Meeting Minutes

Town of Lind Monthly Board Meeting Minutes Lind Town Hall, N1315 County Road A, Waupaca, WI Monday, July 15, 2025 @ 6:00 p.m. 1. Meeting called to order at 6:00 p.m. 2. Open Meeting Statement read. 3. Pledge of Allegiance done. 4. Roll call: K. Nickel, T. Stearns, C. Hardy, C. McCoy, K. Barrows all present. Public attendance per sign in sheets (21 per sign in book). 5. Approved Agenda: Motion by Chairperson Nickel to amend item #8 to include approval of CSM for Gloria Gunderson, seconded by Supervisor I Stearns to approve the agenda with amendment; motion passed unanimously by voice vote. 6. Public Input/Comments: None 7. Open and Read Sealed Bids for Overlay and Pulverizing Projects 2025: Clerk McCoy opened bids from the following companies: Pulverizing the following roads: Balcolm Rd.; 29th Drive; Cemetery Rd. - Northeast Asphalt – $49,913.75; Waupaca County Highway - $63,250.00; MCC, Inc. - $96,052.29; Faulks Bros. - $60,990.00. Discussion was held. Bids for Overlay of the following roads: Crystal Rd.; Lind Center Rd.; South Appletree Ln.: American Asphalt of Wisconsin - $89,565.10; Waupaca County Highway - $93,940.00; MCC, Inc. - $133,005.22; Northeast Asphalt, Inc. - $100,873.80. Discussion was held. It was moved by Chairperson Nickel, seconded by Supervisor I Stearns to approve the pulverizing bid to Northeast Asphalt for $49,913.75 and to approve the overlay bid to American Asphalt of Wisconsin for $89,565.10. Motion carried with voice vote. 8. Approve and sign survey maps for John Krasselt and Gloria Gunderson. Discussion was held if Certified Survey Maps (CSM) need to be approved by the town board since there is no action required for approval by the board. The chair and clerk are the only required signatures on the CSM. It was moved by Supervisor II Hardy, seconded by Supervisor I Stearns to allow the chair and clerk to sign the CSM without board approval. Motion carried with voice vote. 9. Approve or Amend Minutes: Special Town Board Meeting June 3rd, 2025: Motion by Supervisor II Hardy, seconded by Chairperson Nickel to approve the minutes as presented; motion passed unanimously by voice vote. Town Board Meeting of June 9th, 2025. Motion by Supervisor II Hardy, seconded by Supervisor I Stearns to approve the minutes as presented; motion passed unanimously by voice vote. 10. Treasurer’s Report: Treasurer Barrows reviewed monthly bank accounts. 11. Clerk’s Report: • Bills and Receipts: Bills and receipts with explanations of what they were for and presented to the public by Clerk McCoy. It was moved by Chairperson Nickel, seconded by Supervisor I Stearns to approve check numbers 5190 through 5208 totaling $17,642.59 and check 1028 for Tony’s Cemetery Service from the Cemetery account for $1,175.00: motion passed unanimously by voice vote. • Update/progress of Reconciliation of accounts: Clerk McCoy reported the next step in reconciliation of accounts will be creating the 2025 budget and going through the 2025 general ledger. This has to be completed before the work on the 2026 budget can be completed. • The electors are requesting more detail of per diems and expenses. Clerk will copy reports to the meeting packet. 12. Land Planning Commission meeting: A. Richardson reported there was no meeting for the month of July. 13. Oral Report from County Board Supervisors meeting: Supervisor II Hardy reported the Sheriff’s Department will be holding Meet the Fleet on July 29th at the Iola Car Show grounds from 4 p.m. – 7 p.m.; The Mumbrue murder trail has begun and will take approximately 6 weeks; Gold Cross Ambulance has donated 10 AED’s to the County. 14. Oral Reports from meetings attended by Lind board members: • Chairperson Nickel reported on the Waupaca Recycling meeting – Waupaca Recycling will be out of money by end of year. Per capital used to be pay for recycling in the past. Discussion by the committee was held with it be suggested the Town of Lind and Dayton should pay due to not having a mandated garbage pickup. An informal survey from 2023 showed the Town of Farmington used the facility the most. The agreement was signed in 2010 to have the Towns of Lind, Dayton, Farmington, Waupaca and the City of Waupaca to share the cost of funding the facility. A more formal inquiry into who uses the facility and need for data on where the money is going is being requested. Postponed until the September recycling meeting. 15. Update on Roads, Culverts, Fire Numbers: . • Stecks Road project update: Chairperson Nickel reported she received approval from State to use extra funds to do an additional overlay from Lind Center Road to County Road EE. $63,000.00 Binder layer will be laid this next week. • Update on downed trees and signs: There were 4 trees reported down couple of days after the storms. These were all healthy trees located on Shadow and Lind Center Road. There were various street signs down which had to be replaced. • Speed Limit on Spencer Lake Road Waupaca County is no longer doing traffic studies. • Violation Letters: Chairperson Nickel reported on various violation letters she has received. • Fire numbers: Supervisor I Stearns reported on the various fire signs he has installed. The signs for the bike tire and dog poop pick up have been ordered. 16. New Business: • Discuss and/or approve A/C for Town Hall: Chairperson Nickel explained since the clerk is now working from the town hall A/C should have been installed when the office was installed. A quote from Your Home Comfort Solutions for $8822.26 includes installation of the electric. Discussion was held. Tabled until 2026 budget. • Operator’s Licenses: Clerk McCoy presented and read the names of the operator’s licenses to the town board. It was moved by Chairperson Nickel, seconded by Supervisor I Hardy to approve the operator’s licenses. Supervisor I Stearns recused himself from the vote. • Urban Forestry Grant Ash Bore: Chairperson Nickel reported on the Urban Forestry Grant for the Ash Bore which is now available July 1, 2025. The town has over 200 dead ash trees, with most being in the road right away. Chairperson Nickel will investigate this grant in which you have to replant the tress which were taken down. Postponed until next month’s meeting. • Gift card for Brenda Hewitt $250.00: Chairperson reported Brenda didn’t want to be compensated for her assistance with helping Clerk McCoy reconciling the accounts from 2024. She put in 10 hours. Motion by Chairperson Nickel, seconded by Supervisor I Stearns to approve Clerk McCoy to purchase a $250,00 gift card for Brenda. Motion passed by unanimously by voice vote. • Waupaca Cemeteries Participating in Reimbursement for the Care/Maintenance of Veteran Graves Pursuant to WI SS 45.85: Clerk McCoy reported Waupaca County will be eliminating reimbursement for the care/maintenance of Veteran graves through a step-down process beginning 2027 with the final payment being made in 2030. The County pays $5.00 per grave. They are asking to establish a perpetual care fund. Motion by Chairperson Nickel, seconded by Supervisor II Hardy to reply with yes on survey and to add a comment indicating the town does not agree with the perpetual care fund. Motion passed unanimously by voice vote. 17. Old Business: • Emergency Response Safety Plan/Resolution: Discussion was held. The previous Resolution has not been updated since August 13th, 2018. Supervisor I Stearns has purchased a safety vest and will purchase an additional 4 safety vests to be kept at the town hall. Motion by Chairperson Nickel, seconded by Supervisor I Stearns to approve Resolution No. 2025-2, Resolution for Emergency Response Plan. Motion passed unanimously by voice vote. • Update of Credit Cards for Clerk/Chair: Chairperson Nickel reported we have been approved for $3200 total credit cards and are being mailed. • Animal at Large, Ordinance 54: Chairperson Nickel had a discussion with Officer Kyle regarding the Sheriff’s department responding to animal calls. The department will respond to aggressive animals, trespassing on property, and destruction of property. They will not be responding to lost cats and or dogs. Motion by Chairperson Nickel, seconded by Supervisor I Stearns to rescind Ordinance 5. Motion passed unanimously by voice vote. • 2025 Road projects: Updates on the various road projects. 18. Future agenda items & Upcoming meetings: • Monthly Board Meeting: Monday August 11th, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. 19. Adjournment: Motion by Chairperson Nickel to adjourn; seconded by Supervisor II Stearns; motion passed unanimously by voice vote. Adjourned at 7:30 p.m. Submitted by C. McCoy, Town Clerk