Monthly Town Board Meeting — Minutes

MEETING MINUTES FOR TOWN OF MEDINA BOARD of Supervisors Meeting Wednesday August 12th, 2026, Monthly Meeting Minutes The monthly meeting for the Town of Medina Board of Supervisors was called to order by Chairman Todd Weinberger at 6:01 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, Rochelle Chadwick, Doug Lutz, Kim Kohler, Shane and Kelly Baker (left at 6:23pm), Micah Brooks, Carla Oppenheimer, Tracie and Megan Jokala (left at 6:23 pm) and Jim Stuntebck Meeting Posted: Monday August 10th, 2026; Town Hall, Whisper’s Roadhouse, Barrel Inn, and Townofmedina.wi.gov Public Appearances: Shane Baker from Sherman Drive with information regarding proposed power lines in the area, Rochelle Chadwick provided the information for a meeting on August 15th- 2015 Greenway Road -Sun Prairie at Skalitzky’s at 4:00 p.m. will be an opposition meeting about the power lines Correspondence for the Board: Chairman Weinberger Approve the meeting minutes from July 8th, 2026, meeting: Motion made by Supervisor John Hellenbrand to approve June 8th, 2026, meeting minutes, motion was seconded by Supervisor Sue Zingshiem Motion passed 4/0. Supervisor Steven Nampel is absent from the meeting. Road Grants and Updates- Lukasz Lywza: Lukasz was unavailable tonight. Land Lease Agreement: Chairman Todd Weinberger proposed an increase from $225.00 per acre to $300.00 an acre for the first year and 5% increases the subsequent years. Agreement has been drawn up and will need to be signed. Cherry Lane Issue: Tracie Jokala lives at 5933 Cherry Lane and gave a demonstration on the water flowage coming off a field behind her neighbors. Highwayman Patrolman talked with the neighbors and there is a berm that was blown out. The possible fix is to have the berm rebuilt once the corn comes off, remove a tree that has blown over, and that should solve the issue. Fraud Policy: Johnson and Block has recommended a Fraud Policy after the last several audits. Motion made by Supervisor Phillip Braithwaite to adopt the fraud policy as presented, Motion was seconded by Supervisor Sue Zinghsiem. Motion passed 4/0. Policy signed. Vacating Roads: Attorney Dan Evans provided information from Vierbicher to provide land surveying on the roads that the town would like to vacate (Keller and 2 others) at the cost of $7000.00. Tabled until next month. Pache Rezone Application: Michael and Tammy Pache would like to rezone 183 Clarkson Road from Farmland Preservation to RR2 Rural Residential on 3.8 acres, Planning Commission approved the rezone unanimously with animal restrictions. Motion made by Supervisor John Hellenbrand to approve the Pache rezone, Motion was seconded by Supervisor Phillip Braithwaite. Motion approved 4/0. Approve monthly financial information: Motion made by Supervisor Phillip Braithwaite to approve the monthly checks; Motion was seconded by Supervisor Sue Zingshiem. Motion passed 4/0. Preliminary Budget Discussion: Preliminary Budget numbers looked over. Highway Report: Updates given by Highway Patrolman Randy Krause. Shouldering, potholing, ditch mowing about half done, garbage picked up on Berlin Road, filling in culverts with millings, and gravel to areas on Box Elder EMS and Fire Commission Reports: Updates given by Supervisor John Hellenbrand. Ambulance registered to Marshall EMS, Hooper to fix some HVAC issues in the dayroom, possible EMR program start up Clerk/Treasurer Report: Updates given by Clerk/Treasurer Stephanie Lulling. Public Testing of election equipment completed, Partisan Primary Election completed, modemed and logged, budget preparation is ongoing, unused dog tags returned to Dane County Future Meeting Information: Budget, Frontier increase for landline, attendance for the Power Line Meeting Adjournment: Motion made by Supervisor John Hellenbrand to adjourn at 7:05 p.m. Motion passed 4/0. Meeting adjourned. Respectfully Submitted August 12th, 2026, by Stephanie B. Lulling Town of Medina Clerk/Treasurer