Town Board — Minutes

Minutes - Town of Weyauwega American Legion – 303 N Mill St, Weyauwega WI 54983 Mar 4, 2024 1. Call to order a. Chairman/Dave Stelzner called to order the meeting of Town of Weyauwega at 6:00pm on Mar 4th, 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/John Neuman and Clerk/Sonia Thede-Kramer. Supervisor/Terry Wilz and Treasurer/Jodi Wilz were on the phone. b. Public – Jim Biddison, Cindy Hardy, Dawn Keith, Brian Bodoh, Michael Kreisler and Jaleen Hacklander 4. Approval of Minutes a. Board reviewed the minutes for Feb meeting. Motion to approve the Feb minutes by Supervisor/Terry Wilz, seconded by Supervisor/John Neuman, all ayes, motion carried. 5. Treasurers Report a. Board reviewed the Treasurer’s report and Treasurer/Jodi Wilz stated interest stayed at 4.89%. She also mentioned that the County paid too much to the townships for dog licenses, we might receive an invoice. 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 $14,054.05 by Supervisor/Terry Wilz, seconded by Supervisor/John Neuman, all ayes, motion carried. 7. Zoning a. Treasurer/Jodi Wilz advised Builders for Christ will be parking the trailers for the construction at St Peter’s School in the City instead of the Beyer’s property. 8. Highway – Roads a. Chairman/Dave Stelzner spoke with Hwy/Greg Flohr about the weight limit. Hwy/Greg Flohr advised the weight limit is not posted at this time. b. Chairman/Dave Stelzner received a phone call from a resident on Slough Rd. They advised him that they will be setting logs on the side of the road for a logging company to come and pick them up. Chairman/Dave Stelzner ok’d this as long as the logs are not sitting there for a long period of time. 9. Fire District Report a. Public/Jim Biddison asked about the status of the building construction. Chairman/Dave Stelzner stated it is on hold right now. He advised that the fire district stated if the referendum question is placed on the ballot and if one municipality passes the referendum, then it must pass for all. Public/Jim Biddison and Cindy Hardy disagrees with that due to the 80/20 rule. Chairman/Dave Stelzner stated that the funds that were already collected is put on hold for the building construction. Public/Jim Biddison asked, what about a new fire truck. Chairman/Dave Stelzner was not sure. 10. WI Towns Association Meeting a. Chairman/Dave Stelzner and Supervisor/John Neuman attended the meeting. Supervisor/John Neuman reported Sheriff Wilz advised they had a tech update on license plate readers. It is not for issuing tickets, it is to recognize plates for investigations to solve crimes. All officers have body cams. Amy R from Ron Johnson’s office reported on several items such as overseas border and child tax credits. Joan Ballweg spoke also, but she was very hard to hear. Al Kriesel, Highway Department spoke on bridge inspections. There are more items to inspect. Waupaca Cty Hwy will re-inspect the bridges. Hwy/Casey B talked about the bridge inspections. Supervisor/Terry Wilz asked about the culvert inventory. Board asked Clerk/Sonia Thede-Kramer to check with Hwy as not sure about the culvert inventory, they spoke mainly on the bridge inspections. The Agriculture Road Improvement Program is due 4/15/24. Someone from the meeting mentioned Haire Rd and Cty Rd A traffic. If they do anything with those roads, the Cty would do. Supervisor/Terry Wilz stated when we did the road inspection with Hwy/Greg, Haire Rd was not high on priority list. The weight limit is not in effect at this time. Ryan Brown, Planning & Zoning talked about properties not owned and will be talking with neighbors of the properties not owned. Mike Mazemke and Jeremy Schoenike, Register of Deeds spoke about records. Mark Sether, Treasurer stated 80% of taxes have been paid and it is the last year for personal property tax. Kristy Opperman, Clerk provided election updates. Next meeting will be held in Town of Bear Creek. There was a motion and 2nd to purchase a portable microphone system. 11. Waupaca Cty Zoning Informational Meeting, Ordinances a. Supervisor/Terry Wilz attended the meeting on the phone. He reported there were several revisions on verbiage on ordinances. Some updates were made on boat houses and setbacks. One is updated to RVs parked on a rural property, can’t be parked for more than 30 days at a time if for living. Camping for a period is not a problem. For shipping containers, looking at relaxing the ordinance for commercial properties. Junk on a property, this one is hard as hard to prove what is junk and what is not. Cty hired a building inspector and if a township needs one, they can approach the Cty. Broadband, Weyauwega and Fremont is a high priority. They will be contacting Chairman and Clerk to get set up. Chairman/Dave Stelzner asked, how does this work. Supervisor/Terry Wilz explained, this is to help rural areas to get internet. State has programs to help pay. Farm Preservation Plan, Minimum number of acres to consider a farm. Greenway is looking at bike trails. 12. Miscellaneous Business before Board a. Chairman/Dave Stelzner did not receive the invoice ye from Bek for the tree trimming by Hitching Post. b. Clerk/Sonia Thede-Kramer reported conducting a title search on N1719 Frontage Rd, Weyauwega/Wagner Family Tree Farm property. This is the property we issued an invoice to for the dog violations. She asked the Towns association if I could report on the title search of the dog violations was not paid. They said it is not allowed to include this. c. Treasurer/Jodi Wilz received tax bills and sent to Cty. d. Chairman/Dave Stelzner has not heard from Bryan Stelzner to check on raft permits on the river. 13. Public Input a. No public input. 14. Next meetings a. Clerk/Sonia Thede-Kramer explained our next meeting is set for Apr 1st but that is the day before the election and we usually hold it on the same day as the annual meeting so we can combine meetings on the same day in Apr. Motion to move the Apr monthly meeting from Apr 1st to Apr 16th, following the annual meeting by Supervisor/John Neuman, seconded by Supervisor/Terry Wilz, all ayes, motion carried. b. Spring & Presidential Preference Election is on Apr 2nd, 2024. c. 2023 Annual Meeting is on Apr 16th, 2024. d. Clerk/Sonia Thede-Kramer stated we need to set the meetings for Open Book and Board of Review. All agreed to hold the Open Book on 4/15/24 from Noon to 2pm and the Board of Review on 4/22/24 from 6pm to 8pm. e. Received a notice, the Wolf River Preservation meeting is being held on 3/7/24 at 6pm at Fremont Village Hall. Chairman/Dave Stelzner and Supervisor/John Neuman are planning on attending. 15. Adjournment a. Motion to adjourn the meeting at 6:52pm by Supervisor/Terry Wilz, seconded by Supervisor/John Neuman, all ayes, motion carried.