Town Board — Minutes

Minutes - Town of Weyauwega American Legion – 303 N Mill St, Weyauwega WI 54983 Nov 11, 2024 1. Call to Order a. Chairman/Dave Stelzner called to order the meeting of Town of Weyauwega at 6:33pm on Nov 11, 2024, at Town Hall/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 – Jor Jeanna Biddison, Jim Biddison, Chris Behm, Giselle Martinez and Gabriel Rojas. 4. Approval of Minutes a. Board reviewed the minutes for Oct meeting. Motion to approve the Oct minutes by Supervisor/Terry Wilz, seconded by Supervisor/John Neuman, all ayes, motion carried. 5. Treasurers Report a. Treasurer/Jodi Wilz reported the interest decreased to 4.43%. She sent out the list for the remaining delinquent Personal Property tax residents, there are 4 left. Board reviewed the Treasurer’s report. 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. Motion to approve vouchers and authorized payments of $8,243.49 by Supervisor/Terry Wilz, seconded by Supervisor/John Neuman, all ayes, motion carried. 7. Zoning a. Conditional Use Permit RoJas Aguilar, Kriese Rd, Animal Units: Chairman/Dave Stelzner opened the floor to Gabrielle RoJas. She explained they have 1 horse, 1 miniature horse and 30 chickens. Clerk/Sonia Thede-Kramer explained further that they are over the allowable animal unit limit by 1 animal unit. They are only allowed to have 1.8 animal units, but they have 2.8 animal units. They do not have plans to add any more animals. Motion to approve to allow only 2.8 animal units and to not add any more animal units based on Planning Commissions recommendations by Supervisor/Terry Wilz, seconded by Supervisor/John Neuman, all ayes, motion carried. b. We Energies, Pagel: Chairman/Dave Stelzner received a request from We Energies to approve putting up another electrical box at Lance Pagel’s property. This is for his 2nd fire number for the garage. Motion to approve the request to install an electrical box at Lance Pagel’s property by Supervisor/Terry Wilz, seconded by Supervisor/John Neuman, all ayes, motion carried. 8. Highway – Roads a. Evanswood & Lincoln Rd Corner Street Sign: Chairman/Dave Stelzner received a complaint from the ambulance as they got lost on a call as there is not a street sign at Evanswood & Lincoln Rd corner. He talked with City of Weyauwega and to Hwy Dept. Hwy Dept is going to install a new street sign, and we will split the cost with City of Weyauwega. b. Culvert, Price, Marsh Rd: Chairman/Dave explained Dan Price is looking to purchase a parcel off of Marsh Rd and he would like to install a culvert just for a small parking area. He lives in Oshkosh and the current owner lives in FL. He filled out the application and paid fee for the culvert permit. Motion to approve the culvert permit/application for Dan Price on Marsh Rd by Supervisor/Terry Wilz, seconded by Supervisor/John Neuman, all ayes, motion carried. c. Giselle Martinez and Gabriel Rojas left the meeting. 9. Mowing Quotes a. Behm Farm: Chairman/Dave Stelzner opened the floor to Chris Behm of Behm Farm. He explained he now has 2 mowers and 1 is wider than the other. So, the one price for the wider mower would only need to mow 1 pass. Then it was asked how many years the contract would be for with the new rate with the wider mower, he advised we can pick the number of years to have to contract at. b. Chairman/Dave Stelzner did not receive a quote from Gunderson. c. Motion to approve a 5-year contract at double width with rate $225/hr by Supervisor/John Neuman, seconded by Supervisor/Terry Wilz, all ayes, motion carried. Chris Behm will send us a new contract to sign. 10. Fire District Report a. No Report 11. Ambulance Report a. All board members attended the meeting on Oct 9th. Supervisor/John Neuman reported on the meeting. Gold Cross/Nick advised of purchasing 2 new ambulances and old ones were donated. Village of Greenville and Town of Ellington. By adding the new ambulances, they are anticipating quicker response times. Received the renewal ambulance service agreement for 2025 including the new municipalities. Gold Cross is also requesting all municipalities to adopt a resolution for an increase in levy limit as some municipalities are increasing their levy limit. We are not increasing the levy limit. Clerk/Sonia Thede- Kramer explained the levy limit. Each municipality has an allowable levy limit they can set their levy at and if they go over that allowable limit, a resolution is required. Gold Cross/Nick explained if one municipality does not adopt the levy increase resolution another municipality might not be able to increase their levy. b. Renewal Contract: Motion to renew the Ambulance Service Agreement for 2025 by Supervisor/Terry Wilz, seconded by Supervisor/John Neuman, all ayes, motion carried. c. Resolution: Motion to approve the 20241111 Resolution in support of Levy Increase to Meet Needs of Gold Cross EMS Service Consortium by Supervisor/John Neuman, seconded by Supervisor/Terry Wilz, 2 ayes: Supervisor/Terry Wilz & Supervisor/John Neuman, 1 nay: Chairman/Dave Stelzner, motion carried. 12. Raft Ordinance a. Chairman/Dave Stelzner has not heard from Town of Mukwa on how their ordinance is written for if a raft is up to code or not. Clerk/Sonia Thede-Kramer reviewed the ordinance at the meeting and there is information in it that the raft should be in good condition and is the responsibility of the owner of the raft. 13. Waupaca Cty Dairy Farmers Alliance a. Supervisor/John Neuman noticed Zoey Nelson is going to speak at the Wisconsin Towns Association (WTA) meeting. Her maiden name is Brooks, part of Brooks Farm. Brooks Farm wants to have a digestor approved in the Town of Lind, but it was denied. Now the Dairy Farmers Alliance want to go over the township and go to the County directly to get approved. Chris Behm knew information on digestors. He provided information on digestors and industrial operations. He said it needs to be done properly and not hide anything but that is the issue, they are hiding information. He provided good information. 14. City of Weyauwega Food Truck Ordinance a. Clerk/Sonia Thede-Kramer received a copy of the City of Weyauwega’s Food Truck Ordinance. She explained the ordinance was implemented to protect the current businesses in the city and the food trucks need to get permits and be inspected. They are not saying food trucks are not allowed, just need to get permits first. She advised this is the same in other cities for food trucks. If a food truck approaches us to operate in Town of Weyauwega, Zoning/Jason advised that the County has regulations/permits they have to follow, so need to refer them to County. 15. Amendment of Dog Ordinance a. Clerk/Sonia Thede-Kramer was reviewing the ordinance/resolution binder and noticed we did not update where we take any stray dogs to Wolf River Veterinary Clinic in New London. Motion to approve the amendment resolution to have stray dogs be taken to Wolf River Veterinary by Supervisor/John Neuman, seconded by Supervisor/Terry Wilz, all ayes, motion carried. 16. Miscellaneous Business before Board a. Treasurer/Jodi Wilz asked if she can get a motion to move the funds from Public Funds #8889 to Public Safety #5006 per the 2024 Budget, the funds were not moved yet. Motion to move $15,000 per 2024 approved Budget from Public Funds #8889 to Public Safety #5006 by Supervisor/Terry Wilz, seconded by Supervisor/John Neuman, all ayes, motion carried. 17. Public Input a. Public/Jim & Jor Jeanna Biddison thanked the board for their hard work. 18. Next meetings a. All board members plan to attend the WTA meeting on Nov 14th. b. Clerk/Sonia Thede-Kramer advised the next monthly meeting should be on Dec 2nd not Dec 6th. All are ok with Dec meeting being held on Dec 2nd at 6pm. 19. Adjournment a. Motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:50pm by Supervisor/Terry Wilz, seconded by Supervisor/John Neuman, all ayes, motion carried.