Monthly Town Board Meeting — Minutes

MEETING MINUTES FOR TOWN OF MEDINA BOARD of Supervisors Meeting Wednesday September 9th, 2026, Monthly Meeting Minutes The monthly meeting for the Town of Medina Board of Supervisors was called to order by Chairman Todd Weinberger at 6:00 pm. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. Present were Chairman Todd Weinberger, Supervisor Phillip Braithwaite, Supervisor Sue Zingshiem, and Supervisor John Hellenbrand. Also present: Clerk/Treasurer Stephanie Lulling, Highway patrolman Randy Krause, Brenda Klecker, George Josheff, Kris Hebel, Rod Hebel, Kathy Stuntebeck, Andrew Kirch, Jim Stuntebeck, Cathy Klecker, Brenda Juedes, Rodney Juedes, Kristy Rewey, David Horstmeyer, Shannon Horstmeyer, Carrie Hoppman, Julie and Town of Medina Rasmussen, Rochelle Chadwick, Doug Lutz, Micah Brooks (left at 6:32 p.m.), Meeting Posted: Friday September 4th, 2026; Town Hall, Whisper’s Roadhouse, Barrel Inn, and Townofmedina.wi.gov Public Appearances: Micah Brooks from Sherman Drive with Flock Camera information entering the Village of Marshall (4 cameras)-his hope is that the Town of Medina board does not plan on expanding the cameras into the Town of Medina. Correspondence for the Board: None currently. Approve the meeting minutes from August 12th, 2026, meeting: Motion made by Supervisor John Hellenbrand to approve August 12th, 2026, meeting minutes, motion was seconded by Supervisor Phillip Braithwaite. Motion passed 4/0. Supervisor Sue Zingshiem is running the dump and will be here when finished. Road Grants and Updates- Lukasz Lywza: Lukasz was unavailable tonight. He did meet with Chairman Weinberger earlier today to do over why the Town of Medina has not received the LRIP reimbursement. There was roughly about $85,000.00 in overages during the Box Elder project. Kinas and Kopplin finished the project in late August 2026, and the final bills have been made out and paid. He will be requesting reimbursement from LRIP now. Chairman Weinberger will be requesting that GEC pay for the pay fees the town will incur extending the loan again. Motion made by Supervisor Phillip Braithwaite to approve the Kopplin and Kinas invoice of $747.51 pay application #3 to close out the Box Elder Road project, Motion was seconded by Supervisor John Hellenbrand. Motion approved 4/1. Supervisor Sue Zingshiem abstained since she was not present for the start of discussion. Motion made by Supervisor Phillip Braithwaite to approve the Kopplin and Kinas invoice $83,276.50, pay application #3 to close out the Box Elder Road project, Motion seconded by Supervisor John Hellenbrand. Motion approved 4/1. Supervisor Sue Zingshiem abstained since she was not present at the start of the discussion. Motion made by Supervisor Phillip Braithwaite to approve the Kopplin and Kinas invoice $2135.71, pay application #3 to close out the Box Elder Road project to close out the Box Elder Road project, Motion was seconded by Supervisor John Hellenbrand. Motion approved 4/1. Supervisor Sue Zingshiem abstained since she was not present at the start of the discussion. Total paid by the Town of Medina so far for the Box Elder Road project $583,811.96. Total Box Elder Road project estimated cost. $615,000.00. Land and Property Rights Attorney Erik Oleson: Unable to attend the meeting tonight. Next Friday September 18th, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. at the Kalahari in Wisconsin Dells there will be a meeting regarding the power lines. Momentum is growing quickly to oppose the line, and he will try to will pass along information through Chairman Weinberger. Box Elder Road Mailboxes: Kopplin and Kinas is aware that they need to get the mailboxes put back at the residences of Box Elder Road. Lukasz will attempt to contact Kopplin and Kinas again as a reminder. Kapp Operators License Approval: Motion made by Supervisor Steven Nampel to approve the Kapp Operators license, Motion was seconded by Supervisor John Hellenbrand. Motion passed 5/0. Vacating Roads: Tabled until next month. Roughly $7000.00 to survey the 2 shortest roads by Vierbicher and that does not include the attorney fees that would be associated. Frontier Land Line Discontinuation: Motion made by Supervisor John Hellenbrand to approve the discontinuation of the Frontier land line at the cost of $218.00 per month, Motion was seconded by Supervisor Steven Nampel. Motion approved 5/0. Approve monthly financial information: Motion made by Supervisor John Hellenbrand to approve the monthly checks; Motion was seconded by Supervisor Sue Zingshiem. Motion passed 5/0. Preliminary Budget Discussion: Tabled until next month. The Annual District Meeting for the PSB budget and the MFD budget will be on October 7th at 6:00 p.m. Highway Report: Updates given by Highway Patrolman Randy Krause. Shouldering, potholing- getting another load tomorrow, second round of ditch mowing being done, cleaned up around the Enbridge building, list of tree trimming to be done in October, culvert issue on Berlin Road- will be contacting Lauersdorf Excavating to see what can be done EMS and Fire Commission Reports: Updates given by Supervisor John Hellenbrand. MFD brush truck up and running, old ambulance should be on Wisconsin Surplus next month, new ceiling tiles ordered to replace some damaged ones, Hooper should have fixed the issue regarding the heat/air in the meeting room, no issues with LifeStar Clerk/Treasurer Report: Updates given by Clerk/Treasurer Stephanie Lulling. November election ballots picked up, absentee ballots mailed for November election, overlapping debt request information from Dane County completed, 2027 recycling grant application completed Future Meeting Information: BECI kept on the agenda, will contact attorney Erik Oleson to check his availability, budget, District Meeting will be October 7th at 6:00 p.m. Adjournment: Motion made by Supervisor John Hellenbrand to adjourn at 6:57p.m. Motion passed 5/0. Meeting adjourned. Respectfully Submitted September 9th, 2026, by Stephanie B. Lulling Town of Medina Clerk/Treasurer