Annual Meeting — Minutes

1 Annual Meeting April 15, 2025 Town of Schley Annual Meeting Minutes – April 15, 2025 Town Chairman Klimek called the Annual Meeting of the Town of Schley to order at 6:01 p.m. at the Schley Town Hall. Pledge of Allegiance Roll call: Klimek, Brown, Plamann, Podeweltz, Dallman Town of Schley officers took the oath of office. Verification of posting of meeting notices by Town Board. Attendees read the minutes from the April 16, 2024 Annual meeting. Brown motioned to accept the minutes, 2nd by Leopold. All ayes. Motion carried. Financial report reviewed. Building expense report reviewed. There were no questions. Brown motioned to accept the reports, 2nd by Leopold. All ayes. Motion carried. Klimek stated that the Town Spring Clean-Up is scheduled for 5/10/2025 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Flyers will be handed out on recycling Saturdays. Ads will be in the Foto News. Bo Bennish is providing the service this year. Klimek stated that Brett Woller will be finishing the Town Hall driveway/parking lot soon. Brick work will be done near the entrance, using bricks from the old Town Hall. Klimek will be using his own equipment to finish landscaping around the Town Hall. Klimek stated that sealed bids are being accepted for 5,000 yards of ¾ inch road base gravel to be placed on Burgener, Schiller, Jane Spur, and Town Hall Roads, as well as other miscellaneous road repairs. Schiller Road is the priority because of multiple washouts that have occurred. Ditching will be done on Schiller and Schielke Roads. Town Board will look at revamping the turnaround on Lecks Lane because it keeps washing out. Spray patching will be done on various blacktop roads. Fifty hours of brushing work was done this past winter and hope to do another 80 hours next winter. Culverts will be done as needed. The shoulders on Town Hall Road will be re-graveled. Annual report overview for Town of Russell Fire Department was reviewed. There were 50 calls for service in 2024. The Town of Rusell First Responders annual report was reviewed. There were 228 calls in 2024. Discussion on advancing service from an EMR service to EMT service. Open book will take place on April 23 from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Board of Review is on May 13 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. 2 Discussion on raising Town Maintenance workers’ wage from $12 to $15 per hour. Motion by Klimek to raise the hourly rate from $12 to $15, 2nd by Ron Polak. All ayes. Motion carried. Rich Grefe provided information on building permits issued in 2024. He is starting to see more service upgrades, as required by WPS. Grefe stated that a person that owns land on Mosser Road is having a cabin built by Amish near Medford; the cabin needs to be transported to the land on Mosser Road. The Amish do not have a state building inspector. Owner is willing to pay any extra expenses to have Grefe travel to Medford 2 times for the required inspections. Motion by Leopold to allow Grefe to travel to Medford if the owner will pay for Grefe’s time and mileage, 2nd by Brown. All ayes. Motion carried. Welker reported for Planning Commission. In 2024, there were 15 land use applications, 3 land divisions, and 2 Town ordinances updated. The Commission provided 19 recommendations to the Town Board. Welker attended meetings with Land Services Committee and meetings at Zoning office in support of various Town resolutions. He also attended 7 Lincoln County Broadband Committee meetings and one broadband seminar held by the UW Extension. Next year’s Annual meeting will be held April 21, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. at the Schley Town Hall. Gary Gretenhardt motioned to adjourn, 2nd by Andy Cummings. All ayes. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 6:26 p.m. Becky Dallman, Clerk Respectfully submitted by Becky Dallman