Meeting Minutes

Town of Lind Monthly Board Meeting Minutes Lind Town Hall, N1315 County Road A, Waupaca, WI Monday, June 9th, 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 (10 per sign in book). 5. Approved Agenda: Motion by Supervisor II Hardy, seconded by Supervisor I Stearns to approve the agenda as printed; motion passed unanimously by voice vote. 6. Public Input/Comments: Lori Knutzen commented on all the hard work done concerning the Waupaca County Planning & Zoning meeting regarding the digester. She also reported the ditch on the southeast side of Pope Road is very deep. Chairperson Nickel will look at it. 7. Approve or Amend Minutes: Monthly Board Meeting May 12th, 2025: Motion by Supervisor II Hardy, seconded by Supervisor I Stearms to approve the minutes as presented; motion passed unanimously by voice vote. 8. Treasurer’s report: Treasurer Barrows reviewed monthly balance sheet. Deposits received were Personal Property tax payment. 9. 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 5165 through 5189 totaling $17,144.72: motion passed unanimously by voice vote. • Update/progress of Reconciliation of accounts: Clerk McCoy reported with the assistance of Brenda Hewitt, 2 days were spent going through the General Ledger making corrections. If there are no major issues the Annual Meeting will be held prior to the July town board meeting. 10. Land Planning Commission meeting: A. Richardson on the CUP for Trevor Kizewski & Ashlyn Peters – N1892 Shadow Rd. Parcel 12-07-71-23 being present to the Town Board tonight for approval. Next meeting will be July 1st, at 6:00 pm. 11. Oral Report from County Board Supervisors meeting: Supervisor II Hardy reported the courthouse bid has been approved and signed. Additional addons were not included. This will take 2 years to complete. 12. Oral Reports from meetings attended by Lind board members: • Chairperson Nickel reported on Waupaca County Planning and Zoning meeting regarding the digester. Public hearing w/zoning. The ordinance presented by Wisconsin Dairy Alliance was delayed and will be addressed in 6 months. Supervisor II Hardy did a great job in presenting to the Zoning Board, towns losing control of governing CUP’s.; WTA quarterly meeting – Chairperson handed out a form for the towns in attendance to fill out and turn in to be presented at the Public Hearing concerning the digester. State representatives reported on the state budget has been taken back and wipes out all of Evers wants; Office of GIS showed where to find this on the Waupaca County website. Emergency management has updated their manual. Policy should be put in place on Safety policy for private citizens. Sheriff Wilz reported if towns have dog at large ordinance to eliminate the ordinance so the County Sheriff’s office can respond.; Waupaca Fire District at the firefighters meeting held the election of officers; Supervisor I Hardy reposted, Weyauwega firefighters updated their laptops; AC/heating has been updated at the Weyauwega Fire Station; Chairperson Nickel reported the recycling meeting where it was bought up Dayton and Lind would be paying 600/400 to cover the cost of recycling since they do not have town wide garbage/recycling pick up. Garbage bags are the only thing that makes approximately $12,000 per year. Chairperson Nickel shared the contract signed by all municipalities the cost per capita is paid by all municipalities.; WTA workshop Supervisor I reported on how/when to vote on issues. If the vote directly benefits the board member privately, they should recuse themselves. If it benefits the public Board members can vote on the issue. Clerk reported on WTA workshop, attending classes involving public records; requesting open records; government budgeting; Webinars attended were from the Department of Revenue; MOE, Maintenance of Effort. 13. Update on Roads, Culverts, Fire Numbers • Stecks Road culverts– replacement 2 – Sell or scrap old culverts: Discussion was held. Chairman Nickel reported the culverts can not be used for roads but would work for field entrances. The bands do need to be replaced. Chairman Nickel is interested in the culverts for a couple of her field entrances. It was mentioned that scrap prices are down. It was moved by Supervisor II Hardy, seconded by Supervisor I to allow Chairman Nickel to purchase the culverts for scrape price Motion carried. Chairman Nickel recused herself from the vote. 14. New Business: • Discuss and/or approve Conditional Use Permit – Trevor Kizewski & Ashlyn Peters – N1892 Shadow Rd. Parcel 12-07-71-23: Discussion was held. The trailer is under 22’ wide, they are working on combining the 2 lots together; there is no age restriction of the mobile home. Motion by Supervisor I Hardy, seconded by Supervisor II Stearns to approve the Conditional Use Permit – Trevor Kizewski & Ashlyn Peters – N1892 Shadow Rd. Parcel 12-07-71-23; motion passed unanimously by voice vote. • Emergency Response: Discussion was held and will be postponed until next month’s meeting for additional information. • Liquor Licenses: Clerk McCoy represented and read the 4 names of businesses requesting liquor licenses. It was moved by Supervisor II Hardy, seconded by Chairperson Nickel to approve the liquor licenses. Supervisor I Stearns recused himself from the vote. • 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 II Hardy to approve the operator’s licenses. Supervisor I Stearns recused himself from the vote. • Replacement of flagpole / placement of bike pump: Chairperson Nickel reported Brian Bodoh donated the flagpole and will be installed soon. Discussion regarding the placement of the bike pump will be located on the southeast corner of the building with a sign. • Providing outside garbage can and doggie bag dispenser: Discussion was held. Concerns over people throwing their personal garage in the container. It was agreed to place a sign for picking dog poop; a sign indicated this area is on camera. Supervisor I Stearns will look for signs to be placed. • WE Energies – using auto pay: Clerk McCoy reported issues of mailing the check. By mailing the check it takes 7-10 business days and due to when town board monthly meetings are held and checks approved the check will always be late. It was moved by Chairperson Nickel, seconded Supervisor I Stearns to approve using auto pay for WE Energies; motion passed unanimously by voice vote. • Discuss Animal Control Ordinance #54: Additional information is needed. Postponed until next month’s meeting. 15. Old Business: • Lind Center Cemetery a. Resolution 2025-1 Lind Cemetery Charges: It was moved by Supervisor II Hardy, seconded by Supervisor I Stearns to approve Resolution 2025-1 Lind Cemetery Charges; motion passed unanimously by voice vote. • 2025 Road projects: Chairperson Nickel presented proposals from Waupaca County Highway Department on the following roads: Crystal Road, $44,200.00; Lind Center Road, $32,400.00; S. Appletree Lane, $31,350.00. These bids are for paving parts of these roads. Discussion was held. Chairman Nickel will put together bid packages: one for the above roads for paving sections, and another to have pulverizing completed on all or sections of 29 th Drive, Balcolm Road, Cemetery Road, and Pope Road south of County EE. Bids will be opened at the July meeting. 16. Future agenda items & Upcoming meetings: • Monthly Board Meeting: Monday July 14th, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. 17. Adjournment: Motion by Chairperson Nickel to adjourn; seconded by Supervisor II Stearns; motion passed unanimously by voice vote. Adjourned at 7:44 p.m. Submitted by C. McCoy, Town Clerk