Town Board — Minutes

Minutes of Town Board Meeting – May 12, 2025 Chairperson Klimek called the meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Schley to order on May 12, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. at the Schley Town Hall. Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call – Klimek, Brown, Leopold, Dallman, and Podeweltz. Verification of posting meeting notices by Town Board. Leopold motioned to approve the minutes from the 4/14/2025 Town Board meeting, 2nd by Brown. All ayes. Motion carried. Brown motioned to accept the treasurer’s report, 2nd by Klimek. All ayes. Motion carried. Reports from Town Officers: Leopold stated that there were washouts on various town roads, including Lecks Lane. Town Board will be looking at options to modify the turnaround. Klimek stated that W706 County Road C was taken by the County for delinquent taxes. The County Forestry department has been working on cleaning up the property. Klimek stated that the Town of Schley hosted the Lincoln County unit meeting for Town officers on April 17, with 37 people attending. Klimek stated the Town Spring Clean Up was a huge success. Klimek stated that the Lincoln County Highway Department will be replacing the culvert on Mosser Road. Ditching will be done on Burgener and Schiller Roads. Klimek stated that building up the base on the Town roads will continue with Burgener, Jane Spur, and Schiller Roads being a priority this summer. Public Comment: Mike Schielke asked if anything was being done on Schielke Road this summer. Klimek stated that the road is not on the 2025 road maintenance plan. Klimek motioned to pay bills and transfer $27,000 for general bills from the money market to checking account and $44,756.44 from the building fund to the checking account, 2nd by Brown. All ayes. Motion carried. Sealed bids were opened for 5,000 cubic yards of ¾” road base gravel to be placed on various town roads. Worden Enterprises - $16.34/cubic yard Meverden Materials, Inc. - $12.74/cubic yard Ron Christiansen Trucking, Inc. - $15.45/cubic yard Phoenix Express – rejected due to granite bid only Lincoln County Highway Department - $16.90/cubic yard Motion by Leopold to accept the bid from Meverden Materials, Inc. for $12.74/cubic yard, 2nd by Brown. Roll call vote. All ayes. Motion carried. Annual liquor license applications are due to the Town Clerk by 5/15/2025. Board of Review is 5/13/2025 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Planning Commission: Welker presented information on the Right of Way permitting. Recommendations were to do a tiered system with $50 base permit fee with Tier 1 having a $50 fee for less than 50 feet and Tier 2 having a fee of $1.00 per linear foot for greater than 50 feet with a maximum of $500. Examples of Tier 1 are drop lines and small utility repairs within a short distance. Example of Tier 2 would be for long cable runs. Motion by Leopold to approve the Right of Way Permitting with the Tier system, 2nd by Brown. All ayes. Motion carried. The Permit application will be updated accordingly, as well as the fee schedule. Welker stated that Round 1 of the BEAD program option applications did not include StarLink but it now will be included in Round 2. MAPS is working with the Merrill PD and T.B. Scott Free Library to offer a cybersecurity training program using the library’s digital literacy grant funds; the program will take place before May 31. Next meeting: June 9, 2025 at 6:00 p.m.- monthly Town Board meeting Next month’s Agenda items: Liquor license application review There being no further business, motion to adjourn by Brown, 2nd by Leopold. All ayes. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 6:44 p.m. Becky Dallman, Clerk Submitted by Becky Dallman, Clerk