Meeting Minutes

Town of Lind Monthly Board Meeting Minutes Lind Town Hall, N1315 County Road A, Waupaca, WI Monday, February 12, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. 1. Meeting called to order at 6:00 p.m. 2. Open Meeting Statement read at Public Hearing. 3. Pledge of Allegiance was done at Public Hearing. 4. Roll call – Kathy Nickel, Zoey Nelson, Cindy Hardy, Ken Barrows, Faye Neumann all present. Public attendance per sign in book. 5. Public Comments on Agenda Items: none 6. Approve or amend agenda for February: Motion by Z. Nelson to approve agenda as presented; second by C. Hardy; motion passed unanimously by voice vote. 7. Approve or Amend Minutes: • Public Hearing January 8, 2024 – Motion by Z. Nelson to approve as is; seconded by K. Nickel; motion passed unanimously by voice vote. • Monthly Board Meeting January 8, 2024 -- Motion by C. Hardy to approve as is; seconded by Z. Nelson; motion passed unanimously by voice vote. 8. Treasurer’s report: K. Barrows reviewed balance sheet; next property taxes that Lind will receive will be in August which will be the property taxes the County will collect in July. (discovered some meeting packets contained wrong balance sheet; corrected copy made available to those present.) 9. Clerk’s Report: • February ledger reviewed; includes Checks #4668-4697 totaling $35,136.16. Motion to approve by C. Hardy; seconded by K. Nickel; motion passed unanimously by voice vote. • Approve Election Inspectors: Revised list presented by Clerk. Motion to approve list as is by C. Hardy; seconded by K. Nickel; motion passed unanimously by voice vote. • Updated pamphlets for Waupaca County Recycling Center available on table. 10. Land Planning Commission: No report. No meeting in February. 11. Oral Report from County Board Supervisors – S. Golding reported that her and Cindy attended 3- day conference in Madison and a lot of good information received on ARIP; cyber security; shared revenue. Also addressing aging population of Waupaca County and future effects this will have on workforce, health and long-term care for the future. C. Hardy stated the Waupaca Sheriff’s Department added treadmills to the dispatch center for staff due to long hours of sitting required for that job. Captain Rasmussen retired after 30 years of service. 12. Oral Reports from meetings attended by Lind board members: • Zoning and appeals meeting attended on 1-23-24 by C. Hardy, Z. Nelson, K.Nickel, and F. Neumann. Good information shared on the steps of re-zoning and the appeals process. • Waupaca Fire District meeting was held on 1-25-24. K. Nickel reported that final job description is now available. Job will be posted with hopes of first interviews by early April • Weyauwega Fire Meeting – Cindy reported they had no meeting. 13. Update on Roads, Culverts, Fire Numbers a. With warmer weather, John’s Lawn Care will be re-scouting the roads for cold patching and gravel to shoulders. Chair had a discussion with a senior director of AOG Spencer Lake Camp. He stated they were in very early discussions re: a pedestrian tunnel under County E to eliminate crossings on the busy County Road. b. Inquiries received re: driveway on Zabel Road and Bags Hill Road; no permits have been received yet. It was reported that a large amount of gravel had been dumped into the ditch line of the marsh for a makeshift driveway on Airport Road. It was discovered that this was done by the snowmobile club to prevent the groomer from damaging the road as they crossed over into the south side marsh. They were informed that this was not allowed and given 2 weeks (weather permitting) to remove the gravel and return the ditch line back to it’s former status. c. Zoey has ordered the replacement road signs for intersections of Cnty X and Bags Hill Rds, and for Pope Road and County EE. 14. New Business: • Inventory and Inspection of Bridges in Town of Lind: We received notice from Waupaca County regarding biennial bridge inspections being due this year. The State has also developed an initiative to inventory and inspect all culverts that are 16-20 feet in length. A township will receive $100 per culvert for the inventory portion; inspections will then need to be done by a licensed engineer. More information will be brought to next meeting as meetings and webinars are coming regarding how all this will work out. • Webpage submission options: Need to consider eliminating the option of the webpage submission form via our Town’s webpage. Zoey reports many submissions are spam and we recently had an actual submission get missed or delayed due to the amount of spam. Webpage has each Board members name, phone, and email. Motion made by Z. Nelson to eliminate the submission form and instruct people on webpage to contact a Board member directly via their email or phone; seconded by C. Hardy; motion passed unanimously by voice vote. 15. Old Business: • Cemetery Ordinance #2021-1 Final ordinance adopted and will be signed at end of meeting. Chair will post notice of changes as required. 16. Future agenda items & Upcoming meetings: • WTA Qrtly meeting on Feb. 15th will be attended by Nickel, Neumann, and possibly Barrows • WTA District Mtg Feb. 17th will be attended by Nickel and Neumann. • Workshop meeting on Restriction of Wake Enhancing Devices on Feb. 20th and hosted by Town of Dayton will be attended by Nelson and Nickel • Public Hearing and Special Board Meeting scheduled for Feb 28th at WHS. 17. Adjournment: Motion by Nickel; seconded by Hardy; motion passed unanimously by voice vote. Adjourned at 6:53 p.m. Submitted by Nickel, Chair; Neumann, Clerk