dave Stelzner, all ayes, motion carried. 13. Public Input a. No public input. 14. Next meetings a. Cross out Waupaca Cty Planning & Zoning meeting, it was a mistype. Unsure when the next meeting will take place. b. All board members plan to attend the Gold Cross Ambulance meeting. c. All board members plan to attend the WTA meeting. d. Board agreed to move the Sept meeting to 9/14/26 at 6pm due to Labor Day falls on the first Monday of the month. e. Supervisor/John Neuman is planning on attending the Lunch & Learn meeting on 9/9/26, regarding large- scale wind and solar. 15. Adjournment a. Motion to adjourn the meeting at 6:59pm by Supervisor/Terry Wilz, seconded by Supervisor/John Neuman, all ayes, motion carried.