January 6th – Special Town Board Meeting Minutes

Special Town Board Meeting - January 6, 2026 Mukwa Town Hall, E85 I 4 Weyauwega Rd., Northport Chairman Simonis called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Notification of this meeting was posted in the three designated places on January 2, 2026. Roll call of Officers: Cody Simonis, Chairman - Present; Lee Shaw, Supervisor I - Present; 505 Matt Manske, Supervisor 2 - Present; Sandra Jensen, Treasurer - Excused; Jeannette Zielinski, Clerk - Present. All Meetings/Hearings will adhere to Robert's Rules of Order Pursuant to Town of Mukwa Ordinance I 0-05. End-of-2025 Vouchers: (a) Approval & Payment of Vouchers: Motion was made by Supervisor Shaw with a second to the motion made by Supervisor Manske to approve payment of Vouchers 30186 through 30199, dated December I 0, 2025 through December 31, 2025, and Direct Withdrawals of Social Security, Medicare, & Federal Tax of$1,655.37; the December 26th We Energies Invoice of$52l .07; Wisconsin Quarterly Withholding of$496.90; for a total of$27,623.43. Motion carried. (b) Gold Cross Ambulance - 2025 04 Invoice (Not Received): Motion to approve moving the 2025 balance of $9,496 in the Gold Cross Ambulance Subsidy Account to 2026 to pay the 2025 Q4 Invoice was made by Supervisor Shaw and the motion was given a second by Supervisor Manske & the motion was carried. (c) Motions to Designate Remainder Balances in Non-Designated Accounts from 2025 into the 2026 Budget: Motion to move the remainder balance of $3,063.81 in the 2025 Recycling Account into the 2026 Recycling Account was made by Supervisor Shaw & seconded by Supervisor Manske. Motion carried. Motion to move the remainder balance of $1,000 in the 2025 New London First Responders Account into the 2026 New London First Responders Account was made by Supervisor Shaw & seconded by Chairman Manske. Motion carried Motion to move the remainder balance of $171,178.86 in the 2025 Road Construction/Maintenance Account into the 2026 Road Construction/Maintenance Account was made by Supervisor Shaw & seconded by Chairman Manske. Motion carried. Motion to move the remainder balance of$66.00 in the 2025 Street Lights Account into the 2026 Road Construction/Maintenance Account was made by Supervisor Shaw & seconded by Chairman Manske. Motion carried. Motion to move the remainder balance of $75.00 in the 2025 Board of Review Account into the 2026 Road Construction/Maintenance Account was made by Supervisor Shaw & seconded by Chairman Manske. Motion carried. Motion to move the remainder balance of$l ,277.96 in the 2025 Building Inspector Account into the 2026 Building Inspector Account was made by Supervisor Shaw & seconded by Chairman Manske. Motion carried. Motion to move the remainder balance of $3,714.60 in the 2025 Elections Account into the 2026 Election Account was made by Supervisor Shaw & seconded by Chairman Manske. Motion carried. Motion to move the remainder balance of $8,512.57 in the 2025 General Accounts into the 2026 General Accounts was made by Supervisor Shaw & seconded by Supervisor Manske. Motion carried. Motion to move the remaining $2,283.56 balance in the 2025 Local Orders Account into the 2026 Road Construction/Maintenance Account was made by Supervisor Shaw & seconded by Chairman Manske. Motion carried Motion to move the remainder balance of $1,019.86 in the 2025 SS/Med - Town Share Account into the 2026 Road Construction/Maintenance Account was made by Supervisor Shaw & seconded by Chairman Manske. Motion carried. Motion to move the remainder balance of $1,178.26 in the 2025 Town Hall/Garages Heat Account into the 2026 Designated Equipment Fund was made by Supervisor Shaw & seconded by Chairman Manske. Motion carried. Motion to move the remainder balance of$967.24 in the 2025 Town Hall/Garages Electric Account into the 2026 Designated Equipment Fund was made by Supervisor Shaw & seconded by Chairman Manske. Motion carried. Motion to move the remainder balance of $50.00 in the 2025 Weed Commissioner Account into the 2026 Designated Equipment Fund was made by Supervisor Shaw & seconded by Chairman Manske. Motion carried. Motion to move the remainder balance of $5,948.65 in the 2025 Contingency Fund into the 2026 Designated Equipment Fund was made by Supervisor Shaw & seconded by Chairman Manske. Motion carried. Elections - Poll Worker Hourly Wage Increase: Discussion. Noted that Poll Workers have been paid $10/hour for a long time. Review with other Waupaca County Town's - most are paying between $12 -$18 per hour. Clerk Zielinski is asking to increase hourly rate to $15/hour with Chiefl nspector's paid $18/hour due to increased responsibility and training. Will be added to Janua1y 13111 Monthly Agenda. Motion to adjourn was made by Supervisor Shaw. Second made by Chairman Simonis. Motion carried. Respectfully Submitted,