Town Board — Minutes

Town of Lincoln Special Meeting - Public Hearing September 10,2024 The Special Meeting - Public Hearing was called to order at 6:00 p.m. by Chairman Bill Hassey. Pledge of Allegiance, Present: Hassey, Supervisors; Kim Simac, Bill Marshall, Ken Fox and Bruce Richter, Clerl</Treasurer, Shelly Sauvola, and Deputy Clerk/Treasurer, Sherry Schmidt. Ten other interested persons were in attendance. The Open Meeting Statement and Verification Media Notice given by Hassey. The Town Board met to hold a hearing upon a proposed action to commence discontinuance of the following described roads initiated by Resolution 2024-03 by the Lincoln Town Board, specifically: Portion of Adams Road (1,110 feet), Portion of Agof Road (300 feet), Portion ofCroker Road (792 feet), Town Road 50 (634 feet) and Town Road 72 (317 feet). The Town of Lincoln has the aforementioned roads in their inventory. They are maintained by the adjacent property owners and the town board feels that they should belong to those property owners. The Town of Lincoln has not maintained them for over 10 years and has the right to discontinue them as town roads. Property owners from Agof Road and Adams Road presented questions for the town board. Concems were expressed about how the Adams Road discontinuance would be handled and any future needed maintenance. The town board believes that there will be a gate installed to stop traffic/ATV travel on that section ofthe road right ofway. Travel would be limited to foot only beyond the gate. The adjacent property owners and those having easement would have a key to the gate. The board to reach out to the Vilas County Forestry Department for more clarification on how everything is handled in this situation. A motion to adjoum was made by Marshall, seconded by Simac, all in favor, motion carried. The meeting was adjourned al6:29 p.m. Shelly D. Sauvola, Clerk/Treasurer Town of Lincoln Regular Meeting September 10,2024 Chairman Bill Hassey catled the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m., Pledge of Allegiance, Present: Hassey, Supervisors, Bruce Richter, Kim Simac, Ken Fox and Bill Marshall, Clerk/Treasurer, Shelly Sauvola and Deputy Cterk/Treasurer, Sherry Schmidt. Three other interested persons were in attendance' Open Meeting Statement and Verification Media Notification given by Hassey. The agenda was board approved on a motion by Simac, seconded by Richter, all in favor, motion carried. The minutes from the August 13, 2024, Regular Meeting and August 20,2024, Board ofReview were approved on amotion by Simac, seconded by Marshall, all in favor, motion carried. The August Treasurer's Report was provided to the Town Board. Incredible Bank general account balance,g470,576.34 the tax savings account balance, $10,035.60, the town hall maintenance account balance, $81,938.08, Peoples Bank savings account balance, $194,466.99 and Nicolet National Bank CD $166,075.41 (current balance). Supervisor Fox gave an update on the latest Landfill Venture Group Meeting. On the meeting agenda was discussion about the possible sale of the Highway G Landfill property. Vilas County Chairman Burkett was present at that meeting and indicated that Vilas County was not interested in selling the property. A fundraiser update on the Walter E. Olson Memorial Library was provided by Laurie Stoegbauer and Barb Leveille, Library Board of Trustees. The board discussed the proposed action to commence discontinuance ofthe following described town roads: Portion ofAdams Road (1,1l0 ft), Portion ofAgofRoad (300 ft), Portion ofCroker Road (792 ft), Town Road 50 (634 ft) and Town Road 72 (317 ft). The board interested in speaking with the Vilas County Forestry Department on how the abandonment of Adams Road right of way would be handled being it is shared with property owner Bruce Richter. A correction ofa double assessment, Donald Scharf Trust, parcel #14-1816 was approved by Fox, seconded by Marshall, all in favor, motion carried. The board approved the payment ofbills, vouchers #17816 through # 17862. Motion to adjoum made by Richter, seconded by Fox, all in favor, motion carried. The meeting was adjoumed at 7: l4 p.m. & Shetly D. Sa ola Town Clerk/Treasurer Chairman Hassey reported that a section of Bay Road will be repaired by Pitlik & Wick, one half of the project will be paid by the town and the other half will be paid for by property owner Henry Goers, the total cost will be $2,975.00 each. Hassey reported a Vilas County Planning and Zoning Mitigation Agreement Violation for the Matt Rozeski property at 984 Meta Lake Road b