Meeting Minutes

Town of Lind Special Board Meeting Minutes Lind Town Hall, N1315 County Road A, Waupaca, WI Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. 1. Meeting called to order at 5:00 p.m. 2. Open Meeting Statement read. 3. Pledge of Allegiance was done. 4. Roll call – Kathy Nickel, Zoey Nelson, Cindy Hardy, Ken Barrows, Faye Neumann all present. Public attendance per sign in book (11 signed in). 5. Approve or amend agenda: Motion by Supervisor I Nelson to approve agenda as presented; second by Supervisor II Hardy; motion passed unanimously by voice vote. 6. Public Comment: Elector verbalized concerns about accusation made at January 13, 2025 meeting by Supervisor I Nelson towards Chair Nickel re: invoice for legal fees. Chair stated response would be given under next agenda item. 7. Approve bills/receipts for payment: Chair Nickel gave response to Supervisor I Nelson’s concerns raised at January 13th meeting regarding invoice from Town Counsel Law and Litigation. Included use of WTA references; response from Attorney Carlson; and reason for directing the proposed amendment to Attorney Carlson. Supervisor I Nelson restated her concerns regarding the work done and the invoice amount not having prior approval before work was completed. Lengthy discussion followed. Difficult to run a town if every purchase needed prior approval. Same process has been followed by the Town of Lind Board for numerous years. Was also stated that no resolution found regarding Chair being allowed to spend up to a certain dollar amount without Board approval. Clarified that if budgeted amount for legal fees is exceeded, monies would be moved from contingency fund. Additional comments were shared by electors, in agreement of expense. No unanimous agreement reached by Board members regarding if proper process was used. Motion by Chair Nickel to approve payment of all bills as presented; second by Supervisor II Hardy. Chair Nickel and Supervisor II Hardy voted “yay”; Supervisor I Nelson voted “nay”; motion passed by majority vote. C. Golke invoices for set up fees: Motion by Supervisor II Hardy to pay remaining 3 invoices in February; second by Supervisor I Nelson; motion passed unanimously by voice vote. Clerk Neuman reported that Clerk’s checking account in QuickBooks is still in error of approximately $1500.00 since the recent update/upgrade occurred; she is still looking for the cause of this. Discussion followed; clarification received that a journal entry can be made by Clerk without Board approval and it can be reversed with another journal entry if error is found. 8. Adjournment: Motion by Chair Nickel to adjourn; seconded by Supervisor 2 Hardy; motion passed unanimously by voice vote. Adjourned at 5:41pm Submitted by K. Nickel, Chair; F. Neumann, Clerk