4-09-2026

TOWN BOARD MEETING, April 09, 2026 PRESENT: Chair Dick Green, Supervisors Faith Schuck, Renee Gouaux, Melanie Miller and Clerk/Treasurer Maria Hougan. ABSENT: Supervisor Eric Olson OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE: Kenneth Schuck, 1616 Spring Rd., Joan Kellerman, 2301 Williams Dr., Don Warren, 2008 Spring Rd. CALL TO ORDER Chair Green called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PUBLIC COMMENT: Kenneth Schuck, 1616 Spring Rd., spoke in favor of reducing the speed limits on town roads. CONSENT AGENDA: Items listed under consent agenda will be approved in one motion without discussion unless any Board member requests that an item(s) be removed for individual discussion. That item then can be considered at an appropriate time during the Board’s regular order of business. 1. Approval of minutes of the March 17, 2026 Town Board meeting. 2. Approval of the check register dated April 1, 2026 & April 9, 2026. Motion by Supervisor Miller, second by Sup. Gouaux, to approve the consent agenda items as listed. Motion carried 4-0. BUSINESS. 1. Discussion and possible action regarding the final reading and adoption of the DNR required amendment/update to Chapter 180: Responsible Unit Recycling Ordinance. The Board reviewed the final reading. Motion by Supervisor Miller, second by Sup. Schuck, to adopt the amendment to Chapter 180 as required by the DNR. Motion carried 4-0 on a call vote with Supervisors Schuck, Gouaux, Miller and Chair Green voting in favor. 2. Discussion and possible action regarding the Syttende Mai canoe race event to be held on May 15, 2026. The Board reviewed the request. Motion by Supervisor Schuck, second by Sup. Gouaux, to accept the event request for the Syttende Mai Canoe Race to be held on May 15, 2026 Motion carried 4-0. 3. Discussion and possible action regarding lowering the speed limit from 55 mph to 45 mph on Skaalen, Tower, Koshkonong, and Spring Rd. Chair Green reported out. Drotning Rd. should be included in the roads for the speed limits lowered to 45 mph. 15 additional signs will need to be purchased. Motion by Supervisor Schuck, second by Sup. Gouaux, to approve lowering the speed limits to 45 mph on the affected roads. Motion carried 4-0. 4. Discussion and possible action regarding the purchase of an AED defibrillator. Chair Green reported out. The Board reviewed the quote. Deer-Grove will hold a training session. The town board members, plan commissioners, election inspectors, and town staff will all be trained. The cost for the AED defibrillator will be taken from one of these accounts, equipment repair and maintenance account, salt budget account, or tire replacement account. Motion by Supervisor Millers, second by Sup. Gouaux, to approve the purchase of an AED defibrillator from Liberty Advanced Security in the amount of $2000.00. Motion carried 4-0. 5. Discussion of Public Works projects and duties. Chair Green reported out. Dane County inspected the Buddhist temple and they are still holding religious services. Public Works rented a bucket truck in the amount of $3000.00 for one month, they will be working pot holes, the pier will be installed tomorrow, the ditching project is on hold, they be repairing the sod from the snow plow damage, a bill for $940.00 was received for hauling away the compost from the yard waste site, the estimate from the engineer for the parking lot was $100,000.00. He will be selling yard waste stickers at the yard waste site this weekend. 6. Clerk’s report of projects and duties. Clerk/Treasurer Hougan reported out. The Spring Election was held on Tuesday, and we had a 51 percent turnout of voters. The office has been busy with the pre -election duties, setting up for the election, the election day duties, and the post-election duties, AR/AP, agenda’s, minutes, packets, dog licenses and yard waste stickers, and the normal day to day duties of the office. 7. Discussion on items to be placed on the next and / or future agenda: • April or May, Committee to Preserve Lot 3 Sunnyside • Comments for the CUP process for DCTA • Future agenda: Information regarding the leaf collection • May 19 Stoughton Senior Center • Items as requested PLAN COMMISSION REPORT (Reports will generally only be reported upon after the Plan Commission has met between Town Board meetings; unless there is additional information to report). The Plan Commission did not meet. REPORTS Town Board Reports: (Five-minute limit) Supervisor Schuck reported she attended the Stoughton Fire Dept. meeting where they did a practice burn at a home in the Town of Dunn, the Syttende Mail route has been changed, she attended the Stoughton Senior Center meeting and they discussed the surrounding towns contributions to the Senior Center, they have established a Friends of the Senior Center group. Supervisor Gouaux reported out the Parks Committee will be meeting on Monday at Oak Knoll Park; she is waiting on an update for the free trees program. The Board reviewed the reports included in the packet. CORRESPONDENCE The Board reviewed the correspondence included in the packet. Chair Green reported out on a new sign for the boat landing, the sign will be placed at the entrance. There was a discussion on emails from Board members. ADJOURNMENT Motion by Supervisor Miller, second by Sup. Gouaux, to adjourn at 7:06 p.m. Motion carried 3-0 with Supervisor Schuck abstaining. Respectively Submitted, Maria “Pili” Hougan Clerk/Treasurer