Meeting Minutes

1 Board Meeting April 9, 2024 The meeting was called to order by Chair Jennifer Meyer. Flag Salute Attendance: Chair Jennifer Meyer, Supervisor Paul Travis, Supervisor Mona Mathews, Supervisor Jeff Whyte, and Supervisor Megan Bischel. Adopt Agenda: Chair Jennifer Meyer made a motion to adopt agenda. Supervisor Mona Mathews seconded. All voted yes, motion carried. Approve Minutes: March 12 th meeting minutes: A. Supervisor Mona Mathews made a motion to approve March 12, 2024 Town Board meeting minutes. Supervisor Megan Bischel seconded the motion. All voted yes, motion carried. Metropolitan Planning Organization presentation: A. Eric Anderson the Director of MPO (Metropolitan Planning Organization) was at the Town meeting to give a presentation as to what MPO does and can do for the Town. Mr. Anderson left some great information for anyone that is interested in learning more about MPO. 4-H Student presentation: A. Loralie Schwartz would like to put a free little library at the Town Hall. She would like to do this for her Youth Leadership project. She is working on her little library design, and would like a barn design. She is at the meeting to ask the Town’s permission to put the free little library At the Town Hall. Board thinks is a great idea and asked her to come back when she has final plans. Visit Eau Claire : A. Dana Crosson from Visit Eau Claire was not in attendance. Report was e-mailed and handed out to Board members. Comp Plan: A. No Applications this month. Next Comp Plan May 9 th. Park Commission: A. April 3, 2024 meeting update: Chair Jennifer Meyer gave an update. Pavilion repairs are being worked on. Kate Felton would like to do two events at the parks, one at Conservancy and one at Sherman Creek Park. One would be a poetry hike and the other how to build a fire. Park Commission needs to look into this as she would like to charge for these. Chair Jennifer Meyer has spoken with Pleasant Valley Fire to do an Overhead Drone presentation at the October parks event. 2 Fire Station #3: A. Battalion Chief Eddy Yates: March incident runs: Fire Fighter of the Year Award went to Dave Kleist. EMS has 278 calls so far. Car Crash on I-94. Station well was tested. Dave Kleist wanted to mention that the Fire Dept would like to change where address markers are put. They would like to put them behind the mail box or whatever works best for Fire Department. Board told Dave Kleist to do what is best for Fire Department. Roads: A. County Line Rd Project / Cedar Corporation: Dennis Mack from Cedar Corp at meeting to give update. They are finalizing plans and want to have out for bids by end of month. Cedar Corp will meet with DNR on the 10th. Moving forward with project. B. Town small bridge and Culvert Inventory / Cedar Corporation Proposal: Dennis Mack handed out maps of work they have done for another town. If Town of Union wants Cedar Corp to map all the culverts, Cedar Corp would do a contact with Town of Union stating not to exceed $5,000.00 unless prior approval from Board. Chair Jennifer Meyer thinks this would be beneficial to the Town. Chair Jennifer Meyer made a motion to contract with Cedar Corp. to map all Town of Union Culverts. Mona Mathews seconded the motion. All voted yes, motion carried. C. CTH T project / On behalf of Congressman Van Orden; there was a press conference held on Monday, March 25th to celebrate the securing of $10,000,000 for the Highway T Corridor Project as part of the Congressional Appropriations Process. Chair Jennifer Meyer and Supervisor Mona Mathews both attended. D. Signage updates: White Pine Drive missing, signage put back up. Truck & Tractor Parking by Days in, signage up and no more trailer parking. Eagle Lane sign put back up. E. Any other road business – Need to fill some patches on West Folsom off Kane Rd, Buena Vista and Silver Mine. Board of Review: A. Discuss dates: Dates given from Bowmar Appraisal are May 8th, 9th, or 15th. Town Board can meet for Board of Review on May 15th at 4:30pm Open Book will be May 8th. Supervisor Mona Mathews made a motion to open BOR, Supervisor Jeff Whyte seconded it. Supervisor Mona Mathews made a motion to table BOR until May 15th at 4:30pm. Supervisor Jeff Whyte seconded the motion. All voted yes, motion carried. Eau Claire County Humane Association : A. Newly appointed Humane Officer Kayla Johnson takes appointment on April. 4, 2024. Underground Utilities: A. None this month. . 3 Review/Approval Bills: A. Monthly Payables: Report was distributed by Clerk. Supervisor Mona Mathews made a motion to approve payables as presented to Board. Seconded by Supervisor Jeff Whyte. All voted yes, motion carried. Treasurer Report – A. Treasurer John Mclaughlin distributed his report to the Board but was not in attendance. Licenses: A. No licenses or permits to approve. Two Driveway Permits turned in. Town Properties: • Transfer Station – New worker has everything turned in. • Mower maintenance – Supervisor Jeff Whyte will get it taken care of. • Well testing discount provided by EC CTY Health Dept. – Will test Town Hall water. • Any other Town Property issues Scheduled Town Meetings/Events: • Tuesday, April 16, 2024, Annual Meeting; 6:00pm, Union Town Hall • Wednesday, May 8, 2024, Park Commission Meeting, 9:30am Union Town Hall • Thursday, May 9, 2024, Comprehensive Planning Commission Meeting, 6:30pm Union Town Hall • Tuesday, May 14, 2024, Town Board Meeting, 6:30pm Union Town Hall Adjourn This Board meeting was adjourned at 8:30pm. Chair Jennifer Meyer made a motion to adjourn, and Supervisor Paul Travis seconded the motion.