Meeting Minutes

Town of Lind Monthly Board Meeting Minutes Lind Town Hall, N1315 County Road A, Waupaca, WI Monday, July 13, 2026, 6:00 p.m. • Called to order at 6:00 pm • Open meeting statement given by Chair Nickel. • Pledge of Allegiance – deferred; done at 4:00 p.m. Special Board meeting. • Roll call: K. Nickel, T. Stearns, C. Hardy, C. Dayton, K. Barrows, all present. Public attendance per sign in sheets (12 per sign in book). • Approve Agenda: Motion by Supervisor II Hardy to approve agenda as presented; seconded by Supervisor I Stearns; motion passed unanimously by voice vote. • Public Input/Comments: Elector asked about fallen tree on Denmark Road. John’s service is aware of it and plans clean up that and two other trees on Saxeville Road. These are all in the Town’s right-of-way. • Opening of sealed bids for 29th Drive resurfacing project; 2 bids received. Northeast Asphalt with total bid of $88,850.00; American Asphalt with a total bid of $68,749.60. Discussion followed. Motion by Supervisor 1 Stearns to award project to American Asphalt; second by Supervisor II Hardy; motion passed unanimously by voice vote. • Approve Minutes: Monthly Board Meeting June 8th, 2026: Motion by Supervisor I Stearns to approve June 8th, 2026, minutes as printed, seconded by Chair Nickel; motion passed unanimously by voice vote. • Treasurer’s Report: Treasurer Barrows reviewed monthly bank accounts. • Clerk’s Report: • Bills and Receipts: Clerk Dayton went through the list of checks line by line indicating what each payment was for. Discussion was held. Motion by Chair Nickel, seconded by Supervisor I Stearns to approve checks #5516-5536 totaling $30,249.96; motion passed unanimously by voice vote. • Discussion held regarding Clerk’s request to online payments for vendors and payroll as wireless transfers. Chair and Clerk had phone discussion with QBs Tech regarding cost of payroll direct deposit. Not confident that we were receiving accurate information from this tech. Will make further calls to clarify information on process and costs. We will also need to update our version of QBs soon as they will no longer support the version we are using. Motion by Chair Nickel to approve payment of vendors with wireless transfer, and if verified that costs are same or less as current payroll processing of checks, to approve direct deposit of payroll; second by Supervisor I Stearns; motion passed unanimously by voice vote. • Land Planning Commission meeting: Meeting held on July 7, 2026. Reviewed and recommended approval made on Behn Zoning Map Amendment application. Next meeting date is August 4th, 2026. • Oral Reports from meetings attended by Lind board members: Supervisor II Hardy reported on the Weyauwega Fire Department voted yes on EMR program with it stated for the record that no costs would be incurred by the municipalities. The Dept is receiving donations and grant monies. Chair Nickel reported that herself, Supervisor II and one member of Planning Commission attended that Planning and Zoning meeting on July 8, 2026. This was an overview of the process of the different applications we receive from the P & Z dept and our role in reviewing and processing them. Also attended the public information meeting on June 16th for the overview of phase 1 of the reconstruction of County A; also attended Clerk’s graduation ceremony from Clerk College on June 26th with a training session on conflict management held prior. Congratulations to Clerk Dayton for completing this year long course of instruction. • Update on Roads, Culverts, Fire Numbers, Road Signs, etc: . • Update on placement of fire numbers – Supervisor I Stearns reported receiving 2 fire numbers for High Point Ridge and need to wait for driveways to be put in prior to placing signs. One additional inquiry has been made regarding a new house on Nelsen Road. • Supervisor I Stearns presented information regarding solar cameras that could be mounted to the garbage dumping signs we have ordered. Cost of approx. $20-25 for 4 cameras. Motion by Chair Nickel to approve the ordering of the cameras for this price range; second by Supervisor II Hardy; motion passed unanimously by voice vote. • Chair Nickel reported that a call was received regarding Huebner Road and damage done from snowplows over the past couple years. Chair will follow up on this concern. • New Business: • Zoning Map Amendment – Anthony Behn, E4638 De-Ed Road, Waupaca Parcel #12-01-42-2 from Farmland Preservation to Rural Residential Overlay (RR-O). Discussion held; no letters received or public speaking in favor or against the application; one person asked question to clarify it was for a single family dwelling which was confirmed by applicant. Chair has recused herself from the discussion and voting as her family member leases this land from the applicant. Motion by Supervisor II Hardy to recommend approval of application; second by Supervisor I Stearns; motion passed with 2 ayes and Chair recusing from vote. • Discuss Assessor for the Town of Lind: The Board held a closed session interviewing two candidates; one additional applicant has just sent a resume to the Clerk. Further discussion will be held with plans to make decision at August meeting. • Discuss and/or approve Town Hall rental – Jeanene Peterson for Saturday, August 8, 2026. This is for a reflection session with a small group. Depostit/rental check received. Motion by Chair Nickel to approve application for rental of Hall; second by Supervisor I Stearns; motion passed unanimously by voice vote. • Old Business: • Update on Wisconsin Emergency Fund submissions: Chairperson Nickel and Clerk Dayton had no new updates on applications. With the flooding relief being the State’s priority, we do not expect to hear any results from our applications for quite some time. • ARIP application round 2: Chair Nickel reported that due to an error on her part, the application was not submitted correctly by the due date so we will not be considered for round 2 of the awards. Will submit for Wests Road again in 2027. • Future agenda items & Upcoming meetings: Monthly Board Meeting: • Town Board Meeting -August 10, 2026, at 6 p.m. • Adjournment: Motion by Chairperson Nickel to adjourn; seconded by Supervisor I Stearns; motion passed unanimously by voice vote. Adjourned at 6:33 p.m. Submitted by K. Nickel, Chair