Town Board — Minutes

Minutes - Town of Weyauwega American Legion – 303 N Mill St, Weyauwega WI 54983 July 3rd, 2023 1. Call to order a. Chairman/Dave Stelzner called to order the meeting of Town of Weyauwega 6:00pm on July 3rd, 2023, 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. b. Public – NA 4. Approval of Minutes a. Board reviewed the minutes for June. Motion to approve the June minutes by Supervisor/Terry Wilz, seconded by Supervisor/John Neuman, all ayes, motion carried. 5. Treasurers Report a. Board reviewed the Treasurer’s report. Treasurer/Jodi Wilz reported the interest increased to 4.51%. 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. Motion to approve vouchers and authorized payments of $18,910.36 by Supervisor/Terry Wilz, seconded by Supervisor/John Neuman, all ayes, motion carried. 7. Zoning a. New Fire Number: Chairman/Dave Stelzner reported receiving letter from County stating ok to order a new fire number for Lance Pagel’s property. Pagel is separating his property in 2 parcels, one for the house and the other for business. Needed a new fire number and obtained, for the business. Chairman/Dave is ordering. 8. Highway – Roads a. Chairman/Dave Stelzner spoke with Waupaca County Hwy/Greg Flohr for quotes on road work. Received quotes for: Koplien Rd blacktop $42,320, River Rd crack fill and chipseal $15,000 and Haffner Rd chipseal $10,500. The board discussed the quotes. Hwy/Greg Flohr stated that Evanswood Rd will need work in future, but still needs to be maintained. For Koplien Rd, Supervisor/John Neuman suggested some things, instead of blacktopping completely now, to scrap off and remove existing then add gravel to establish a base. Board stated, should get a new quote for Koplien Rd for this suggestion. Motion to get a new quote for Koplien Rd for scraping off the existing and bring in 375 tons of breaker rock as long as it comes in at $10,000 or under, ok to go farther with road work. If the quote comes in higher than $10,000, need a new motion at next meeting by Supervisor/John Neuman, seconded by Supervisor/Terry Wilz, all ayes, motion carried. Motion to sign the quotes and have work completed by Waupaca County Hwy department for River Rd at $15,000 and Haffner Rd at $10,500 by Supervisor/John Neuman, seconded by Supervisor/Terry Wilz, all ayes, motion carried. b. Chairman/Dave Stelzner reported that while preparing Railroad Grade Rd for mowing, someone hit the guard rail this past winter. Supervisor/Terry Wilz stated to check with sheriff’s department to see fi there is a report of someone hitting the guard rail. Also, ask Hwy/Greg for quote on repairing the guard rail. c. Chairman/Dave Stelzner received a complaint from Dennis Yorkson of the county crushing his culvert off his field. Also, culvert is blocked. Board discussed and the culvert is the property owner’s responsibility. Chairman/Dave Stelzner is going to call back Yorkson to advise if there is damage to culvert, it is his responsibility to fix. 9. Fire District Report a. Building Construction: No Report 10. Ambulance Report a. No Report 11. Mowing a. Chairman/Dave Stelzner reported receiving new insurance and is now acceptable from Behm’s Farm. Behm’s is going to start mowing this week. 12. Fireworks a. Chairman/Dave Stelzner received an email from Josh Korotke asking if the town has an ordinance for selling fireworks. He is looking at setting up fireworks stand. Chairman/Dave Stelzner did advise him the town does not have an ordinance but will need to discuss with the board. The board decided to response to Korotke that he needs to contact the town in the winter as he will need more things in place like insurance and a seller’s permit. 13. Town Web a. .gov Website: Clerk/Sonia Thede-Kramer reported the new .gov is now set up and ready to use. The new website address is https://townofweyauwega-wi.gov/. b. .gov Emails: Clerk/Sonia Thede-Kramer received an email from Town Web as they changed the .gov emails to a google base. The email stated there are several options that the town can choose from for the .gov emails. One was they set up the .gov emails, and the price would not change for the remainder of the year, but the next year it would increase significantly. The 2nd option is to refund the amount that was paid and use our personal emails. Clerk/Sonia Thede-Kramer and Treasurer/Jodi Wilz advised getting a lot of spam emails and the .gov emails would have with this. Also, the towns association strongly suggested townships to have .gov emails. Motion to go further with setting up with the new .gov emails, option #1 by Supervisor/Terry Wilz, seconded by Supervisor/John Neuman, all ayes, motion carried. 14. Miscellaneous Business before Board a. Chairman/Dave Stelzner stopped at New London Police Department to talk about the stray dogs and asked them to join him when and if he needs to drop off a stray dog off at Wolf River Vet Clinic. They were understanding. b. Clerk/Sonia Thede-Kramer advised getting a notification and email from a resident asking if the board has seen her lost cat. Board advised that they have not seen the lost cat. She is going to advise the resident. c. Chairman/Dave Stelzner asked who can attend the training for zoning meeting on 7/19/23. Chairman/Dave Stelzner and Supervisor/John Neuman plan on attending and Chairman/Dave Stelzner will advise county. 15. Public Input a. No public. 16. Next meetings a. Supervisor/Terry Wilz requested to move the meeting from 6pm to 7pm on Aug 7th. All are ok with changing the meeting to 7pm on Aug 7th. 17. Adjournment a. Motion to adjourn the meeting at 6:58pm by Supervisor/Terry Wilz, seconded by Supervisor/John Neuman, all ayes, motion carried.