2025 Annual meeting minutes

7:30 PM April 15, 2025 Town of Corning Annual Meeting Minutes 1. The meeting was called to order at 7:30 pm by Chairman Chad Kottke. 2. The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag was recited. 3. Dean Berndt made a motion to approve the Minutes from 2024 annual meeting, Jody Gieger 2nd the motion, motion carried. 4. Katie Giese and Rick Hass gave the annual report, Joel Oelke made a motion to accept the annual report, John Kudick 2nd the motion, motion carried. 5. Judy Kleinschmidt made a motion to use Incredible Bank as depository for Town funds, Brian Literski 2nd the motion, motion carried. 6. Charlene Woller made a motion to allow the Town to borrow money up to $20,000 in case of emergency, Janet Kleinschmidt 2nd the motion, motion carried. 7. Jody Gieger made a motion to accept the proposed Wage Scale, Sue Schumacher 2nd the motion, motion carried. Current proposed Common Labor $10.00 to $25.00 per hour $10.00 to $25.00 per hour Operator wage & Benefit $20.00 to $60.00 per hour $20.00 to $60.00 per hour Truck hire $50.00 to $120.00 per hour $70.00 to $140.00 per hour Power saw $10.00 per hour $10.00 per Hour Tractor hire $30.00 to $50.00 / hr + Common Lbr No Change Brushing tractor, grader, backhoe $170 Includes Operator $170/Hr Includes Operator Steaming Culverts $160.00/hr includes oper. $160 /Hr Includes Operator Employee mileage IRS rate No Change 8. Chad Kottke gave the Machinery Report. All equipment in good to very good condition and is well maintained. We may need to look into replacing the 2010 Cat grader or 2013 International truck. 9. Granite report. We will be doing 6.5 miles of granite this year along with 1 mile of blacktop on Joe Snow Road. 10. Dave Hoff gave the Fire Department annual report. He stated the equipment is in good shape but need to start thinking about replacing the engine. Jody Gieger gave the First Responders annual report. Janet Kleinschmidt made a motion to approve the reports, Cheryl Martin 2nd the motion, motion carried. 11. Discussion on what to charge for Town Hall rent. This was discussed and decided to leave as is. 12. Annual Meeting for next year, 3rd Tuesday April 21, 2026 at 7:00 pm. 13. Any other business: Anybody wanting dust proofing needs to contact Chad Kottke. Cheryl Martin asked about looking at the pond by FF and 107 used by the Fire Department, on her land to remove some of the vegetation in it. 14. Joel Oelke made a motion to adjourn the meeting, John Kudick 2nd the motion, motion carried.