Town Board — Minutes

Minutes - Town of Weyauwega American Legion – 303 N Mill St, Weyauwega WI 54983 Jan 2, 2024 1. Call to order a. Chairman/Dave Stelzner called to order the meeting of Town of Weyauwega at 6:00pm on Jan 2nd, 2024, at Town Hall/American Legion. 2. Pledge of Allegiance a. We stood and said the pledge of allegiance during the Budget meeting. 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 – NA 4. Approval of Minutes a. Board reviewed the minutes for Dec meeting. Supervisor/Terry Wilz advised there needed to be a correction on the fire district section about the CD discussion. Motion to approve the Dec minutes with the correction 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 increased to 4.89%. Chairman/Dave Stelzner asked when would we receive property tax from county. Treasurer/Jodi Wilz stated will received the first installment around the middle of Jan. Clerk/Sonia Thede-Kramer mentioned that we may need to re-assess as the township is at 80% of value. Board asked her to send an email to Larry Preuss about re-assessment. Motion to approve the Treasurer’s report by Supervisor/John Neuman, seconded by Supervisor/Terry Wilz, all ayes, motion carried. b. Treasurer/Jodi Wilz stated that we need to transfer the funds to the Public Safety #5506 account as we have not done this yet that was approved in the 2023 Budget. Motion to transfer $5,000 from Public Funds #8889 to Public Safety #5506 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 $26,022.91 by Supervisor/Terry Wilz, seconded by Supervisor/John Neuman, all ayes, motion carried. b. Clerk/Sonia Thede-Kramer received the 2 proposals for our insurance renewal with Continental Western. One proposal was from Spectrum Ins and the other was from Hutchinson Agency Inc. She stated the limits matched and were correct, but the driver’s schedule was incorrect on Spectrum Ins’ proposal. She stated that it was minor but feels it should be correct. The Board agreed that, even though minor, the information should be correct. Motion to renewal the insurance policy with Hutchinson Agency Inc because the proposal was correct and due to them being a local agent by Supervisor/John Neuman, seconded by Supervisor/Terry Wilz, all ayes, motion carried. 7. Zoning a. Chairman/Dave Stelzner reported of receiving information of who will be on the agenda for the Waupaca Cty Zoning, meeting is set for Jan 9th. Poltrock Conditional Use Permit request is on the agenda for approval. Also, received a letter that Sunset Curve Storage Conditional Use Permit was approved by Waupaca Cty Zoning. 8. Highway – Roads a. Chairman/Dave Stelzner reported that Hillside Dr was washing out and he approved the Hwy Dept to fill it in. He also trimmed limbs on Hillside Dr. He did not take with Hwy/Greg Flohr yet regarding the guard rails quote for Railroad Grade Rd & Evanswood Rd. Supervisor/John Neuman asked about tree trimming on Lakeshore Dr. Chairman/Dave Stelzner stated that he did not trim the tree yet, but did talk with the property owner. 9. Fire District Report a. Supervisor/Terry Wilz reported on a meeting that was on Dec 19th, 2023, with the firemen officers. They went over a list of concerns from all firemen and will have another meeting this month with the membership at large. Then went in a closed session. Clerk/Sonia Thede-Kramer advised of not receiving more information on the referendum question for the building construction. Supervisor/Terry Wilz stated they discussed this also. They found out that the city has other issues that need to be handled first. It was either the fire station or water works dept for the city and for them water utilities has more priority. Next meeting they will discuss more on if the building construction. 10. Garbage charge on Gills Landing a. Clerk/Sonia Thede-Kramer received a phone call from Wayne Van Handel, he owns property across the river from Gills Landing. He received his property taxes and noticed he got charged again for garbage pickup. He feels it is unfair that they get charged for garbage pickup when they don’t get it picked up from their property as trucks can’t get there. I explained that there are carts/dumpsters at Gills Landing for their use and that is what the charge is for. I explained we can’t exclude them from the garbage charge because we do get charged for the carts/dumpster use at Gills Landing. He was not happy with this. 11. Miscellaneous Business before Board a. Chairman/Dave Stelzner received a phone call from Cory who owns Gabes Tree Service. He called to see if we needed any tree service done. Chairman/Dave Stelzner called back and spoke with secretary and said we are fine for now but will keep them in mind. b. Supervisor/John Neuman was advised about a resident that is concerned about the digester issued Town of Lind is having and is there something our township can do to avoid digester problems. Board discussed and is not sure of the correct action. Suggested Supervisor/John Neuman to contact Jason Synder at Waupaca Cty Zoning dept then contact the WI Towns Association. 12. Public Input a. No public 13. Next meetings a. All board members are ok with holding the Feb monthly meeting on Feb 5th at 6pm. 14. Adjournment a. Motion to adjourn the meeting at 6:43pm by Supervisor/Terry Wilz, seconded by Supervisor/John Neuman, all ayes, motion carried.