Ordinance Committee Approved Minutes for August 19 2025

Approved- MEETING MINUTES Little Suamico Code of Ordinance Committee Meeting Little Suamico Town Hall, 5964-A County Road S, Sobieski, WI 54171 Tuesday August 19, 2025, 6:00 P.M. www.townoflittlesuamico.com Committee Members Present: John Link, Dave Daniels, Ed Galkowski, Ron Bertrand, Kory Rentmeester, Paula Leier-Engelhardt (alternate) John Kwiatkowski. Committee Members Absent: Branden Ness Others Present: Jim Oskey, Beth Trudell, Joe Curry, Patricia Gryske, Todd Zuge, Liz Paape, Elmer Regan, Glen Calewarts, Steve Hoffman. CALL MEETING TO ORDER - Pledge of Allegiance, then meeting was called to order at 6:00 pm by Chairman Link at the Town Hall. The Committee meeting agenda notice was properly posted. APPROVAL OF AGENDA – Dave Daniels motioned to postpone chapter 8 until next meeting. John Kwiatkowski second the motion. Passed unanimous. APPROVAL OF MINUTE(S) - Minutes of last meeting were read and Ron Bertrand motioned to accept the minutes and Dave Daniels seconds the motion. Passed unanimous vote. CORRESPONDENCE – No comments have been received via e-mail from reviewers. BUSINESS – 1. Approval of Minutes from June meeting (tabled at the July meeting) Kory Rentmeester motioned to accept the June minutes and Ed Galkowski second the motion. Passed unanimous. 2. List of Complaints: • Update from Town Board Meeting: Public complaint about noise was made. No ordinance at this time until Town Board approval of updated ordinances • Spreadsheet from Oconto County Sheriff’s deputy: No report. 3. Discussion of Ordinances by Committee Members: • Chapter 9, Fire Regulation and Prevention: Fire Chief Todd Zuge talked about accepting the chapter with minor code changes to reference Wis. State Statutes. (these will be highlighted and presented to the Town Board) • Sec. 9.14 Regulation of Fireworks: Discussion on hours of use and liability of fireworks use and/or requiring conditional use permits was considered. Liz Paape will provide/find an application for fireworks use to be presented at the next meeting. • 9.15 Open Burning: Standoff distances and size of fires along with portable open flame cooking devices were discussed. Using WDNR Regs. for safety considerations are to be implemented. See highlighted content in Chapter 9. • 9.22 Fees Charged for Emergency Calls: This section will be left as written. • 9.23 Tent Regulations: Possible removal of this section if there is no County ordinance to reference. • Chapter 13 Zoning and Land Use: Lot size was suggested to be larger. Kory Rentmeester mentioned town residence wanting Little Suamico to remain rural. Oconto County Zoning Ordinances are set at 2 acres per lot. Kory agreed to make up a questionnaire and John Link will get it out to the ordinance reviewers for some input. May involve the citizens of the Township? • Chapter 14 Elections: Adoption of State Statutes chapter 5. • Renewable Energy Ordinances: Postponed until next meeting. 4. Open discussion: no further discussion was necessary. 5. Set Next Meeting Date • Next Meeting set for September 16th Tuesday at 6:00pm Town Hall 6. Adjournment • At 7:34pm Kory Rentmeester motioned to adjourn, John Kwiatkowski seconded. Motion carried, meeting adjourned. If you are an individual with a disability and need a special accommodation while attending any meeting, as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act, please notify the Clerk at 826 -7655 at least 24 hours prior to the start of the meeting so that app ropriate accommodations can be made. Persons who are members of another governmental body, but who are not members of this board, may attend this meeting. Their attendance could result in a quorum of another governmental body being present. Such a quorum is unintended, and they are not meeting to exercise the authorities, duties, and responsibilities of any other governmental body Respectfully submitted, Ronald Bertrand