Town Board — Minutes

Minutes of Town Board Meeting – December 8, 2025 Chairperson Klimek called the meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Schley to order on December 8, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. at the Schley Town Hall. Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call – Klimek, Brown, Dallman, and Podeweltz. Leopold excused. Verification of posting meeting notices by Town Board. Brown motioned to approve the minutes from the 11/10/2025 Town Board meeting and 11/19/2025 Town Board budget meeting, 2nd by Klimek. All ayes. Motion carried. Brown motioned to accept the Treasurer’s report, 2nd by Klimek. All ayes. Motion carried. Reports from Town Officers: Brown reported that he received a complaint about excessive junk at a property on French Ridge and Sunrise Roads. This has been reported previously and the County may need to be involved if it gets worse. Klimek reported that there has been progress made with the clean up at the property on the corner of Vascheau and Town Hall Roads. Klimek reported that minimal snowplowing has been done throughout the Town but anticipates the plows will be called out this week with the impending snowstorms. Klimek reported that 80 hours of brushing will be done on Old Highway 17, Heineman Road to the west of Highway 17 to County Road R, Pankow Road, and Prairie Drive. Public Comment: Rich Grefe provided the Town Board with a current list of permits, as well as his activity report since April. He also presented a 2026 contract, which will be reviewed at the January 2026 meeting. Tim Rutzen, Surveyor, provided a survey map for a 5.04-acre split. Mr. Rutzen was not present at the meeting to provide more information. Welker stated that he will contact Mr. Rutzen and put on the December Planning Commission meeting agenda. Invoice for the 2026 Town of Russell First Responders Service was reviewed. Motion by Klimek, 2nd by Brown to approve. All ayes. Motion carried. Klimek motioned to pay bills and transfer $24,000 for general bills from the money market to the checking account, $2,329.29 from the Bond account to the checking account, and $150 from the rental account to the checking account, 2nd by Brown. All ayes. Motion carried. Klimek stated that the State was inspecting culverts in July and there are problems with the box culvert on Heineman Road. The State engineers must inspect it. Ten-ton weight limit signs were placed. As of today, no further updates from the County or State. Advanced notice of the weight limit cannot be placed until the State Engineer inspects the culvert. Milestone Materials Conditional Use Permit Update (Mathy/Beyer Gravel Pit) – Klimek contacted Bob Servaiss regarding the surety bond of $100,000 for any damage caused to the Town roads. Servaiss will email Dallman with the specifics. Further discussion will be held at the January meeting. Motion by Brown, 2nd by Klimek to approve the following election workers for 2026-2027: Leah Brown, Calvin Doering, Mary Ann Gretenhardt, Sandra McCrory, Diana Petruzates, and Debra Robl. Town Web Design Upgrade Invoice for 2026 was reviewed. They are offering a “white glove service” to manage all content on the website, under the direction of the Town Board and Clerk. Invoice was tabled to January meeting to review the invoice further. Dallman provided information on current IT support and security for the Town Clerk laptop. ITSprinter (formerly Kerber Rose) outsourced their support and last contact Dallman had was with someone from South Africa. Therefore, Dallman’s recommendation was to transition to Krista Computers. They can provide better support for less than 1/3 of the cost of ITSprinter. She has contacted other Townships that are currently utilizing Krista Computers and received positive feedback. Motion by Klimek to transition to Krista Computer for IT support, 2nd by Brown. All ayes. Motion carried. Motion by Klimek to approve Resolution 2025-12.8 To Reduce the Minimum Number of Election Officials to 3 for elections, 2nd by Brown. Roll call. All ayes. Motion carried. Town of Schley revised Election Emergency Response Plan was reviewed. The State, County, and Town lists of contacts were updated. It will be shared with Election Officials. Planning Commission: Hopperdietzel Land Use L-25-343 – Joel Hopperdietzel to locate a 16’ x 10’ pre-built storage building on 1.02 acres located at W4643 Wyant Avenue, Merrill. Motion by Brown to approve the land use application, 2nd by Klimek. Roll call vote. All ayes. Motion carried. Welker provided broadband updates. Work continues to be done across the County by various companies. The BEAD/ BOB applications were approved. Welker stated that there was 1 new address reported on Holdorf Road. Next meeting: January 12, 2026 at 6:00 p.m.- monthly Town Board meeting Next month’s Agenda items: 2026 Building Inspector Contract, Mathy Construction Surety Bond, Town Web Design Upgrade Invoice, Discussion for RFP on Ditch Mower, Revised Resolution for Treasurer’s Bond There being no further business, motion to adjourn by Brown, 2nd by Klimek. All ayes. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 6:38 p.m. Becky Dallman, Clerk Submitted by Becky Dallman, Clerk