Meeting Minutes

Town of Lind Monthly Board Meeting Minutes Lind Town Hall, N1315 County Road A, Waupaca, WI Monday, November 11, 2024 at 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, Z. Nelson, C. Hardy, F. Neumann, K. Barrows all present. Public attendance per sign in book. 5. Approved Agenda: Motion by C. Hardy to approve agenda as presented; second by Z. Nelson; motion passed unanimously by voice vote. 6. Public Input/Comments: C. Cindric presented comments re: Qtrly WTA meeting on Thur. Nov. 14, 2024 agenda item regarding proposed changes to Zoning Ordinance presented by Waupaca County Dairy Alliance. Discussion followed with questions if this was considered an open meeting for the public to attend. Assured those present that it is an educational meeting that Board members are invited to for education and informational purposes. Information presented at the meeting to the Board will be brought back to our next monthly meeting as we have done in the past. K. Nickel will confirm with the WTA Chair on this question. (It was confirmed on 11/12/24 by the WTA Chair that the meeting is by invite to the Board members and if pubic did attend they would not be welcomed to comment or speak on any agenda item. This info was shared via email & telephone calls by K. Nickel in follow up with C. Cindric and others, including the Lind Board). 7. Approve or Amend Minutes: • Board meeting October 14, 2024 – noted by Z. Nelson that there was a double entry under her update on road signs and fire numbers. Motion by K. Nickel to approve minutes with strikethrough of double entry as noted; second by Z. Nelson; motion carried unanimously by voice vote. 8. Treasurer’s report: K. Barrows reviewed monthly balance sheet. Received just over $40K-the balance of the General Transportation Aid for 2024. 9. Clerk’s Report: • November transaction list reviewed; includes Checks #4965-5006 totaling $102,240.49, with additional check #1027 from the Cemetery account for $6025.00. Motion to approve transactions made by K. Nickel; second by C. Hardy; motion carried unanimously by voice vote. • Nov. 5th election: 997 voters for Lind with 130 being new registrations. S. Golding raised noted that there were a few election workers on Nov. 5th that were not on the approved election workers list. F. Neumann stated that she needed additional help and made a call to the Election Commission and was told that she could add additional staff if needed as long as they were trained. 10. Land Planning Commission meeting: no report due to no meeting in November. 11. Oral Report from County Board Supervisors meeting: C. Hardy reported final work on budget is occurring; taxes on County side will be decreasing. 12. Oral Reports from meetings attended by Lind board members: No additional meetings this month. 13. Update on Roads, Culverts, Fire Numbers • Speed limit for Spencer Lake Road: no update. Believe traffic study is needed yet. Waiting on follow up from Dayton. • Nelsen Road: Caution signs with suggested 25 mph speed limit have been placed on approach from both directions to the curve. • Bump signs placed near culvert on Galilee Road • Z. Nelson: Fire number approved for parcel on County EE and have received 3 others to be placed. Received a double of the Bartel Road sign so waiting on additional Airport Rd sign to come so they can be placed. • Two trees down on Lindee Road on two separate occasions; were cleaned up by J. Gunderson. 14. New Business: • Gold Cross and Waupaca Fire District Resolutions: Requests made that we sign resolutions again for municipalities to have the option to increase the tax levy if need be for coverage of costs for EMS and Fire services. Each municipality must sign the resolution whether they use the increase levy or not in order for any municipality to be able to use it. Lind is not needing to use the increase levy. Motion by K. Nickel to sign resolution for Waupaca Fire District increase in tax levy; second by C. Hardy; motion carried unanimously by voice vote. Motion by K. Nickel to sign resolution for Gold Cross in crease in tax levy; second by Z. Nelson; motion carried unanimously by voice vote. • Gold Cross Service Agreement; Service Agreement reviewed and discussion held; motion by Z. Nelson to approve and sign agreement as presented; second by K. Nickel; motion carried unanimously by voice vote. • Zoom storage of recorded meetings: we receive notice that allotted storage space is reaching max. Discussion that no need to keep past recordings once typed minutes have been approved; very costly to increase the storage amount. Motion by K. Nickel to delete past meeting recordings after minutes have been approved; second by C. Hardy; motion carried unanimously by voice vote. • Waupaca County Highway winter material pricing; Just shared as FYI on updated prices for sand/salt. 15. Old Business: • Miracle Mountain Way: received quote of $1500.00 from John Gunderson for trimming trees. K. Nickel has forwarded on to Dayton and Farmington Chairs for their approval. We would split costs based on ownership of Dayton Landfill which K. Nickel will be confirming those percentages. Believe Lind portion would be $150 or less. Motion by K. Nickel to approve quote for Linds percentage for work to be done based on approval by Dayton and Farmington also; second by Z. Nelson; motion carried unanimously by voice vote. • Town Hall remodel: Project planned to start Nov. 11th but they were able to start earlier; requesting help after meeting adjourns to move a few items out of the kitchen area. Will try to sell or dispose of items found that no longer are usable or needed. Will be purchasing paint, stain, and some additional office supplies for this area in near future. Is not an option to have Bauer place a permanent generator as this opens us up to needing a State electrical inspection and other items would no longer be grandfathered in. We will look at purchasing a portable generator in the future. 16. Future agenda items & Upcoming meetings: • Qrtly WTA meeting Nov. 14, 2024/ • Budget Meetings on Nov. 25 starting at 6:00 pm: Public Hearing followed by Special Meeting of Electors followed by Special Board Meeting • Next Board meeting will be December 9, 2024 at 6:00 p.m • Comments shared: ✓ J. Hacklander commented on Clerk F. Neumann’s job being well done with the Nov. 5th election. R. Brooks added that he hopes she will consider continuing in the position. ✓ Lind will be holding caucus soon with the Spring Election approaching. ✓ Asked that all keep R. Wilde and family in their prayers with the passing of Willard Wilde. ✓ Acknowledgment of Veteran’s Day and Thank you to all Veterans for their service. F. Neumann shared flyer on Operation Green Light from Waupaca County Veterans Service. 17. Adjournment: Motion by K. Nickel to adjourn; seconded by Z. Nelson; motion passed unanimously by voice vote. Adjourned at 6:35 p.m. Submitted by Nickel, Chair; Neumann, Clerk