2024 Town Board Meeting Minutes

2/11/2024 CORNING TOWN BOARD MEETING Minutes for Corning Town Board Meeting held at the Corning Town Hall, Monday January 8th, 2024 at 7pm Please Recycle Please Recycle 1. The meeting was called to order at 7 pm by Chairman Ray Melander . 2. Roll call, all were present. 3. The Pledge of allegiance was recited. 4. Proper public notice was posted on 1/3/2024. 5. Clerk and Treasurer compare d books and gave the Town Board the book with a bank balance of $4,903.56. 6. Chad Kottke made a motion to approve the minutes from the December meeting as printed, Greg Kleinschmidt 2nd the motion, motion carried . 7. Public comment period. There were no comments. 8. Town Hall Maintenance: Len Franceouer is working on this and waiting for trim pieces. Ray needs information on Signage and HAVA requirements for the door. Repair of wall between restrooms. Handicap signage HAVA codes improvements 9. Blacktop road plans for 2024 (Road improvement program) . Ray has worked with John Hanz to submit a road plan for the LRIP program . Bids would need to be done in March. 10. Fuel contracting. Last year we used 8000 gallons of fuel. A&L does not contract fuel. They would offer us fuel at $.25 over cost , the cost is now $2.72. Ray contacted River Country Co-op at $2.99, Medford Co-op, no price offered, and Allied at $2.94 per gallon. Chad Kottke made a motion to stay with A&L as fuel supplier, Ray Melander 2 nd the motion, motion carried. 11. Property insurance review . Ray gave a copy of the insurance policy to the fire department and the road crew to review. 12. Lincoln County land use Descriptions and Standards, Resolutions for zoning ordinance. Ray Melander made a motion to approve the zoning changes , Chad Kottke 2 nd the motion, motion carried. 13. January 18th Town Association Meeting : Hosted by Town of Corning , and Town of Scott. Food is all set, the cost will be split between the 3 Towns. 14. Approve purchase of scanner gun and DYMO printer for election and tax collection. Chad Kottke made a motion to approve the purchase of the scanner and Dymo printer, Greg Kleinschmidt 2 nd the motion, motion carried. 15. All bills presented and signed by the Town Board were paid. 16. Chad Kottke made a motion to a djourn the meeting at 8:07 pm, Greg Kleinschmidt 2nd the motion, motion carried. Rickey C. Hass, Town Clerk _____________________ 3/10/2024 CORNING TOWN BOARD MEETING Minutes for Corning Town Board Meeting held at the Corning Town Hall, Monday February 12th, 2024 at 7pm Please Recycle Please Recycle 1. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by Chairman Ray Melander . 2. Roll call, all were present. 3. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. 4. Proper public notice was posted on 2/7/2024 . 5. Clerk and Treasurer compare d books and gave the Town Board the book with a bank balance of $215,366.90. 6. Chad Kottke made a motion to a pprove the minutes from the January meeting with a change to item 13 to say Scott and Corning paid for and sponsored the meeting, Greg Kleinschmidt 2 nd the motion, motion carried. 7. Public comment period. Clerk Hass shared a report to be aware of blastomycosis. We need to update the DNR recycling ordinance. 8. Broadband report: Jerome Ziegelbauer . Jerome said we are starting over on the bidding of the broadband line in Corning. Funding is still there. 9. Property insurance review: Stella Westfall . We need to provide Stella with a new list of Fire Department volunteers. Equipment for trucks need to be updated/reviewed. We need to get her a updated dollar amount of shop equipment. Stella will update pictures of our buildings. Also what are the dollar amounts for business items at the town Hall. She needs serial number on the new mower. 10. Town Hall maintenance/update: Front door repaired to open at 8 #. This is done Focus on Energy Audit Results. There is nothing that will really make a difference. We could replace hinges on overhead doors, replace furnace, and exit sign in Town Hall. 11. Culvert inventory and small bridge identification . Need to ID bridges and culverts, The state and county to do it. Use the firm that the county uses per John Hanz. 12. Lawn mowing 2024, what was spent in past years? There was talk of doing this ourselves or put out for quotes. 13. Set date for Audit meeting. It will be on 3/7/2024 at 7 pm 14. Review and vote on Residential Solid Waste and Recycling Service Agreement CAP and ordinance to be done by 3/7/24 15. All bills presented and signed by Town Board , were paid. 16. Chad Kottke made a motion to a djourn the meeting at 8:47 pm, Greg Kleinschmidt 2 nd the motion, motion carried. Rickey C. Hass, Town Clerk _____________________ 3/9/2024 CORNING TOWN BOARD MEETING Minutes for Corning Town Board Meeting held at the Corning Town Hall, Monday March 11th, 2024 at 7pm Please Recycle Please Recycle 1. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by Chairman Ray Melander . 2. Roll call, all were present. 3. Pledge of allegiance was recited. 4. Notice was posted on 3/7 and again on 3/9 . 5. Clerk and Treasurer compare d books and gave to the Town Board with a bank balance of $310,365.50. 6. Chad Kottke made a motion to a pprove the minutes from the February meeting as posted, Greg Kleinschmidt 2 nd the motion, motion carried . 7. Public comment period. Dave Hoff suggested we have an AED put in the Town Hall by the Fire Department, Ray said to have it on next month’s agenda. 8. Broadband report: Jerome Ziegelbauer . No update from Jerome, he said nothing has changed. 9. Guest speaker, Shannon Murray, MAPS to talk about school referendum. Ryan Retonovich and Kevin Blake spoke to the Town about the MAPS Referendum. 10. Fire Department maintenance/update: to upgrade old lighting. From Focus on Energy, Matt Prebeg talked to his brother and got a quote for $2533.50 for updating the Fire Department lights. We can get a rebate for $388 from Focus on Energy. The lights would be better and save 50% on lighting, Chad Kottke made a motion to update the Fire Department lighting, Greg Kleinschmidt 2nd the motion, motion carried. 11. Culvert inventory and small bridge identification . Need to make a decision by April 15 th. Chad feels we should stay with the County taking the inventory. 12. Lawn mowing 2024, what are we going to do? Ray checked on a mower, $8000 and a trailer for $2500. It was decided to get quotes for cutting instead of buying a mower. The posting will be for bidding 2 ways, the first is to cut the Town Hall Lawn only, the second is for the town Hall and the Fire Department. 13. Granite for 2024. Ray Melander made a motion to have the bid request for Mink Road from 64 to FF, Elm Grove from 64 to dead end, Corning Road from Highland to FF , Corning Road from Z to Joe Snow, Wegner Road north of the bridge, Elm Grove from 64 to FF and to have at least 10 trucks running with the amount of granite of 4800 -5000 tons, Greg Kleinschmidt 2 nd the motion, motion carried. 14. Black top bids. Chad Kottke made a motion to put together a bid for hot mi x of 2200 tons of asphalt to be put on Joe Snow Road from Farmingdale Road to Hwy 64, Ray Melander 2 nd the motion, motion carried. 15. How to handle Greg Cegielski garbage/recycling? Not sure how to handle this as there are other people that are not paying and are various years behind on taxes. Supervisors to check if these people are not putting out their garbage, and/or if no one lives there. 16. Spring cleanup, is everything set up? It is set up, post in paper weeks. 3/9/2024 CORNING TOWN BOARD MEETING Minutes for Corning Town Board Meeting held at the Corning Town Hall, Monday March 11th, 2024 at 7pm Please Recycle Please Recycle 17. Need to rent tractor for clean up? We can rent a tractor for $50/hr and use it for 20 hours for $1000, Chad Kottke made a motion to rent the tractor, Greg Kleinschmidt 2 nd the motion, motion carried. 18. Sent date for Board of Review , Board of Review will be on 4/29/24 from 6 -8 pm 19. All bills presented and signed by Town Board were paid. 20. Chad Kottke made a motion to a djourn the meeting at 8:55 pm, Ray Melande r 2nd the motion, motion carried. Rickey C. Hass, Town Clerk _____________________ 5/8/2024 CORNING TOWN BOARD MEETING Minutes for Corning Town Board Meeting held at the Corning Town Hall, Monday April 8th, 2024 at 7pm Please Recycle Please Recycle 1. The meeting was called to order at 7 pm by Chairman Ray Melander . 2. Roll call, all were present. 3. The Pledge of allegiance was recited. 4. Proper public notice was posted on 4/3 and amended on 4/5 . 5. Clerk and Treasurer compare d books and gave to the Town Board with a bank balance of $261,211.10. 6. Chad Kottke made a motion to approve the minutes from the March meeting as posted, Greg Kleinschmidt 2 nd the motion, motion carried. 7. Public comment period. a. Janet Kleinschmidt asked what the $18,062 to the Fire Department was for, it was for the new truck. b. Ray talked to Frojker and he is retiring in December and he is suggesting Shane VanderWaal as a replacement. 8. Open Lawn mowing quotes for 2024, and award a. Mark Berndt submitted a bid of $105 for the Town Hall and $120 for both the Town Hall and the Fire Department b. Cutting Edge submitted a bid of $119 for the Town Hall and $180 for both the Town Hall and the Fire Department c. Troy Ament submitted a bid of $140 for the Town Hall and $ 280 for both the Town Hall and the Fire Department Chad Kottke made a motion to have Cutting Edge cut the lawn at the Town Hall only with the proper insurance, Greg Kleinschmidt 2 nd the motion, motion carried. 9. Open Granite bids for 2024 and vote to award bid. a. Worden bid $10.70 per ton of granite delivered to the roads . b. Red Rock bid $11.00 per ton of granite delivered to the roads and $10.45 to stock pile Chad Kottke made a motion to go with Worden, Greg Kleinschmidt 2 nd the motion, motion carried. 10. Open Black top bids and vote to award bid. a. Possible upgrade of Joe Snow Road to Ag Road from CTH K to 64/107, 6 miles. American Asphalt submitted a bid with the delivery date of 5/1/24 to 6/11/24 Ray Melander made a motion to reject the bid because the time frame does not fit our agenda Chad Kottke 2 nd the motion, motion carried Ray also stated that “Jason Lemmer, the interim highway commissioner, has summitted an application on the behalf of the Town of Scott and the Town of Corning taking advantage of Agriculture Road Improvement Program (ARIP) Road program through WisDOT which would pay 90% of the reconstruction of Joe Snow Rd.” 5/8/2024 CORNING TOWN BOARD MEETING Minutes for Corning Town Board Meeting held at the Corning Town Hall, Monday April 8th, 2024 at 7pm Please Recycle Please Recycle 11. Fire Department maintenance update a. New Lighting complete , they are working great. b. Bathrooms Office and meeting room next? Chad Kottke made a motion to replace the lights Greg Kleinschmidt 2 nd the motion, motion carried. c. How should Tender 13 be disposed, auction or sell on bids? Chad feels there is a demand for water trucks. And feels we should sell it at auction. Chad Kottke made a motion to sell it at auction, Chad amended it to say sell it at the ISA auction in May, Greg Kleinschmidt 2 nd the motion, motion carried d. Roof leaking repairs, Kimmons contacted. The amount to repair is $32,835. 78. We will check with Urban Steel to see what they will charge. 12. Small Bridge/Culvert 6 -20 ft program, Inventory Phase a. Who will do the inventory ? Ray recommends the Engineer company KBIS, LLC do small bridges and culvert inventory Greg Kle inschmidt 2nd the motion, motion carried . 13. 2025 Bridge/Culvert Aid Program, County aid for town bridge & culvert replacement. Application is due May 1, 2024. Chad to look at culverts to replace on any culverts over 4’ 14. Repair on snowmobile garage, we fix or insurance claim? The corner of the garage was hit. Ray Melander made a motion to fix it ourselves, Chad Kottke 2 nd the motion, motion carried. 15. Approval of putting in AED to Town Hall by Fire Department and installation. Ray Melander made a motion to approve putting in the AED in the Town Hall, Chad Kottke 2 nd the motion, motion carried. 16. Review wages for non -full-time town workers. No changes to be made at this time. 17. Open Book time. The time is from 2:30-4:30 18. Annual Meeting time. The time is 7:30 19. Board of Review time April 29, 6-8 pm. 20. Annual meeting prep aration, agenda. See attached. 21. How to handle garbage/recycling pickup for residents who don’t pay property taxes ? We are not going to stop garbage pickup at this time. We need to confirm the houses are not occupied. 22. Spring cleanup, is everything set up? Yes we are set. 23. All bills presented and signed by Town Board were paid. 24. Chad Kottke made a motion to a djourn the meeting at 9:00, Greg Kleinschmidt 2 nd the motion, motion carried. Rickey C. Hass, Town Clerk _____________________ 5/15/2024 SPECIAL DATE CORNING TOWN BOARD MEETING Minutes for Corning Town Board Meeting held at the Corning Town Hall, Wednesday May 15th, 2024 at 7pm Please Recycle Please Recycle 1. Ray Melander called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm. 2. All bills presented and signed by the Town Board were paid. 3. Roll call, all were present. 4. The Pledge of allegiance was recited. 5. Proper notice was posted on 5/8. 6. Clerk and Treasurer compare d books and gave the Town Board the book with a bank balance of $310,666.90. 7. Chad Kottke made a motion to a pprove the minutes from the April meeting as drafted, Greg Kleinschmidt 2 nd the motion, motion carried . 8. Public comment period. Janet Kleinschmidt we could use a lock box for returning the town hall key for renters. The town web site is up for renewal, and we will look at ways to Improve it. Could have the rental calendar on it. 9. Fire Department maintenance update . a. Bathrooms Office and meeting room next . New lighting was installed . b. Auction Results of Tender 13. Truck sold for $6,000.00 . c. Roof leaking repairs, Urban Construction Quote . Urban had a quote for $730 but we need them to quote a solution to stop the leaking, similar to the Kimmons quote. 10. Repair on snowmobile garage, Matt repaired. It looks good and was worth doing it oursel ves. 11. Town Cleanup report. There was a steady flow of people , and it was well worth it. Scheduled for May 10th 2025. 12. Vote on replacing two Culverts for Corning Road under the 50/50 cost sharing program . The 2 culverts would cost about $25,000 to replace, one 58” and the other 54”. We would pay for them and get reimbursed from the 50/50 program. There will also be one replaced on Tower Road the following year. Ray Melander made a motion to have the County replace the 2 culverts under the 50/50 program, Greg Kleinschmidt 2 nd the motion, motion carried 13. Decide if liquor license should be raised for 2024 -2025. Chad Kottke made a motion to leave the liquor licenses as is, Ray Melander 2 nd the motion, motion carried. 14. Update status of mowing with John Deere tractor this summer. The tractor is here. 15. Emergency Management: a. Jason Bondioli has agreed to be the Town of Corning contact person . 16. Replacing Attorney Randy Frojker when he retires in December . a. Shane VanderWaal, VanderWaal Law SC , Randy recommended him. As we get closer we will make a more formal change, for now we are tabling it. 17. Ray’s resignation from Town Board , Ray submitted his resignation. Chad Kottke made a motion to accept the resignation, Greg Kleinschmidt 2 nd the motion, motion carried. a. Interim Town Chairman selected to fill remainder of Ray’s term. 5/15/2024 SPECIAL DATE CORNING TOWN BOARD MEETING Minutes for Corning Town Board Meeting held at the Corning Town Hall, Wednesday May 15th, 2024 at 7pm Please Recycle Please Recycle b. Some discussion about possible name were submitted including Mike Schmidt, Steve Schultz, but Steve had withdrawn his name. Clerk Hass nominated Chad Kottke, if he was willing to take the position of Chairman of the Town of Corning, Greg Kleinschmidt 2nd the motion, motion carried, 2 -0 with Chad Kottke abstaining. Chad Kottke was sworn in as Chairman. 18. Greg Kleinschmidt made a motion a djourn the meeting at 8:10 pm, Chad Kottke 2 nd the motion, motion carried. Rickey C. Hass, Town Clerk _____________________ 7/6/2024 CORNING TOWN BOARD MEETING Minutes for Corning Town Board Meeting at the Corning Town Hall, Monday June 10th, 2024 at 7pm Please Recycle Please Recycle 1. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by Chairman Chad Kottke . 2. Roll call, all were present. 3. The Pledge of allegiance was recited. 4. Proper public notice was posted on 6/5/2024 . 5. Clerk and Treasurer compare d books and gave to the Town Board with a bank balance of $266,175.74. 6. Greg Kleinschmidt made a motion to approve the minutes from the May meeting as printed, with a change to item line 8 from “sue” to “use”, Chad Kottke 2 nd the motion, motion carried. 7. Public comment period. Was the Red Rock Payment resolved, we are working on it. 8. Vote on new Supervisor, replacing Chad Kottke. Ryan Kinney, Brian Literski, and Steve Schulze expressed interest in the position. All three gave a short description of their background. Greg Kleinschmidt made a motion to nominate Brian Literski, Chad Kottke 2 nd the motion. No other nominations were given. The Board and Clerk Hass voted 3 -0 to approve Brian Literski as Supervisor. Brian Literski was sworn in as Supervisor. 9. Fire Department maintenance update a. Where to assign funds from sale of Tender 13. Greg Kleinschmidt made a motion to put the $6,000.00 in the Fire Department Fund, Chad Kottke 2 nd the motion, Motion carried 2-0 with Brian Literski abstaining. b. Roof leak repairs quote. We have 2 quotes, one from Kimmons Roofing for $32,835.78 and one from Urban for $46,550.00. Table till next meeting and put a bid together. 10. Road work update/dust proofing. Several miles of granite have been going down. Did not hear about the LRIP program yet. There are water issues this spring on Elm Grove Rd north of 64. Wegner Rd needs a lift on it, and granite on north end. Dust proofing, we did a test and it looks promising but we need the right conditions. 11. Greg Kleinschmidt made a motion to approve the following Liquor License and fees , Brian Literski 2 nd the motion, motion carried. William D. Dinges, W8047 Joe Snow Road Merrill, WI 54452 Ed & Sharon’s N1294 Hwy 64 & 107 Merrill, WI 54452 12. Brian Literski made a motion to approve the following Operator Licenses, Greg Kleinschmidt 2 nd the motion, motion carried. Alissa Dinges, Taylor Dinges 13. All bills presented and signed by Town Board were paid. 14. Brain Literski made a motion to a djourn the meeting at 8:07 pm, Greg Kleinschmidt 2 nd the motion, motion carried. 7/6/2024 CORNING TOWN BOARD MEETING Minutes for Corning Town Board Meeting at the Corning Town Hall, Monday June 10th, 2024 at 7pm Please Recycle Please Recycle Rickey C. Hass, Town Clerk _____________________ 7/23/2024 CORNING TOWN BOARD MEETING Minutes for Corning Town Board Meeting held at the Corning Town Hall, Monday July 8th, 2024 at 7pm Please Recycle Please Recycle 1. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by Chairman Chad Kottke . 2. Roll call, all were present. 3. The pledge of allegiance was recited. 4. Proper public notice was posted on 7/3/2024 . 5. Clerk and Treasurer compare d books and gave to the Town Board with a bank balance of $238,544.76. 6. Brian Literski made a motion to a pprove the minutes from the June meeting as posted, Greg Kleinschmidt 2 nd the motion, motion carried. 7. Public comment period. Janet Kleinschmidt asked where the beaver control was, Chad said, on Midway, Cedar and Tower roads. 8. Fire Department maintenance update a. Roof leaks in Fire Station repairs quote. We have 2 quotes but need to have this posted for bids to be opened in August Town Meeting. We could consider a patch job for the short term. b. Clarification on conflict of interest . The Board can vote on Fire Department issues even if they are members of the Fire Department unless it directly affects them. 9. Road work update/ Granite haul/ What needs to be done (Elm grove ditching, Wegner Road lift, culvert Corning road / dust proofing . Granite will be laid the last week of July. We received the approval for LRIP program, still waiting on ARIP program notice. Len Franceour is looking to get a new culvert. 10. Replacement of exit signs at Town Hall . Exit signs are falling apart in the town Hall. Chad will get some prices and present next month. 11. Frontier line damage claim. A phone box was laying down in the ditch and damaged by mowing ditch grass. Chad feels that Frontier needs to mark these boxes instead of us submitted the claim to Rural Insurance. Chad will talk to Frontier. 12. Dust proofing for Town of Harding . Chad feels we have enough to do with our own roads and does not think we should do this. 13. Discussion of purchase of second roller for grader . We have a quote and need to make a decision on whether to purchase a second roller. To be on next month’s agenda. 14. Review of MOU agreement with County for elections , we need to turn in to County, Will save the Town money. 15. All bills presented and signed by Town Board were paid. 16. Brian Literski made a motion to a djourn the meeting at 8:10 pm, Greg Kleinschmidt 2 nd the motion, motion carried. Rickey C. Hass, Town Clerk _____________________ 8/5/2024 CORNING TOWN BOARD MEETING Minutes for Corning Town Board Meeting held at the Corning Town Hall, Monday August 12th, 2024 at 7pm Please Recycle Please Recycle 1. The meeting was called to order at 7:04 pm by Chairman Chad Kottke . 2. Roll call, all were present. 3. The Pledge of allegiance was recited. 4. Proper public notice was posted 8/5/2024. 5. Clerk and Treasurer compare books and g ave to the Town Board with a bank balance of $281,442.26. 6. Brian Literski made a motion to a pproval of the minutes from the July meeting as presented, Greg Kleinschmidt 2 nd the motion, motion carried . 7. Public comment period. The September Meeting may be moved to a different day. 8. Fire Department Reroof bid opening, discuss, and award bid. Urban Construction had a bid for $46,550.00 to reroof the Fire Department. Kimmons Roofing had a bid of $32,835.78. Brian Literski made a motion to go with Kimmons roofing to reroof the Fire Department, Greg Kleinschmidt 2 nd the motion, motion carried 3-0. 9. Road work update/ Granite haul/ What needs to be done (Elm grove ditching, Wagner road lift, culvert Corning road / dust proofing , and storm damage report, bridge assessment , replenish stock pile of granite. Culvert washed out on Leafy Grove, There was water on Natzke Road and South Branch road. We need to have an engineer look at it. It is Ok but needs to be checked. 280 yards of granite was used to fix the roads. It needs to be resto cked. Town Hall parking lot needed granite. 10. Discuss LRIP/ ARIP for Joe Snow Road on how to proceed. We did not get ARIP award. Chad does not think we will get awarded anything in the second round. We did get $16,000 awarded for LRIP. We need to use it by 2025. We will use this on Joe Snow Road. Greg Kleinschmidt made a motion to put gravel on Joe Snow from Farmingdale Road to Hwy 64 from Yordes pit, and have Lincoln County pulverize it this fall, Brian Literski 2 nd the motion, motion carried. 11. Replacement of exit signs at Town Hall . Rick to get price from Uline and others on new signs to Chad. 12. Frontier line damage claim . No more information on this from them . Chad to follow up. 13. Discussion of purchase of second roller for grader . No additional cost of a nother roller. 14. All bills presented and signed by Town Board were paid. 15. Brian Literski made a motion to a djourn at 8:22 pm Greg Kleinschmidt secon ded the motion, motion carried. Rickey C. Hass, Town Clerk _____________________ 9/4/2024 CORNING TOWN BOARD MEETING Minutes for Corning Town Board Meeting held at the Corning Town Hall, Monday September 9th, 2024 at 7pm Please Recycle Please Recycle 1. Chairman Chad Kottke called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm. 2. Roll call, all were present. 3. The pledge of allegiance was recited. 4. Proper public notice was posted on 9/6/2024 . 5. Clerk and Treasurer compare books and g ave to the Town Board with a bank balance of $263,606.92. 6. Greg Kleinschmidt made a motion to a pprove the minutes from the August meeting as read, Brian Literski 2nd the motion, motion carried . 7. Public comment period. No comments. 8. Copper River Midnight Riders Snowmobile club Town hall Rental/ electric use charges. Chad Kottke made a motion to approve the use of the Town Hall and shed at the Fire Dept for the same amount as last year, Brian Literski 2 nd the motion, motion carried. 9. Fire Department Reroof discuss project. Payment has been made and the material is at Kimmons and waiting for him to get time to do it. 10. Road work update/ Granite haul/ What needs to be done (Elm grove ditching, Wagner road lift, culvert Corning road, replenish stock pile of granite, Joe Snow Rd pulverizing. Roads are mostly done, pulverizing will be done shortly. 11. Replacement of exit signs at Town Hall 12. Frontier line damage claim . Nothing new from Frontier. 13. Discussion of purchase of second roller for grader . Need to get a second quote, Chad working on it. 14. Watering roads for dust control. This is mostly done and is corking good. 15. Pay all bills presented and signed by Town Board were paid. 16. Greg Kleinschmidt made a motion to a djourn the meeting at 8:37 pm, Brian Literski 2nd the motion, motion carried. Rickey C. Hass, Town Clerk _____________________ 10/11/2024 CORNING TOWN BOARD MEETING Minutes for Corning Town Board Meeting held at the Corning Town Hall, Monday October 14, 2024 at 7pm Please Recycle Please Recycle 1. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by Chairman Chad Kottke . 2. Roll call, all were present. 3. The pledge of allegiance was recited. 4. Proper public notice was posted on 10/11/2024. 5. Clerk and Treasurer compare books and g ave to the Town Board with a bank balance of $167,956.82. 6. Brian Literski made a motion to approve the minutes from the September meeting with a change to item 8 to show the amount paid as $240, and item 14 should say “looking” instead of “corking” , Greg Kleinschmidt 2nd the motion, motion carried . 7. Public comment period. Address sign at W9295 is not high enough. It is the landowners, responsibility to maintain it, this could be put in the newsletter. Does the shouldering that was done need to be seeded. 8. Approval of driveway permit on Forks Rd . Greg Kleinschmidt made a motion to approve issuing a permit to put in a driveway for N2350 Forks Road , Brian Literski 2 nd the motion, motion carried. 9. Approval of building variance for Ed and Sharons . The request for a variance to the northwest side of Ed & Sharon’s to put a cooler access to the basement. Brian Literski made a motion to approve the variance, Greg Kleinschmidt 2 nd the motion, motion carried. 10. Fire Department Reroof discuss project. Payment has been made and the material is at Kimmons had started working on it. 11. Road work update/ Granite haul/ What needs to be done ( ARIP program for Joe Snow Rd , Wagner road lift, culvert Corning road , Tower Road culvert cost share to be done this year . Granite has been applied, Jason Lemmer applied for the ARIP for the Joe Snow project, Wegner Road lift probably won’t get done this year. Culvert on Corning Road done by the County. The culvert which could cost $30,000, may be done this year but we will not get estimated 80% payback from the government until next year. 10/11/2024 CORNING TOWN BOARD MEETING Minutes for Corning Town Board Meeting held at the Corning Town Hall, Monday October 14, 2024 at 7pm Please Recycle Please Recycle 12. Replacement of exit signs at Town Hall . Brandt Extinguishers can replace the exit signs updating them to LED for $400. Brian Literski made a motion to have Brandt replace all 4 signs in the Town Hall, Greg Kleinschmidt 2 nd the motion, motion carried. 13. Rental of Tractor for 2025. Price will go up to $43/ hour for a minimum of 100 hours for next year. Greg Kleinschmidt made a motion to approve renting a tractor for 2025, Brian Literski 2 nd the motion, motion carried. 14. Discussion of purchase of second roller for grader . Price for one of the packer/roller is $57,000 and the other is $34,700. Chad feels we should hold off on this and table it for now. 15. Discussion of changes to tax collection payment receipt . We could not send out receipts on property taxes paid for thru the mail unless someone requests it or sends a pre -stamped envelope. Brian Literski made a motion to approve not sending out receipts unless requested or an envelope sent with the payment, Chad Kottke 2 nd the motion, motion carried. 16. Discussion of Propane contract . Need to get more information and review next month. River Country has a price of $1.49 per gallon, L&L Propane has $1.41 per gallon, Lakeland has $1.347 per gallon. If we go with Lakeland we will need to put a sensor on the 2 tanks. Chad Kottke made a motion to go with Lakeland, Brian Literski 2 nd the motion, motion carried. 17. All bills presented and signed by Town Board were paid. 18. Brian Literski made a motion to a djourn the meeting at 8:22pm, Chad Kottke 2 nd the motion, motion carried. Rickey C. Hass, Town Clerk _____________________ 12/5/2023 CORNING TOWN BOARD MEETING Minutes for Corning Town Board Meeting held at the Corning Town Hall, Monday November 13th, 2023 at 7pm Please Recycle Please Recycle 1. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by Chairman Ray Melander . 2. Roll call, all were present. 3. The Pledge of allegiance was recited. 4. Proper public notice was posted 11/10/2023 . 5. Clerk and Treasurer compare d books and gave to the Town Board with a bank balance of $118,235.30. 6. Chad Kottke made a motion to approve the minutes from the October Meeting as listed, Greg Kleinschmidt 2 nd the motion, motion carried. 7. Public comment period. No comment. 8. Broadband report from Jerome Ziegelbauer. Jerome was not present, Katie to send out the letter to residents with the test on it. 9. Dave Hoff to discuss the FD retirement plan. The fire department is requesting permission to fund additional years of service using FD funds this year. Dave presented a proposal to pay the back years of VFIS for service worked for the Fire Department to get the firemen vested. Ray Melander made a motion to support the Fire Department plan to bring the Firemen up to vested state with the Fire Department to pay for the additional years of service. Chad Kopttke 2nd the motion, motion carried. 10. Mowing tractor status. The rented tractor is back in Stratford, it checked out. Ray has a contract set up for next year for the same de al on the rental. 11. Culvert replacement update. One culvert was put in on Farmingdale and one on Corning Road. One more will be put in on Leafy Grove. 12. Gravel Report – Bids for crushing gravel this winter. Bids will be opened at the December meeting. 13. Computers and email addresses and Krista Computer quote. Computers are here and the cost was $150 less than anticipated. a. 3 new computers in use b. 2 old computers reassigned to Chad and Greg c. New emails addresses Chairman@tn.corning.wi.gov Clerk@tn.corning.wi.gov Treasurer@tn.corning.wi.gov Supervisorgreg@tn.corning.wi.gov Supervisorchad@tn.corning.wi.gov 14. Town Hall maintenance updates Wall between rest rooms repair, light bulbs in the picnic area, outlet is bad, RTL has been contacted to fix. Play ground equipment. The wall will be done the week after Thanksgiving. Outlet is fixed by RTL and a new light added to on north side. Playground equipment will be looked at next spring. 15. Decide on Health Care insurance. Ray Melander made a motion to stick with Security Health, Chad Kottke 2nd the motion, motion carried. Cost to go up 13.8%. 12/5/2023 CORNING TOWN BOARD MEETING Minutes for Corning Town Board Meeting held at the Corning Town Hall, Monday November 13th, 2023 at 7pm Please Recycle Please Recycle 16. What does Harters charge? They raised it by 4%. 17. Finalize newsletter. Contact emails have been added and it is done. 18. Snow plowing citations from last March . Per Ray Melander the ordinance is ok but the protocol was not followed. Chad Kottke made a motion to send a letter to rescind the bills and refund the money that was collected, Ray Melander 2 nd the motion, motion carried. 19. Blacktop road plans for 2024. Ray Melander suggested we pick a road and re -blacktop it. Chad Kottke made a motion to do Joe Snow Road from Farmingdale to Hwy 64 pending funding, Greg Kleinschmidt 2 nd the motion, motion carried. 20. Building inspector. We will check with the previous Board as to what were their thoughts on this. 21. Solar power panels for Fire Station. Ray is just starting to research this and there are a lot of questions. Will the roof support it? How much would we need? Among other things. He will get back to the Board. 22. What to charge for garbage pickup on tax bills. Chad Kottke made a motion to approve charging $238 per landowner and per set of bins, Greg Kleinschmidt 2 nd the motion, motion carried. This will pay for all but $10,000 of the Garbage/Recycling cost . This was the amount originally used when the garbage/recycling was set up. 23. All bills presented and signed by the Town Board were paid. 24. Chad Kottke made a motion to a djourn the meeting at 9:15 pm, Greg Kleinschmidt 2 nd the motion, motion carried. Rickey C. Hass, Town Clerk _____________________ 1/13/2025 CORNING TOWN BOARD MEETING Minutes for Corning Town Board Meeting held at the Corning Town Hall, Monday December 9, 2024 at 7pm Please Recycle Please Recycle 1. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by Chairman Chad Kottke . 2. Roll call, all were present. 3. The Pledge of allegiance was recited. 4. Proper public notice was posted on 12/4/2024 . 5. Clerk and Treasurer compare d books and gave to the Town Board with a bank balance of $151,662.15. 6. Greg Kleinschmidt made a motion to a pprove the minutes as drafted from the November meeting, Brian Literski 2 nd the motion, motion carried . 7. Public comment period. Janet agreed with item 10 below, the Supervisors and Chairman rotate duties. 8. Road work is done for the year / sand salt are set for winter / tractor rental was returned and is set for next year / water tank purchased and mostly done. 9. Greg Kleinschmidt made a motion to have the Caucus date as Thursday January 16, at 7:00 pm, Brian Literski 2nd the motion, motion carried. Note this date was agreed on at last month’s meeting, however the date that we made the decision was before the State law allows. 10. Discussion of alternating weeks on call . The 3 Board members will rotate as far as who will do the Town paperwork and give guidance as far as the employees of the Road Crew are to do. 11. Discuss and vote on insurance increase and options. Tony Hallgren, the rep from Security Health, was at the meeting and explained the increases and the different options of health insurance for the 2 road crew full time employees. The cost would go up with the current plan by 12.8%. T The second option would have a higher maximum amount for out -of-pocket cost for the employees but would cost about the same as the current policy. The Board wanted to keep with the same policy that we have. The employees will also pay 20 % of the cost of the insurance, the same as they are now. Chad Kottke made a motion to stay with the current plan and payment percent, Brian Literski 2nd the motion, motion carried. 12. Discuss and review wages and benefits , Chad Kottke made a motion to increase Brandon Kleinschmidt and Matt Prebeg wages by 3% for the new year, Brian Literski 2 nd the motion, motion carried. 13. Payments before year end. Chad Kottke made a motion to put $30,000 to the Machine fund and $30,000 in the Blacktop Fund before the year end, Greg Kleinschmidt 2 nd the motion, motion carried. 14. All bills presented and signed by the Town Board were paid. 15. Chad Kottke made a motion to a djourn the meeting at 8:27 pm, Greg Kleinschmidt 2 nd the motion, motion carried. Rickey C. Hass, Town Clerk _____________________