Ordinance Committee Approved Minutes for Jan 21 2025

Approved- MEETING MINUTES Little Suamico Code of Ordinance Committee Meeting Little Suamico Town Hall, 5964-A County Road S, Sobieski, WI 54171 TUESDAY, January 21, 2025: 6:00 P.M. www.townoflittlesuamico.com Committee Members Present: John Link, Dave Daniels, John Kwiatkowski, Ed Galkowski, Ron Bertrand, Kory Rentmeester, Paula Leier-Engelhardt (alternate). Committee Members Absent: Tim Roskoms (alternate), Branden Ness Others Present: Elizabeth Paape, Beth Trudell, Michael Trudell, Kevin Pautz, Jackie Wagner, Brandon Dhuey, Connie Yost, Officer Garrett Beaten, Jason Hendricks (online/remote) CALL MEETING TO ORDER - Pledge of Allegiance, then meeting was called to order at 6:02 pm by Chairman Link at the Town Hall. The Committee meeting agenda notice was properly posted APPROVAL OF AGENDA - Ed Galkowski motioned to accept the agenda and Dave Daniels seconds the motion. Unanimous vote. APPROVAL OF MINUTE(S) - Minutes of last meeting were read and Dave Daniels motioned to accept and John Kwiatkowski seconds the motion. Unanimous vote. BUSINESS - A correspondence letter was received by Beth Trudell with her concerns as to how ordinances are passed, the letter was read aloud by Kevin Pautz to start the meeting. 1. Town Complaints: • Update on the pig, which kept getting loose has been resolved. Said pig is now in the freezer. • Kory Rentmeester compiled a list of Town Complaints, was shelved for the next meeting. 2. Guest Law Enforcement Officers: • We had Oconto County Officer Garrett Beaten, and Brown County Officer Brandon Dhuey as guests to help direct us in our ordinance decision making which pertain to Law Enforcement. They both gave insight as to how the Oconto Courts vs the Municipal Courts work. Stating that we should pass ordinances according to how we would like our Town to look like. Warning not to get too specific on some ordinances, although ordinances must be in place as Town Ordinances, not just listed as Oconto County Ordinance or just listing State Statutes; as the Oconto Court system is overwhelmed and many Citations may be dropped. They warned that the Municipal Court should NOT be looked at as a Revenue stream. • The use of a Code Enforcement Officer should cover things like grass height, house color, etc. • Police Dept Officers are for dog problems, neighbor disputes, traffic, sex offenders, car/property theft, etc. • Things like Sex Offender Ordinances should be put in place for the Town, otherwise the State can dictate residence locations if nothing is stated. 3. Mini Storage Ordinance: • Liz Paape sent committee members a copy of Mini Storage ordinance which she requested the Town enact, stating our attorney sent over a canned ordinance to work from. • John Link will look up the county ordinance for Storage facilities and rework the ordinance to more closely fit the Town of Little Suamico for the committee to review and submit. This ordinance is to be considered for our next meeting. 4. Set Next Meeting Date: • Along with Storage ordinance, Chapter 3 will pick up for the next meeting. • Next meeting is set for February 19th 2025 at 6:00pm. Little Suamico Town Hall 5. Adjournment • At 7:16pm Jason Hendricks motioned to adjourn, Kory Rentmeester 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