Town Board — Minutes

Minutes - Town of Weyauwega American Legion – 303 N Mill St, Weyauwega WI 54983 Oct 6, 2025 1. Call to Order a. Chairman/Dave Stelzner called to order the July meeting of Town of Weyauwega at 6:00pm on Oct 6, 2025, at The American Legion. 2. Pledge of Allegiance a. We stood and said 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 – None 4. Approval of Minutes a. Sept Minutes: Board reviewed the minutes for Sept meeting. Motion to approve the Sept 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. She advised the interest stayed the same. 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 pointed out a small increase for GFL. She provided the breakdown for the road work between patching of roads and bridge work. Motion to approve vouchers and authorized payments of $23,702.08 by Supervisor/Terry Wilz, seconded by Supervisor/John Neuman, all ayes, motion carried. 7. Zoning a. Farmland Preservation: Supervisor/John Neuman advised that Planning Commission board member Jack Jensen is doing well. Jim Biddison agreed to replace Jack Jensen’s seat on the planning commission board for the remainder of the term. Clerk/Sonia Thede-Kramer stated of not receiving the mailing letter for the Farmland Preservation meeting yet. 8. Highway – Roads a. Signed Repaving Evanswood Rd Work Order: Chairman/Dave Stelzner signed the work order for paving of Evanswood Rd and the road work should be done this week. He also asked Hwy/Greg Flohr to put togethers quotes for repaving 3 other roads: Haire Rd, River Rd and remainder of Evanswood Rd. Hwy/Greg advised the plan for Cty Rd AA. It is about 2 years out. Supervisor/Terry Wilz stated, should apply for grant, possibly LRIP. b. River Rd Culvert: Chairman/Dave Stelzner reported that on River Rd, corner of Slough Rd, a culvert washed away and now there is a hole. Hwy/Greg is going to look at it to see if the culvert failed or it washed out. Barrels have been put out around the hole. c. Bridge Maintenance Report: Chairman/Dave Stelzner advised the trees/bushes all have been trimmed around the bridges and Behm Farm will be mowing soon. They will be trimming brush back that are in the roadway. d. Chairman/Dave Stelzner reported of patching several roads the past week. e. Supervisor/John Neuman reported of receiving notification of a tree being down on Wilde Rd. Sheriff’s department called Gunderson to clean it up as they thought it was in Town of Lind. Gunderson pushed the tree off the road and Chairman/Dave Stelzner finished picking up the debris from the road. 9. Fire District Report a. Meeting & Business on Evanswood Rd: Supervisor/Terry Wilz reported on the meeting that was held on 9/23/25. Emergency calls since last meeting are 23 and 93 year to date. AAR of house fire in City, Sumner St was given. Grant updates; received $2,000 from We Energies to go toward 4 gas meters. Re- applying to TC Energies for Thermal Imaging Cameras. Engine 913 Pump Packing, Dept declined to assist with costs. About $5,000 to $11,000 to repair. Approval to fix Engine 913 at Red Power Diesel. Some money in this year’s budget and if it goes over, will take from next year’s budget. Regarding the new Pumper/Tanker from quote, if pay in full then will get a 5% discount back later. If we pay our portion in full but another township does not, we still will get the discount. Motion to transfer funds from MM Public Safety #5006 to Checkbook #8856 then issue check for $94,293.91 (full amount) by Supervisor/John Neuman, seconded by Supervisor/Terry Wilz, all ayes, motion carried. It was approved to sell Engines 919 and 920. Will not sell the engines till after new truck arrives. 2026 Budget has a 3% increase and was approved. False Alarm Ordinance. Town of Lind is the only municipality without a false alarm ordinance. Waupaca Fire is working on one and costs will be higher than Fire District’s current one. When Waupaca Fire finalize their rates, Fire District could match their costs. Chief Cullen is going to get more information than bring back. There will be an open house on 10/11/25 to celebrate 140th anniversary. Chief Inspector Jim Nehring requested that if they are aware of new business in their area to let him know so inspections can be made. Clerk/Sonia Thede-Kramer forwarded an email to Waupaca Cty Zoning of a new business in Town of Weyauwega on Evanswood Rd. Zoning advised the resident came into their office to fill out paperwork. Then Clerk/Sonia Thede-Kramer received a copy of a letter addressed to resident regarding the business on the property. The current zoning code for the property is AWT which needs to be changed to Rural Commercial to have business on the premise. There is an after the fact penalty that was stated in the letter also. Supervisor/John Neuman went to the opening of the new business, which is a thrift store and there were several cars there. The resident converted a shed to the store. b. Purchase of Pumper/Tanker: The board approved to issue a check to Fire District for the full amount of $94,293.91 then after the Pumper/Tanker are received, a 5% discount will be provided back. The check will be issued and mailed during the Nov meeting. 10. Gold Cross Ambulance Report a. Meeting: The annual budget meeting was held on 9/10/25. Chairman/Dave Stelzner, Supervisor/Terry Wilz and Supervisor/John Neuman all attended. Chairman/Dave Stelzer reported on the meeting. He advised the first of the year, Gold Cross will be adding 4th ambulance. The average response time is 9:14 sec. Responses within goal were 88.34%. They are taking complaints very seriously. For the 2026 Budget, there is a small increase. For the Town of Weyauwega, currently pay quarterly $1,897.75 for 2026 will increase to $1,907 which is a $9.25 increase quarterly. All thanked Nick Romenesko for keeping the costs down. b. Ambulance Service Agreement Renewal: Motion to approve and sign the new Ambulance Service Agreement by Supervisor/John Neuman, seconded by Supervisor/Terry Wilz, all ayes, motion carried. 11. Waupaca County Solid Waste and Recycling Report a. Meeting report: Supervisor/Terry Wilz reported on the meeting that was held on 9/18/25. He provided the tons of recyclables that are collected in the county along with what is collected in our township. They broke down the tons of each item that is recycled in each township, example for Town of Weyauwega with population 564 in 2024 there was 4.46 tons of cardboard, 13.38 tons of mixed paper, 8.58 tons of glass and 0.34 tons of aluminum. GFL has 2 separate sections in every truck, one for garbage and the other for recyclables. They are not together in the same bins in the truck. They went over the budget and for Town of Weyauwega the previous year the charge per capita was $1.308. This year it will change to $1.181/capita. They received grants which helped with lowering the per captia. 12. Wolf River Preservation Report a. Meeting report: Chairman/Dave Stelzner reported on the meeting that was held on 10/2/25. All municipalities were in attendance except Town of Fremont. The treasurer’s report was given at the meeting. The canisters update has been moved to spring. They received donations, $1,000 from the new owners of Fleases. There are other donors in the works. Dues will stay the same as previous year. There was 1 large container filled from the river cleanup. 3 buoys had their cables cut, thinking by boats. An individual offered to help with the buoys as he has a pontoon. There was an election of officers, Joe Kopel is the president, John Faucher is vice president, Neil as treasurer and Ginger Sowle as secretary. Next meeting will be 3/5/26. 13. Miscellaneous Business before Board a. NA 14. Public Input a. NA 15. Next meetings a. Planning Commission meeting for Rezoning & Farmland Preservation will be on 10/27/25. b. Board ok’d the budget meeting for 11/3/25 at 6pm. c. Board ok’d Nov monthly meeting for 11/3/25 at following the budget meeting. 16. Adjournment a. Motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:06pm by Supervisor/Terry Wilz, seconded by Supervisor/John Neuman, all ayes, motion carried.