Town Board — Minutes

Minutes - Town of Weyauwega American Legion – 303 N Mill St, Weyauwega WI 54983 February 6, 2023 1. Call to order a. Chairman/Jim Biddison called to order the meeting of Town of Weyauwega at 6:00 pm on February 6, 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/Jim Biddison, Supervisor/Dave Stelzner and Clerk/Sonia Thede-Kramer. Supervisor/Terry Wilz and Treasurer/Jodi Wilz were not present. b. Public – Michele Neuman, Aliah Neuman, John Neuman, Karlie Neuman & Gordan Vong. 4. Approval of Minutes a. Board reviewed the minutes for Caucus. Motion to approve the Caucus Minutes by Supervisor/Dave Stelzner, seconded by Chairman/Jim Biddison all ayes, motion carried. b. Board reviewed the minutes for Jan. Public Gordan Vong noticed his name was mis-spelled. Motion to approve the Jan Minutes with the correction of Gordan Vong’s name from Vang to Vong by Supervisor/Dave Stelzner, seconded by Chairman/Jim Biddison, all ayes, motion carried. 5. Treasurers Report a. The board reviewed the Treasurer’s report. Treasurer/Jodi Wilz supplied interest is at 3.55%. b. Motion to approve Treasurer’s report by Supervisor/Dave Stelzner, seconded by Chairman/Jim Biddison, all ayes, motion carried. 6. Review of Vouchers & Authorize Payments a. Board reviewed the Vouchers & Payments. Chairman/Jim Biddison went over the Waupaca County Highway routine maintenance invoices and statements. The routine maintenance was for several days of snow plowing in Dec and Jan. The invoices show snow plowing as sand/salt with dates completed. b. Motion to approve vouchers and authorized payments of $21,183.49 by Chairman/Jim Biddison, seconded by Supervisor/Dave Stelzner, all ayes, motion carried. 7. Zoning a. No Report. 8. Highway – Roads a. Supervisor/Dave Stelzner advised there are tree limbs hanging over the road on Lakeshore Dr. Chairman/Jim Biddison is going to call county to see how to handle. The tree limbs are too big for Supervisor/Dave Stelzner to handle. 9. Fire District Report a. Building Construction – Town’s Cost Share: The last fire district meeting the question came up on how each municipality will handle the cost of the building construction. Clerk/Sonia Thede-Kramer asked Towns Association and they said it depends on who owns the building. Chairman/Jim Biddison spoke with City of Weyauwega/Jeremy. They had the same question. Both Chairman/Jim Biddison and City administrator/Jeremy thought the fire district owned. We need to review agreement between municipalities. b. Jan 24th Meeting: Chairman/Jim Biddison & Supervisor/Dave Stelzner attended the meeting. They reviewed the building construction plan and asked more questions about the 2nd floor. If the 2nd floor was removed, the estimated cost of the 2nd floor would be $300,000. The fire department has applied for grants all denied as Federal ran out of funds. New business was discussed, items included in discussion is SCBA Compressor System stopped working and will be using donation money to replace. They applied for grants and received other items like a vehicle grant and exhaust system. Chairman/Jim Biddison announced, he is stepping down from fire district board. c. Jan 28th Special Meeting: This was a fire department meeting. There was a special meeting called to order on Jan 28th. It was about how to handle voting procedures for officers in Fire department. Officers is a 1-year term where the Chief is a 3-year term. There were grievances and this meeting helped to clear the air. 10. Ambulance Report a. No Report. 11. GFL Environmental a. Carts: Chairman/Jim Biddison received questions from several individuals on who get carts and who doesn’t. The list is from the tax roll and for residents only, not commercial. Commercial properties should get their own garbage pick-up. What makes the list difficult to follow is who receives carts due to the list only shows the mailing address, not the property address. b. Duplexes & Tri-plexes: Chairman/Jim Biddison reported our townships having duplexes, one is on Reek Rd. He advised due to the Duplex there should be 4 carts, 1 set for each family (side). We also just found out our township has 1 Tri-plex on Lakeshore Dr. The county sees Tri-plexes as a commercial operation. c. Locations Not Picked Up: Supervisor/Dave Stelzner reported his mother’s garbage was not picked up, he told her he will investigate it. Then he found out her garbage was picked up later. Several other residents were not picked up either. One was on Marsh Rd, there was a mis-understanding about being able to drive down Marsh Rd due to the road being gravel. This was resolved. Resident, Hofferber’s garbage was not picked up for 3 weeks. Chairman/Jim Biddison expressed to GFL that this is unacceptable. d. Extra Cost For Additional Carts: Chairman/Jim Biddison received what the extra cost to have more carts for a resident. To have an extra recycling cart is $17 per month and to have an extra garbage cart is $27 per month. This would be pre-billed quarterly to the resident. 12. Website Update a. Doman Verification: After the last meeting, Clerk/Sonia Thede-Kramer sent paperwork to obtain a domain, .gov. Chairman/Jim Biddison received a phone call, and he verified the request is correct and all is ok to proceed. The feds just needed verification verbally from the Chairman. 13. Miscellaneous Business before Board a. Chairman/Jim Biddison received a phone call from Red Elk Digestor. Quantum Dairy is putting in a new digestor and Red Elk wanted to know what road they can drive on. He advised; they cannot drive on Anklam Rd as that road is not set up for bigger vehicles. Must go on Buchholtz Rd. b. Chairman/Jim Biddison received an email from a business that sells culverts. He told them we are not interested. We don’t stock culverts and if a resident needs a culvert, it is at their own cost, and he has to get a permit. If we decide we need a culvert, we will go through county highway. c. Clerk/Sonia Thede-Kramer received a phone call from a real estate company as they have a client that is interested in purchasing Gill’s Landing and wanted to know more about their liquor license. She emailed a copy of the liquor license to the real estate agent. d. Chairman/Jim Biddison received a letter from Waupaca County Treasurer. They are installing an upgrade system for property taxes. The county treasurer department collects the property taxes from the residence then distributes them to each municipality. The letter says they will be charging each municipality a base rate of $250 and $.50 per parcel. For our township, it would be an extra $673. Clerk/Sonia Thede- Kramer said we already pay an annual fee for property taxes, called 2022 postage tax. Board is thinking the $673 will be added onto the postage tax. e. Clerk/Sonia Thede-Kramer received a letter from First America, title company, asking her to sign a letter on if a resident has paid their taxes. Board agreed they can request information on a property each time. Motion to not sign the letter from First America by Supervisor/Dave Stelzner, seconded by Chairman/Jim Biddison, all ayes, motion carried. f. Chairman/Jim Biddison reported receiving letter from zoning department about Land use permit for Koplien property on Evanswood Rd. They placed a shed in front of another shed without obtaining a permit. 14. Public Input a. Public did not have any input. 15. Next meetings a. Towns Association Meeting, Feb 16 5:30 pm b. Spring Election, Feb 21st. c. Monthly Town of Weyauwega Meeting, Mar 6th 6:00 pm. d. Wolf River Preservation Meeting, Mar 9th 6:00 pm at Fremont Village Hall. 16. Adjournment a. Motion to adjourn the meeting at 6:52 pm by Supervisor/Dave Stelzner, seconded by Chairman/Jim Biddison, all ayes, motion carried.